coming

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkʌmɪŋ/

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Etymology 1

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”).

Verb

coming

1. present participle of come

Derived terms

• a long time coming
• have it coming
• see coming

Etymology 2

From Middle English coming, commyng, cumming, equivalent to come +‎ -ing (gerundive ending).

Noun

coming (plural comings)

1. The act of arriving; an arrival

Derived terms

• aftercoming
• forecoming
• forthcoming
• gaincoming
• second coming

Translations

act of arriving; an arrival

• Arabic: إتْيَان (ar) m (ʔityān), أَتْي m (ʔaty), مَجِيء m (majīʔ)
• Armenian: ժամանում (hy) (žamanum), գալուստ (hy) (galust)
• Bashkir: килеү (kilew)
• Bulgarian: идване (bg) n (idvane), пристигане n (pristigane)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 來臨／来临 (zh) (láilín), 来临 (zh) (láilín)

• Czech: příchod (cs) m
• Dutch: komst (nl) f
• Esperanto: veni
• Finnish: tuleminen (fi)
• French: venue (fr) f, arrivée (fr) f
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• German: Aufkommen (de) n, Kommen n
• Gothic: 𐌵𐌿𐌼𐍃 m (qums)
• Icelandic: koma (is) f
• Italian: arrivo (it)
• Japanese: 来臨 (ja) (らいりん, rairin)
• Maltese: miġja f
• Persian: رسیدن (fa) (residan), درآمدن (fa) (darâmadan)
• Portuguese: vinda (pt) f
• Russian: наступле́ние (ru) n (nastuplénije), прихо́д (ru) m (prixód)
• Scottish Gaelic: tighinn f
• Spanish: venida (es)
• Welsh: dyfodiad m

Adjective

coming (not comparable)

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.

   • 1807, George Gordon Byron, To the Earl of Clare:

     Oh! if you wish that happiness / your coming days and years may bless,

2. Newly in fashion; advancing into maturity or achievement.

   Ergonomic wallets are the coming thing.

3. (obsolete) Ready to come; complaisant; fond.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Alexander Pope to this entry?)

   • 1697, John Dryden, “Dedication of the Æneis”, in The Works of Virgil:

     That he had been so affectionate a husband, was no ill argument to the coming dowager, that he might prove as kind to her.

Synonyms

• (of the future): unborn; see also Thesaurus:future

Translations

approaching; of the near future

• Latin: venturus (la)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Occitan: avenidor (oc)

Derived terms

• coming on
• up-and-coming

Anagrams

• gnomic