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{{en-adj|-}}

  

{{en-adj|-}}
   
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# [[next|Next]].

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# Approaching; of the future, especially the near future; the [[next]].
 

#: ''We expect great things from you this '''coming''' year.''

  

#: ''We expect great things from you this '''coming''' year.''
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#: ''She will have two or three paintings in the '''coming''' exhibition.''
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#* Byron
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#*: your '''coming''' days and years
 

# [[deserved|Deserved]].

  

# [[deserved|Deserved]].
 

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

  

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

# Newly in [[fashion]]; advancing into maturity or achievement.

  

# Newly in [[fashion]]; advancing into maturity or achievement.
 

#: ''Ergonomic wallets are the '''coming''' thing.''

  

#: ''Ergonomic wallets are the '''coming''' thing.''
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# {{context|obsolete|lang=en}} Ready to come; [[complaisant]]; [[fond]].
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#: {{rfquotek|Alexander Pope}}
   
 

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====Derived terms====

Latest revision as of 01:27, 28 June 2013

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English[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

come +‎ -ing

Verb[edit]

coming

  1. Present participle of come.

Etymology 2[edit]

From Middle English present participle of comen

Noun[edit]

coming (plural comings)

  1. The act of arriving; an arrival
Derived terms[edit]
Translations[edit]

act of arriving; an arrival

Adjective[edit]

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.
    • Byron
      your coming days and years
  2. Deserved.
    When he was fired, nobody was surprised or upset because they thought he had it coming.
  3. Newly in fashion; advancing into maturity or achievement.
    Ergonomic wallets are the coming thing.
  4. (obsolete) Ready to come; complaisant; fond.
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Alexander Pope to this entry?)

Derived terms[edit]

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