Definitions for coming
ˈkʌm ɪŋcom·ing

Princeton's WordNet(1.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. approach, approaching, coming(noun)

   the act of drawing spatially closer to something

   "the hunter's approach scattered the geese"

2. advent, coming(noun)

   arrival that has been awaited (especially of something momentous)

   "the advent of the computer"

3. approach, approaching, coming(noun)

   the temporal property of becoming nearer in time

   "the approach of winter"

4. orgasm, climax, sexual climax, coming(adj)

   the moment of most intense pleasure in sexual intercourse

5. approaching, coming(a), forthcoming, upcoming(adj)

   of the relatively near future

   "the approaching election"; "this coming Thursday"; "the forthcoming holidays"; "the upcoming spring fashions"

Wiktionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. coming(Noun)

   The act of arriving; an arrival

2. coming(Adjective)

   Next.

   We expect great things from you this coming year.

3. coming(Adjective)

   Deserved.

   When he was fired, nobody was surprised or upset because they thought he had it coming.

4. coming

   Newly in fashion; advancing into maturity or achievement.

   Ergonomic wallets are the coming thing.

Webster Dictionary(3.00 / 3 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Coming

   of Come

2. Coming(adj)

   approaching; of the future, especially the near future; the next; as, the coming week or year; the coming exhibition

3. Coming(adj)

   ready to come; complaisant; fond

4. Coming(noun)

   approach; advent; manifestation; as, the coming of the train

5. Coming(noun)

   specifically: The Second Advent of Christ

Editors Contribution(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. coming

   Verb form of the word come.

   They are coming to the wedding as we invited them.

   Submitted by MaryC on April 15, 2020  

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'coming' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #700

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'coming' in Written Corpus Frequency: #220

3. Adjectives Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'coming' in Adjectives Frequency: #998

Anagrams for coming »

1. Gnomic

How to pronounce coming?

1. 

   Alex

   US English

   

   Daniel

   British

   

   Karen

   Australian

   

   Veena

   Indian

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of coming in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of coming in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of coming in a Sentence

1. Lee Hardman:

   Optimism from earlier this year that policy stimulus in China would provide more support for economic growth in Asia appears to be fading, in these circumstances, commodity-related and emerging market currencies are coming back under downward pressure against the dollar.

2. Greg Miller:

   If this was all so above-board and not problematic in any way, why did the National Security Council coming out of this meeting feel it was necessary to contact the CIA director and the director of the National Security Agency to give them a heads' up on what Trump had just told the Russians?

3. Maddie LaRue:

   [ Drug companies ] really utilize the scientific literature, and most of the literature is coming out of big academic labs, if academic labs are shut down for months and research continuities are disrupted, it's going to take several more months to gain momentum again and people won't be producing results for some time... That could really put a lag on the drug discovery pipeline that we have going with industry.

4. Rod Stewart:

   There's not quite this spontaneity that there was when I was coming through and also there wasn't mobile phones with cameras so obviously we got away with a lot more than new artists do, but generally speaking, I don't think you can shock the public anymore, I think they've been shocked enough.

5. Elizabeth Osbourne:

   I was terrified. Absolutely terrified, I thought we'd lost him, i just couldn't imagine him coming out of it.

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