Standard Lemma guide

coming

adj · noun · verb · 9 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • /ˈkʌmɪŋ/
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • Midlands, Northern-England: /ˈkʊmɪŋ/
  • Midlands, Northern-England: /ˈkʊmɪŋɡ/ without the NG-coalescence
  • rhymes with -ʌmɪŋ
  • CMU ARPABET: K AH1 M IH0 NG Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

Approaching; of the future, especially the near future; the next.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

Examples

  • We expect great things from you this coming year.
  • She will have two or three paintings in the coming exhibition.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

adj

Meaning 2

Newly in fashion; advancing into maturity or achievement.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

Examples

  • Ergonomic wallets are the coming thing.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

adj

Meaning 3

Ready to come; complaisant; fond.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable, obsolete

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

The act of arriving; an arrival.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • The/this Sunday coming / coming Sunday.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

verb

Meaning 5

present participle and gerund of come

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: form-of, gerund, participle, present

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

6

noun

Meaning 6

arrival that has been awaited (especially of something momentous)

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • the advent of the computer

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: advent

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: arrival, reaching

7

noun

Meaning 7

the moment of most intense pleasure in sexual intercourse

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: orgasm, climax, sexual climax

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: consummation

Narrower terms: male orgasm

8

noun

Meaning 8

the act of drawing spatially closer to something

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • the hunter's approach scattered the geese

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: approach, approaching

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: motion, movement, move

Narrower terms: access, closing, closure, landing approach, run-up

9

noun

Meaning 9

the temporal property of becoming nearer in time

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • the approach of winter

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: approach, approaching

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: timing

History

Etymology

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

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”).

Across languages

Translations

43 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Latin: venturus — approaching; of the near future
  • Eastern Mari: лишыл (ĺišyl) — approaching; of the near future
  • Occitan: avenidor — approaching; of the near future
  • Portuguese: venturo — approaching; of the near future
  • Portuguese: vindouro — approaching; of the near future
  • Spanish: venidero — approaching; of the near future
  • Spanish: viniente — approaching; of the near future
  • Arabic: إتْيَان (ʔityān) — act of arriving; an arrival
  • Arabic: أَتْي (ʔaty) — act of arriving; an arrival
  • Arabic: مَجِيء (majīʔ) — act of arriving; an arrival
  • Armenian: ժամանում (žamanum) — act of arriving; an arrival
  • Armenian: գալուստ (galust) — act of arriving; an arrival
  • Bashkir: килеү (kilew) — act of arriving; an arrival
  • Bulgarian: идване (idvane) — act of arriving; an arrival
  • Bulgarian: пристигане (pristigane) — act of arriving; an arrival
  • Chinese Mandarin: 來臨 /来临 (láilín) — act of arriving; an arrival
  • Czech: příchod — act of arriving; an arrival
  • Dutch: komst — act of arriving; an arrival
  • Esperanto: alveno — act of arriving; an arrival
  • Finnish: tuleminen — act of arriving; an arrival
  • French: venue — act of arriving; an arrival
  • French: arrivée — act of arriving; an arrival
  • German: Aufkommen — act of arriving; an arrival
  • German: Kommen — act of arriving; an arrival
  • Gothic: 𐌵𐌿𐌼𐍃 (qums) — act of arriving; an arrival
  • Greek: ερχομός (erchomós) — act of arriving; an arrival
  • Hindi: आगमन (āgman) — act of arriving; an arrival
  • Hunsrik: Komme — act of arriving; an arrival
  • Icelandic: koma — act of arriving; an arrival
  • Italian: arrivo — act of arriving; an arrival
  • Japanese: 来臨 (rairin) — act of arriving; an arrival
  • Kyrgyz: келме (kelme) — act of arriving; an arrival
  • Maltese: miġja — act of arriving; an arrival
  • Persian: رسیدن (residan) — act of arriving; an arrival
  • Persian: درآمدن (dar-âmadan) — act of arriving; an arrival
  • Portuguese: vinda — act of arriving; an arrival
  • Russian: наступле́ние (nastuplénije) — act of arriving; an arrival
  • Russian: прихо́д (prixód) — act of arriving; an arrival
  • Scottish Gaelic: tighinn — act of arriving; an arrival
  • Spanish: venida — act of arriving; an arrival
  • Turkish: gelme — act of arriving; an arrival
  • Welsh: dyfodiad — act of arriving; an arrival
  • Woiwurrung: boorrnoone — act of arriving; an arrival
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