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.
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Pronunciation
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/ˈkʌmɪŋ/
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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.
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