coming
adjective
[ ˈkʌmɪŋ ]
• due to happen or just beginning.
• "work is due to start in the coming year"
Similar:
forthcoming,
imminent,
impending,
approaching,
advancing,
nearing,
near,
future,
expected,
anticipated,
close,
(close) at hand,
in store,
in the wind,
in the air,
in the offing,
in the pipeline,
on the horizon,
on the way,
on us,
about to happen,
on the cards,
• likely to be important or successful in the future.
• "he was the coming man of French racing"
coming
noun
• an arrival or approach.
• "the coming of a new age"
Similar:
approach,
advance,
advent,
arrival,
nearing,
looming,
appearance,
emergence,
materialization,
surfacing,
birth,
rise,
start,
onset,
come
verb
• move or travel towards or into a place thought of as near or familiar to the speaker.
• "Jessica came into the kitchen"
Similar:
move nearer,
move closer,
approach,
advance,
near,
draw nigh,
draw close/closer,
draw near/nearer,
proceed,
make progress,
make headway,
forge,
Opposite:
go away,
• occur; happen; take place.
• "twilight had not yet come"
Similar:
happen,
occur,
take place,
come about,
transpire,
fall,
present itself,
crop up,
materialize,
arise,
arrive,
appear,
surface,
ensue,
follow,
come to pass,
befall,
betide,
hap,
eventuate,
• take or occupy a specified position in space, order, or priority.
• "prisons come well down the list of priorities"
• pass into a specified state, especially one of separation or disunion.
• "his shirt had come undone"
Similar:
break up,
fall to bits/pieces,
come to bits/pieces,
disintegrate,
splinter,
come unstuck,
crumble,
separate,
split,
tear,
collapse,
dissolve,
• be sold, available, or found in a specified form.
• "the cars come with a variety of extras"
Similar:
be available,
be made,
be produced,
be for sale,
be on offer,
• have an orgasm.
Origin:
Old English cuman, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch komen and German kommen .
