tocome

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See also: to-come and to come

English

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Etymology

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From to +‎ come, or from Middle English tocome, from Old English tōcyme.

Noun

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tocome (plural not attested)

  1. Alternative form of to-come (future)
    • 1870, J. Payn, The F. B.; being a history of the school and college life of two young men, page 166:
      Legion was perhaps the only one of all the forty who looked forward to wearing his Majesty's uniform with satisfaction, a lad to whom the Tocome seemed always promising, and the Present never unbearable.
    • 2015, LT Wolf, The World King - Book I: The Reckoning[1]:
      This will ensure that we shall not need to depend on a[sic] outside uranium to make electricity in the tocome.

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Middle English

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Old English tōcyme (arrival, coming).

Noun

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tocome (plural tocomes)

  1. When something comes; an arrival, onset.
  2. The future

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • English: to-come
  • Scots: tocome

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Scots

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Alternative forms

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Etymology 1

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From Middle English tocomen (to come, arrive, happen), from Old English tōcuman (to come, arrive), from Proto-Germanic *tō (to), *kwemaną (to come), equivalent to to- +‎ come. Cognate with Dutch toekomen (to forward, deserve, merit, suffice), German zukommen (to come on, benefit, become).

Verb

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tocome (third-person singular simple present tocomes, present participle tocomin, simple past tocam, past participle tocomen or tocomet)

  1. (intransitive) To arrive.
  2. (of a letter, package, etc.) To arrive at, reach a destination; come to a person's attention.
  3. (of an event) To happen; to be about to happen.
  4. (transitive) To encounter
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Etymology 2

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From Middle English to-come, from Old English tōcyme (coming, advent, arrival).

Noun

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tocome (plural tocomes)

  1. A future period of time.
    in tocumin the future
  2. An approach; onset.
  3. An entrance.