coming
Noun · AdjectiveOpen English WordNet
Adjective (1)
- of the relatively near future“the approaching election”“this coming Thursday”“the forthcoming holidays”“the upcoming spring fashions”Synonyms: approachingforthcomingupcomingOpposite past, presentSimilar future
Noun (4)comings
- the act of drawing spatially closer to something“the hunter's approach scattered the geese”Synonyms: approachapproachingType of motion, movementKinds closing, run-up, access, landing approach
- arrival that has been awaited (especially of something momentous)“the advent of the computer”Synonyms: adventType of arrival, reaching
- the temporal property of becoming nearer in time“the approach of winter”Synonyms: approachapproachingType of timing
- the moment of most intense pleasure in sexual intercourseSynonyms: orgasmclimaxsexual climaxType of consummationKinds male orgasm
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Translations
Noun act of arriving
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
1. Approaching; of the future, especially the near future; the next; as, the coming week or year; the coming exhibition.
Welcome the coming, speed the parting, guest.— Alexander Pope
Your coming days and years.— George Noel Gordon, Ld. Byron
2. Ready to come; complaisant; fond. obsolete Alexander Pope
1. Approach; advent; manifestation; as, the coming of the train.
2. Specifically: The Second Advent of Christ, called usually the second coming.
Coming in. (a) Entrance; entrance way; manner of entering; beginning. “The goings out thereof, and the comings in thereof.” Ezek. xliii. 11 (b) Income or revenue. “What are thy comings in?” William Shakespeare
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54