English Online Dictionary. What means coming? What does coming mean?
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkʌmɪŋ/
- Rhymes: -ʌmɪŋ
Etymology 1
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”).
Verb
coming
- present participle and gerund of come
Derived terms
Etymology 2
From Middle English coming, commyng, cumming, equivalent to come + -ing (gerundive ending).
Noun
coming (plural comings)
- The act of arriving; an arrival.
- The/this Sunday coming / coming Sunday.
Derived terms
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Adjective
coming (not comparable)
- Approaching; of the future, especially the near future; the next.
- Newly in fashion; advancing into maturity or achievement.
- (obsolete) Ready to come; complaisant; fond.
Synonyms
- (of the future): unborn; see also Thesaurus:future
Derived terms
- coming on
- this coming
- up-and-coming
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Anagrams
- gnomic