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coming

co·ming

UK/ˈkʌmɪŋ/ US/ˈkʊmɪŋ/ very common
adjective (2) noun (4)

adjective

1.

of the relatively near future

  • “the approaching election”
  • “this coming Thursday”
  • “the forthcoming holidays”
  • “the upcoming spring fashions”
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2.

yet to come

  • “coming generations”
  • “a future-day Gibbon of Macaulay”
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noun

1.

the act of drawing spatially closer to something

  • “the hunter”
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2.

arrival that has been awaited (especially of something momentous)

  • “the advent of the computer”
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3.

the temporal property of becoming nearer in time

  • “the approach of winter”
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Origin

From Middle English cominge, comynge, comande, from Old English cumende, from Proto-Germanic *kwemandz, present participle of Proto-Germanic *kwemaną (“to come”), equivalent to come + -ing (present participle ending). Cognate with Dutch komend (“coming”), German kommend (“coming”), Swedish kommande (“coming”), Icelandic komandi (“coming”).

Phrases

  • coming on
  • this coming

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