coming

[ kuhm-ing ]

/ ˈkʌm ɪŋ /

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noun

approach; arrival; advent: His coming here was a mistake.

adjective

following or impending; next; approaching: the coming year.

promising future fame or success: a coming actor.

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Origin of coming

1250–1300; Middle English; see come, -ing¹, -ing²

Words nearby coming

comic relief, comic strip, Com. in Chf., Comines, Cominform, coming, coming and going, have someone, comingle, Coming of Age in Samoa, coming or going, not know if one is, coming out

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How to use coming in a sentence

Such tools can detect a coming seizure in someone with epilepsy, for instance, and prevent it.
New technology can get inside your head. Are you ready?|Laura Sanders|February 11, 2021|Science News For Students
It was his way of accepting the inevitable coming of the car traffic he loathed, while ensuring the carriage roads would remain auto-free.
The Ultimate Acadia National Park Travel Guide|Virginia M. Wright|February 8, 2021|Outside Online
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.
Five Scientists on the Heroes Who Changed Their Lives - Issue 93: Forerunners|Alan Lightman, Hope Jahren, Robert Sapolsky,|December 2, 2020|Nautilus
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.
Podcast: Facial recognition is quietly being used to control access to housing and social services|Tate Ryan-Mosley|December 2, 2020|MIT Technology Review

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.
US official says every American who wants a covid-19 vaccine will have one by June|David Rotman|December 1, 2020|MIT Technology Review
“I think for trans men who are dating every time they hook up they have another coming out,” Sandler said.
Grindr’s Trans Dating Problem|David Levesley|January 9, 2015|DAILY BEAST
I liked it because it was like my life coming back together.
Coffee Talk with Fred Armisen: On ‘Portlandia,’ Meeting Obama, and Taylor Swift’s Greatness|Marlow Stern|January 7, 2015|DAILY BEAST
They were looping back around and coming down Tiebout Avenue when they spotted two figures.
Shot Down During the NYPD Slowdown|Michael Daly|January 7, 2015|DAILY BEAST
In 2008, Huckabee raised a little over $16 million, with less than $55,000 coming from political action committees.
Can Huckabee Convert the GOP’s Moneymen?|Lloyd Green|January 4, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Boehner was unanimously selected by the conference as its official nominee for speaker in the coming Congress.
The YOLO Caucus' New Cry for Attention|Ben Jacobs|January 4, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Davy looked around and saw an old man coming toward them across the lawn.
Davy and The Goblin|Charles E. Carryl
"There's just one thing I'd like to ask, if you don't mind," said Cynthia, coming suddenly out of a brown study.
The Boarded-Up House|Augusta Huiell Seaman
Babylas raised his pale face; he knew what was coming; it had come so many times before.
St. Martin's Summer|Rafael Sabatini
"I don't know whether I am going to like this or not--this coming to live in town," thought the little pig.
Squinty the Comical Pig|Richard Barnum
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.
Gallipoli Diary, Volume I|Ian Hamilton

British Dictionary definitions for coming

coming

/ (ˈkʌmɪŋ) /

adjective

(prenominal) (of time, events, etc) approaching or nextthis coming Thursday

promising (esp in the phrase up and coming)

of future importancethis is the coming thing

coming up! informal an expression used to announce that a meal is about to be served

have it coming to one informal to deserve what one is about to suffer

not know whether one is coming or going to be totally confused

noun

arrival or approach

(often capital) Christianity the return of Christ in glorySee 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

Other Idioms and Phrases with coming

coming

In addition to the idioms beginning with coming

coming and going, have someone
coming or going, not know if one is
coming out of one's ears
comings and goings

also see:

get what's coming to one
have another guess coming
have it coming
where one is coming from

Also see undercome.

coming

Origin of coming

Words nearby coming

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How to use coming in a sentence

British Dictionary definitions for coming

Other Idioms and Phrases with coming