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WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun coming has 4 senses
- coming(n = noun.act) approach, approaching - the act of drawing spatially closer to something; "the hunter's approach scattered the geese" is a kind of motion, move, movement
- coming(n = noun.act) advent - arrival that has been awaited (especially of something momentous); "the advent of the computer" is a kind of arrival, reaching
- coming(n = noun.attribute) approach, approaching - the temporal property of becoming nearer in time; "the approach of winter" is a kind of timing
- coming(n = noun.act) climax, orgasm, sexual climax - the moment of most intense pleasure in sexual intercourse; Array is a kind of consummation
has particulars: access, closing, closure, landing approach, run-up
Derived form verb come1
Derived form verb come2
Derived form verb come3
has particulars: male orgasm
Derived form verb come20
Adjective coming has 1 sense
- coming(s = adj.all) approaching, forthcoming, upcoming - of the relatively near future; "the approaching election"; "this coming Thursday"; "the forthcoming holidays"; "the upcoming spring fashions"
CIDE DICTIONARY
coming, a.
- Approaching; of the future, especially the near future; the next; as, the coming week or year; the coming exhibition. [1913 Webster]"Welcome the coming, speed the parting, guest." [1913 Webster]"Your coming days and years." [1913 Webster]
- Ready to come; complaisant; fond. Pope. [1913 Webster]
coming, n.
- Approach; advent; manifestation; as, the coming of the train. [1913 Webster]
- Specifically: The Second Advent of Christ, called usually the
second coming . [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
coming, adj. & n.
--attrib.adj.
1 approaching, next (in the coming week; this coming Sunday).
2 of potential importance (a coming man).
--n. arrival; approach.
--attrib.adj.
1 approaching, next (in the coming week; this coming Sunday).
2 of potential importance (a coming man).
--n. arrival; approach.
THESAURUS
coming
about to be, access, accession, accomplishment, achievement, advance, advancing, advent, afflux, affluxion, already in sight, apparition, appearance, appearing, approach, approach of time, approaching, appropinquation, approximate, approximation, approximative, appulse, arising, arrival, arriving, assured of success, at hand, attainment, attracted to, avatar, brewing, close, close at hand, collateral, coming into being, coming near, coming to, coming toward, coming-forth, contingent, crowned with success, desired, destinal, destined, determined, disclosure, drawn to, due, emanating, emanative, emanent, emergence, emergent, emerging, ensuing, entering, epiphany, eventual, exposure, extrapolated, fatal, fated, fatidic, final, flowing toward, following, forthcoming, fortunate, future, futuristic, futurity, gathering, going to happen, hereafter, homeward, homeward-bound, hoped-for, immediate, immediate future, imminence, imminent, impendence, impendency, impendent, impending, in danger imminent, in prospect, in reserve, in store, in the cards, in the offing, in the wind, in view, inbound, incarnation, incoming, indirect, instant, inward-bound, issuance, issuing, last, later, loom, looming, lowering, lurking, made, manifestation, materialization, materializing, menacing, near, near at hand, near future, nearing, nearness, occurrence, on the horizon, on the up-and-up, on top, oncoming, opening, out in front, overhanging, owed, owing, payable, planned, plotted, predicted, preparing, presentation, probable, projected, prophesied, prospective, prosperous, proximate, proximation, reaching, realization, redeemable, revelation, rise, rising, secondary, showing, showing forth, succeeding, successful, surefire, surfacing, that will be, theophany, threatening, time drawing on, to come, to-be, transeunt, transient, triumphant, ultimate, unfolding, unfoldment, upcoming, waitingROGET THESAURUS
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Futurity
N futurity, futurition, future, hereafter, time to come, approaching time, coming time, subsequent time, after time, approaching age, coming age, subsequent age, after age, approaching days, coming days, subsequent days, after days, approaching hours, coming hours, subsequent hours, after hours, approaching ages, coming ages, subsequent ages, after ages, approaching life, coming life, subsequent life, after life, approaching years, coming years, subsequent years, after years, morrow, millennium, doomsday, day of judgment, crack of doom, remote future, approach of time advent, time drawing on, womb of time, destiny, eventuality, heritage, heirs posterity, prospect, foresight, future, to come, coming, next, near, close at hand, eventual, ulterior, in prospect, prospectively, hereafter, in future, kal, tomorrow, the day after tomorrow, in course of time, in process of time, in the fullness of time, eventually, ultimately, sooner or later, proximo, paulo post futurum, in after time, one of these days, after a time, after a while, from this time, henceforth, henceforwards, thence, thenceforth, thenceforward, whereupon, upon which, soon, on the eve of, on the point of, on the brink of, about to, close upon, quid sit futurum cras fuge quaerere.Destiny
N destiny, future existence, post existence, hereafter, future state, next world, world to come, after life, futurity, everlasting life, everlasting death, life beyond the grave, world beyond the grave, prospect, impending, destined, about to be, happen, coming, in store, to come, going to happen, instant, at hand, near, near, close at hand, over hanging, hanging over one's head, imminent, brewing, preparing, forthcoming, int he wind, on the cards, in reserve, that will, is to be, in prospect, looming in the distance, horizon, future, unborn, in embryo, int he womb of time, futurity, pregnant, in time, the long run, all in good time, eventually, whatever may happen, as chance would have it.
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