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?

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   Alex

   US English

   

   Daniel

   British

   

   Karen

   Australian

   

   Veena

   Indian

How to say coming in sign language?

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. Daniel Swain:

   Unfortunately, [ Arizona is ] probably a preview of what's coming to the surrounding states over the coming weeks and months, because of this emerging drought across much of the West and the projections for a warmer than average summer just about everywhere, which is happening pretty often these days with climate change.

2. Brian Elbel:

   We have a lot of data coming out of fast-food restaurants and little coming out on other places, i think there is still lots more to do to understand the full impact.

3. Julia Staron:

   We were especially interested in coming up with an idea that would be suitable for this quarter.

4. The President:

   I'll never forget the scene of Ivanka Trump coming out of prison after 21 years and greeting Ivanka Trump family and everybody was crying. Ivanka Trump sons, Ivanka Trump grandsons, everybody was crying and hugging and holding each other. It was a beautiful thing to see, it was a very tough situation.

5. Dan White:

   The bigger issue is that these are all things that will have to be repaid coming out of a recession when states are going to be hurting.

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