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English adjective: coming | |||
| 1. | coming of the relatively near future | ||
| Samples | The approaching election. This coming Thursday. The forthcoming holidays. The upcoming spring fashions. | ||
| Synonyms | approaching, forthcoming, upcoming | ||
| Similar | future | ||
| Antonyms | past, present | ||
English noun: coming | |||
| 1. | coming (act) the act of drawing spatially closer to something | ||
| Samples | The hunter's approach scattered the geese. | ||
| Synonyms | approach, approaching | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | motion, move, movement | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | access, closing, closure, landing approach, run-up | ||
| 2. | coming (act) arrival that has been awaited (especially of something momentous) | ||
| Samples | The advent of the computer. | ||
| Synonyms | advent | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | arrival, reaching | ||
| 3. | coming (attribute) the temporal property of becoming nearer in time | ||
| Samples | The approach of winter. | ||
| Synonyms | approach, approaching | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | timing | ||
| 4. | coming (act) the moment of most intense pleasure in sexual intercourse | ||
| Synonyms | climax, orgasm, sexual climax | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | consummation | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | male orgasm | ||
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