Definition of coming
:an act or instance of arriving
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Examples of coming in a Sentence
the coming of the children meant we could finally get the party started
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Eason will take a nice step forward in 2017 but won’t have his coming-out party until his junior year.
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Although idiosyncratic in the details, his coming of age fits neatly within the bounds of conventional adolescent suffering.
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Arya is seeing things at Winterfell, too: the shady comings and goings of Littlefinger.
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Owner Jimmy Haslam talked of the Browns targeting 2018 and 2019 as their coming-out party.
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Ruth Davidson wrote a big political coming-out essay this week.
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The Mason Police Department released its 2016 Annual Report, highlighting the comings and goings of the department Wednesday.
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The two-day outage, which ended Thursday night, forced jail staff to track the comings and goings of inmates at both facilities by hand.
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A few aging computer programs used at the Milwaukee County Jail and House of Correction for tracking the comings and goings of inmates crashed Wednesday and remained offline Thursday, officials said.
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First Known Use of coming
13th century
coming Synonyms
Synonyms
advent, appearance, arrival, incomingAntonyms
decamping, decampment, departing, departure, disappearance, exit, exiting, farewell, going, leave-taking, parting, quittingRelated Words
approach, entrance, ingress; beginning, birth, commencement, dawn, dawning, debut (also début), genesis, inception, morning, onset, startNear Antonyms
dissipation, dissolution, evaporation, fadeaway, fading, melting, passing, vanishing; clearing out, egress, leaving, retirement, retreat, withdrawal; emigration, evacuation, exodusDefinition of coming
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:immediately due in sequence or development
- in the coming year
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:gaining importance
- the coming trend
Examples of coming in a Sentence
The company has many plans for the coming year.
An official announcement will be made in the coming days.
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In late July, says Doblin, MAPS and FDA agreed on how the coming phase III trials—usually the last hurdle before seeking a drug's approval from regulators—should be conducted.
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Aside from Smith’s research, one of the primary goals of the project is to identify genes that are involved in the Joshua tree’s adaptation to climate in order to plan for the coming climate crisis.
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One of Maduro’s top allies and leader of the ruling socialist party, Caracas Mayor Jorge Rodriguez, said Tuesday that the assembly would convene in coming hours.
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Team would use coming months to vet full-time candidates.
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The rest of their party in Washington, for now, is more focused on Trump's policy and the coming midterm elections.
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Retired Naval officers have been selected to lead Rancho Bernardo’s two Rotary clubs for the coming year.
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Other cruise lines continue to offer itineraries through the original canal, Quijano said, but during the coming winter season more cruise traffic is expected through the canal expansion.
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Martirano, who also was sworn in as interim superintendent for the coming year at the meeting, presented his plan before a packed room of community members.
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First Known Use of coming
15th century
coming Synonyms
Synonyms
approaching, forthcoming, imminent, impending, nearing, oncoming, pending, proximate, upcomingAntonyms
late, recentRelated Words
future; anticipated, awaited, expected, foreseen, predictedNear Antonyms
bygone, erstwhile, foregone, former, old, onetime, other, past, quondam, sometime, whilomCOMING Defined for English Language Learners
coming
adjective
Definition of coming for English Language Learners
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: happening soon or next
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: becoming more important or popular
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