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.
   coming up! an expression used to announce that a meal is about to be served
5. have it coming to one informal.
   have it coming to one to deserve what one is about to suffer
6. not know whether one is coming or going
   not know whether one is coming or going to be totally confused

noun

1. arrival or approach
2. See Second Coming
   often capital Christianity the return of Christ in glory See also Second Coming

Word History and Origins

Origin of coming¹

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

Idioms and Phrases

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

Example Sentences

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

From 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.

From 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.

From 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.

From 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.

From MIT Technology Review

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

From The Daily Beast

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

From The Daily Beast

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

From The Daily Beast

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

From The Daily Beast

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

From The Daily Beast

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

From Project Gutenberg

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

From Project Gutenberg

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

From Project Gutenberg

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

From Project Gutenberg

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.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• advent