oncoming

[ on-kuhm-ing, awn- ]

/ ˈɒnˌkʌm ɪŋ, ˈɔn- /

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adjective

approaching; nearing: the oncoming train; the oncoming holiday season.

emerging: the oncoming generation of leaders.

noun

approach; onset: the oncoming of winter.

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Origin of oncoming

1835–45; on + coming, after verb phrase come on

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But the car roared away, the driver so desperate to escape that he veered into oncoming traffic.
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A block away, a car without a driver speeds through a red light and crashes into oncoming traffic.
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An aura is a warning symptom, or set of symptoms, that precedes an oncoming migraine.
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Well, there was nothing paltry about Obamacare or rescuing the country from an oncoming depression.
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When they reached the Will Rogers Park, just after Sunset, he did a u-turn at high speed into oncoming traffic.
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He stays with her longer: there is no jostling now; the dexterous servant delays the oncoming stream of guests.
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The cavalcade of the Yellow-Eyes had halted in a compact mass, awaiting the oncoming Indians.
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He knew not how nor why, yet he got his feel of the oncoming event from the gods themselves.
White Fang|Jack London
"It's all up with me and the ship, too," thought Andy as he stood in the small chamber and watched the oncoming of the monster.
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Will the oncoming generations who con the story of the life of John Stark listen to the preaching of such an example in vain?
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British Dictionary definitions for oncoming

oncoming

/ (ˈɒnˌkʌmɪŋ) /

adjective

coming nearer in space or time; approaching

noun

the approach or onsetthe oncoming of winter

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Word Origin and History for oncoming

oncoming

adj.

1844, from on + coming, present participle of come (v.).

oncoming

adjective

noun

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