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. Julie Anne Genter:

   New Zealand's measles outbreaks are reflective of what's happening internationally. There are significant outbreaks occurring worldwide and cases from these countries are coming into Aotearoa.

2. Michael Beck:

   I just love being here with all the fans. I see kids coming here, eight years old, and I go 'How do you even know about this movie,' i found out something today. One of the stunt guys who played one of the Furies, he came up to me and told me, 'Thirty-seven years ago, you broke three of my ribs with a baseball bat.' I told him I was sorry. I didn't mean to.

3. Russ Teplitzky:

   We knew about the drill, and you’d think you can prepare for this. But you see the shooter come in, you hear the shots being fired, it starts going through your mind, heart starts to race and you go into overdrive, i had no idea I would feel that way. Like I said, we knew it was coming.

4. Joshua Pollack:

   This is a statement, symbolic of defiance, the pursuit of sanctions relief is over. Nothing is made explicit here, but it starts to set new expectations about the coming course of policy for 2020.

5. Alan Rowsome:

   Every day that LWCF goes unauthorized and without a permanent funding solution, many National Parks projects will go unfunded in the year of the Centennial, this would be disappointing and doesn't have happen if Congress can solve the issue in the coming days as part of a broad package heading to the President's desk before Christmas.

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