forthcoming
adjective
forth·com·ing
fȯrth-ˈkə-miŋ 
ˈfȯrth-
1
: being about to appear or to be produced or made available
the forthcoming holidays
your forthcoming novel
funds are forthcoming
2
a
: responsive, outgoing
a forthcoming and courteous man
b
: characterized by openness, candidness, and forthrightness (see forthright entry 1 sense 1)
… not forthcoming about his memories of medical school …—
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He was more forthcoming about his past than they expected.
She has been less than forthcoming about her involvement in the scandal.
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Robert Alexander, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Dec. 2025
Again, the memory of losing 6-0 at Bolton Wanderers or 5-1 at Rotherham United make this forthcoming quartet of matches all the more welcome.
—Michael Walker, New York Times, 2 Dec. 2025
One pipeline was blown up in a wild Ukrainian operation that’s the subject of Bojan Pancevski’s forthcoming book The Nord Stream Conspiracy.
—Ben Smith, semafor.com, 1 Dec. 2025
In the co-authors’ forthcoming novel The Last Mandarin, Alice Li, a first generation Chinese-American, is intent on paving her own path.
—Carly Tagen-Dye, PEOPLE, 1 Dec. 2025
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“Forthcoming.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/forthcoming. Accessed 8 Dec. 2025.
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forthcoming
adjective
forth·com·ing
(ˈ)fōrth-ˈkəm-iŋ
(ˈ)fȯrth-
1
a
: being about to appear : approaching
the forthcoming holidays
your forthcoming novel
b
: readily available
supplies will be forthcoming soon
2
a
: outgoing sense 2
a forthcoming and courteous man
b
: open and candid
not forthcoming about her past
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