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com·ing (kum′iŋ)

adjective

  1. approaching; immediately next this coming Tuesday
  2. showing promise of being successful, popular, or important a coming young actor, the coming thing

noun

arrival; approach; advent
coming Idioms

have (something) coming to one

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to deserve or merit (something)

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coming

modif.

  1. Approaching

    advancing, drawing near, impending, next, forthcoming, upcoming, near, nearing, in the offing, arriving, oncoming, incoming, progressing, gaining on, closing, in, pursuing, running after, getting near, catching up, near at hand, close at hand, almost on one, converging, immediate, future, in view, imminent, preparing, to come, following, instant, predestined, eventual, fated, written, hereafter, at hand, in store, due, about to happen, looked for, hoped for, deserving, owed, close, in prospect, prospective, anticipated, subsequent, certain, ordained, to be, expected, en route, pending, looming, threatening, foreseen, lying ahead, at one's back*, on the horizon*, in the wind*; see also approaching, expected 2, future, imminent.

    Antonyms going, distant*, past. *

  2. Having a promising future

    promising, up-and-coming, marked, full of promise, on the way to fame, on the way to success, aspiring, progressing, improving one's position, advancing, in the ascendant, likely, probable, giving grounds for expectations, brilliant, hopeful, auspicious, encouraging, making strides, on the way up; see also able 1, 2, ambitious 1.

    Antonyms unpromising, hopeless*, discouraging.


coming

n.

approach, arrival, advent, reception; see arrival 1.


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coming Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • observe: All apart from my friend who just stood observing the apparent comings and goings of Joe Public.

Adjective modifier

  • short: Using train services regularly I am well aware of the short comings of crowded, late or canceled services.

Adjective complement with noun phrase

  • hear: So now whenever she hears anyone coming, she justs carries on doing whatever she was doing, normally cleaning herself.

Modifies a noun

  • month: In the coming months, billions of dollars will likely flood into New Orleans.

Modifying Another Word

  • forth: Response to my caption Comp was not forth coming or even fifth coming.

Used with adjective complement

  • have: Sit down and work out exactly how much money you have coming in and going out.
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'He is coming! he is coming!' Like a bridegroom from his room, Came the hero from his prison To the scaffold and the doom.

-Aytoun,William Edmonstoune

I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills, from whence cometh my help. My help cometh from the L, which made heaven and earth. He will not suffer thy foot to be moved: he that keepeth thee will not slumber. Behold, he that keepeth Israel shall neither slumber nor sleep. The L is thy keeper: the L is thy shade upon thy right hand. The sun shall not smite thee by day, nor the moonby night.The L shall preservetheefromallevil: he shall preserve thy soul. The L shall preserve thy going out and thy coming in from this time forth, and even for evermore.

-Bible (Old Testament)

A cold coming we had of it, Just the worst time of the year For a journey, and such a long journey: The ways deep and the weather sharp, The very dead of winter.

-Eliot,T(homas) S(tearns)

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