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coming

[ kuhm-ing ]

noun

  1. approach; arrival; advent:

    His coming here was a mistake.



adjective

  1. following or impending; next; approaching:

    the coming year.

  2. promising future fame or success:

    a coming actor.

coming

/ ˈkʌmɪŋ /

adjective

  1. prenominal (of time, events, etc) approaching or next

    this coming Thursday

  2. promising (esp in the phrase up and coming )
  3. of future importance

    this is the coming thing

  4. coming up! informal.
    an expression used to announce that a meal is about to be served
  5. have it coming to one informal.
    to deserve what one is about to suffer
  6. not know whether one is coming or going
    to be totally confused
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


noun

  1. arrival or approach
  2. often capital Christianity the return of Christ in glory See also Second Coming
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of coming1

First recorded in 1250–1300; Middle English; come, -ing 1( def ), -ing 2( def )
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Idioms and Phrases

  • get what's coming to one
  • have another guess coming
  • have it coming
  • where one is coming from
  • come
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Example Sentences

Such tools can detect a coming seizure in someone with epilepsy, for instance, and prevent it.

It was his way of accepting the inevitable coming of the car traffic he loathed, while ensuring the carriage roads would remain auto-free.

Keller sensed the air moving when the front door opened, and the floor vibrating when it was trod upon, and so learned to anticipate the comings and goings of the people that she knew.

That their comings and goings would be livestreamed to police headquarters from hundreds of points about the city… and their faces could be scanned and identified.

The prediction, if it proves true, could signal a way out of the pandemic, but it also foreshadows a coming period of global vaccine haves and have-nots.

“I think for trans men who are dating every time they hook up they have another coming out,” Sandler said.

I liked it because it was like my life coming back together.

They were looping back around and coming down Tiebout Avenue when they spotted two figures.

In 2008, Huckabee raised a little over $16 million, with less than $55,000 coming from political action committees.

Boehner was unanimously selected by the conference as its official nominee for speaker in the coming Congress.

Davy looked around and saw an old man coming toward them across the lawn.

"There's just one thing I'd like to ask, if you don't mind," said Cynthia, coming suddenly out of a brown study.

Babylas raised his pale face; he knew what was coming; it had come so many times before.

"I don't know whether I am going to like this or not--this coming to live in town," thought the little pig.

The Goliath wouldn't answer; the Dublin said the force was coming off, and we could not get into touch with the soldiers at all.

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