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com·ing  (kmng)
adj.
1. Approaching; forthcoming; next: the coming season; a coming report on arms limitation.
2. Showing promise of fame or success.
n.
Arrival; advent: the coming of spring.

coming
Adjective
1. (of time or events) approaching or next: in the coming weeks
2. likely to be important in the future: he was regarded as a coming man at the Foreign Office
3. have it coming to one Informal to deserve what one is about to suffer
Noun
arrival or approach
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.comingcoming - the act of drawing spatially closer to something; "the hunter's approach scattered the geese"
movement, move, motion - the act of changing location from one place to another; "police controlled the motion of the crowd"; "the movement of people from the farms to the cities"; "his move put him directly in my path"
access - the act of approaching or entering; "he gained access to the building"
closure, closing - approaching a particular destination; a coming closer; a narrowing of a gap; "the ship's rapid rate of closing gave them little time to avoid a collision"
landing approach - the approach to a landing field by an airplane
run-up - the approach run during which an athlete gathers speed
2.coming - arrival that has been awaited (especially of something momentous); "the advent of the computer"
arrival, reaching - accomplishment of an objective
3.coming - the temporal property of becoming nearer in time; "the approach of winter"
timing - the time when something happens
4.coming - the moment of most intense pleasure in sexual intercourse
consummation - the act of bringing to completion or fruition
male orgasm - an orgasm accompanied by the sensation of ejaculation of semen
Adj.1.comingcoming - of the relatively near future; "the approaching election"; "this coming Thursday"; "the forthcoming holidays"; "the upcoming spring fashions"
future - yet to be or coming; "some future historian will evaluate him"

coming
adjective 1. approaching, next, future, near, due, forthcoming, imminent, in store, impending, at hand, upcoming, on the cards, in the wind, nigh, just round the corner
Translations
coming [ˈkʌmɪŋ] nvenida, llegada
adjque viene (= next); próximo (= future); venidero;
coming(s) and going(s) n(pl)ir y venir m; ajetreo;
in the coming weeks → en las próximas semanas
coming [ˈkʌmɪŋ] narrivée f
adj (= next) → prochain(e) (= future); à venir;
in the coming weeks → dans les prochaines semaines
coming [ˈkʌmɪŋ] nAnkunft f, Kommen nt
adjkommend;
(next) → nächste(r, s);
in the coming weeks → in den nächsten Wochen
coming [ˈkʌmɪŋ] narrivo
adj (= next) → prossimo/a (= future); futuro/a;
in the coming weeks → nelle prossime settimane


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She does not depend upon his coming so much as I do: but she does not know the parties so well as I do.
When they got near to the Equator they saw some flying-fishes coming towards them.
The housekeeper at Netherfield had received orders to prepare for the arrival of her master, who was coming down in a day or two, to shoot there for several weeks.
 
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