coming
verbinterjectionnounadjectivetop 1 000 in film dialogue
- //ˈkʌmɪŋ//
- //ˈkʊmɪŋ//
- //ˈkʊmɪŋɡ//
Used to express that one is on the way.
verb
- 1
Also a form of comepresent participle and gerund of come
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”).
interjection
- 1
Used to express that one is on the way.
— FBI! Open up!
— Coming
noun
- 1
The act of arriving; an arrival.
The/this Sunday coming / coming Sunday.
But he found it strange to think […] of all these little things that cluster round the comings, and the stayings, and the goings, that he would know nothing of them, nothing of what they had been, as long as he lived, […]
Etymology
From Middle English coming, commyng, cumming, equivalent to come + -ing (gerundive ending).
adjective
- 1
Approaching; of the future, especially the near future; the next.
We expect great things from you this coming year.
She will have two or three paintings in the coming exhibition.
Oh! if you wish that happiness / your coming days and years may bless,
The forecast calls for a slight warming trend in the coming days, with sunny skies and daytime temperatures reaching the midteens on Sunday and Monday, when the men will hit the snowboard course.
- 2
Newly in fashion; advancing into maturity or achievement.
Ergonomic wallets are the coming thing.
- 3
obsoleteReady to come; complaisant; fond.
How coming to the poet every muse!
That he had been so affectionate a husband, was no ill argument to the coming dowager, that he might prove as kind to her.
Forms
- plural
- comings
coming · Used to express that one is on the way.
comm · Synonym of commlink.comma · The punctuation mark ⟨,⟩ used to indicate a set of parts of a…command · An order to do something.