coming
/'kʌmiɳ/
Definition
Adjective:
- Approaching or about to happen: Refers to something that will occur in the relatively near future.
- Showing promise or potential: Describes someone or something with a promising future.
Noun:
- The act of arriving or approaching: The process of moving toward or reaching a place or point in time.
- Arrival: An instance of someone or something arriving, especially one that is significant or awaited.
- (Specific usage) The moment of orgasm: In the context of sexual intercourse, the moment of most intense pleasure.
Examples of Usage
- Adjective:
- We are preparing for the coming election. (We are preparing for the election that will happen soon.)
- She is a coming star in the world of physics. (She is a young person with great potential in physics.)
- Noun:
- The coming of winter brings colder weather. (The approach of winter brings colder weather.)
- The town celebrated the coming of the new railway. (The town celebrated the arrival of the new railway.)
Advanced Usage
- "Up and coming": Used to describe a person who is talented and likely to be successful in the near future.
- He is an up and coming director in Hollywood.
- "Second coming": A reference to the Christian belief in the prophesied return of Jesus Christ to Earth; can be used figuratively for any highly anticipated return.
- Fans awaited the singer's performance like it was the second coming.
Variants and Related Words
- Come (verb): To move or travel toward or into a place.
- Comer (noun): Informal term for someone who shows potential for success (e.g., ).
- Forthcoming (adjective): Similar in meaning to 'coming' as an adjective (about to happen), or meaning 'available when needed'.
Synonyms
- Adjective: Approaching, forthcoming, upcoming, imminent, impending, promising, rising.
- Noun: Approach, arrival, advent, onset.
Related Phrases
- Coming and going: The continuous movement of people arriving and leaving.
- There was a steady coming and going of visitors all day.
- Have it coming (to one): To deserve something (usually something bad) that happens.
- After all his lies, he had his dismissal coming.
Related Idioms
- See something coming: To anticipate or predict that something (usually negative) will happen.
- I should have seen that problem coming.
- Coming apart at the seams: To be in a state of failure or collapse, either physically or metaphorically.
- The old coalition is coming apart at the seams.
Adjective
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of the relatively near future
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the approaching election
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this coming Thursday
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the forthcoming holidays
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the upcoming spring fashions
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Noun
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the moment of most intense pleasure in sexual intercourse
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the temporal property of becoming nearer in time
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the approach of winter
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arrival that has been awaited (especially of something momentous)
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the advent of the computer
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the act of drawing spatially closer to something
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the hunter's approach scattered the geese
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