coming

[kuhm-ing] / ˈkʌm ɪŋ /

ADJECTIVE

approaching, promising

Synonyms

STRONGEST

anticipated expected forthcoming impending subsequent

STRONG

advancing aspiring close converging deserving docking due fated foreseen future instant marked near nearing oncoming ordained predestined preparing progressing pursuing

WEAK

about to happen almost on one at hand certain drawing near en route eventual gaining upon getting near immediate imminent in prospect in store in the offing in the wind in view next nigh prospective running after to-be up-and-coming

Antonyms

STRONGEST

distant

STRONG

away far gone past

NOUN

arrival

Synonyms

STRONGEST

advent

STRONG

accession approach landing reception

Antonyms

WEAK

departing departure exit going leaving

Example Sentences

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“We can’t have him here with the parents coming. Could he do his homework at your house?”

From Literature

The biggest surprise isn't Fury coming back - we've almost lost count of how many times he's retired and returned - but that it's landing on Netflix, with a global subscriber base of 325 million people.

From BBC

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney seized the world’s attention at Davos last week when he laid out a “rupture” of the world order, adding: “We know the old order is not coming back.”

From MarketWatch

Don’t have to be coming back into acting or anything.

From Los Angeles Times

Camille Grand, the head of European defence lobby group ASD, told AFP manufacturers would be able to match almost all the capabilities the United States can produce in the coming years.

From Barron's

coming

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