Definition of COMING

coming

Plural: comings

Noun

  • The arrival or approach of a person or thing.
  • the act of drawing spatially closer to something
  • arrival that has been awaited (especially of something momentous)
  • the temporal property of becoming nearer in time
  • the moment of most intense pleasure in sexual intercourse
  • The act of arriving; an arrival.

Verb

  • move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
  • reach a destination; arrive by movement or progress
  • come to pass; arrive, as in due course
  • reach or enter a state, relation, condition, use, or position
  • to be the product or result
  • be found or available
  • come forth
  • be a native of
  • extend or reach
  • exist or occur in a certain point in a series
  • cover a certain distance
  • come under, be classified or included
  • happen as a result
  • add up in number or quantity
  • develop into
  • be received
  • come to one's mind; suggest itself
  • come from; be connected by a relationship of blood, for example
  • proceed or get along
  • experience orgasm
  • have a certain priority
  • present participle and gerund of come

Adjective Satellite

  • of the relatively near future
    • "this coming Thursday"
    • "the forthcoming holidays"
    • "the upcoming spring fashions"

Adj

  • Approaching; of the future, especially the near future; the next.
  • Newly in fashion; advancing into maturity or achievement.
  • Ready to come; complaisant; fond.

Examples

  • Ergonomic wallets are the coming thing.
  • She will have two or three paintings in the coming exhibition.
  • The COMING of a bonus tile filled him with strategic anticipation.
  • The/this Sunday coming / coming Sunday.
  • We expect great things from you this coming year.

Origin / Etymology

From Middle English cominge, comynge, comande, from Old English cumende, from Proto-Germanic *kwemandz, present participle of Proto-Germanic *kwemaną (“to come”), equivalent to come + -ing (present participle ending). Cognate with Dutch komend (“coming”), German kommend (“coming”), Swedish kommande (“coming”), Icelandic komandi (“coming”).

Synonyms

add up, advent, amount, approach, approaching, arrive, climax, come, come in, come up, derive, descend, do, fall, fare, follow, forthcoming, get, get along, hail, issue forth, make out, number, occur, orgasm, sexual climax, total, upcoming, future, unborn

Antonyms

go, leave

Scrabble Score: 11

coming: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
coming: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
coming: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 15

coming: valid Words With Friends Word