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| 1. | [ adjective ] of the relatively near future | |
| Synonyms: | upcoming forthcoming approaching | |
| Examples: | "the approaching election" "this coming Thursday" "the forthcoming holidays" "the upcoming spring fashions" |
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| Related terms: | future | |
| 2. | [ noun ] the act of drawing spatially closer to something | |
| Synonyms: | approach approaching | |
| Examples: | "the hunter's approach scattered the geese" |
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| Related terms: | motion closing landing_approach run-up access come | |
| 3. | [ noun ] arrival that has been awaited (especially of something momentous) | |
| Synonyms: | advent | |
| Examples: | "the advent of the computer" |
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| Related terms: | arrival arrive | |
| 4. | [ adjective ] yet to come | |
| Synonyms: | future_day | |
| Examples: | "coming generations" "a future-day Gibbon of Macaulay" |
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| Related terms: | future | |
| 5. | [ noun ] the temporal property of becoming nearer in time | |
| Synonyms: | approaching approach | |
| Examples: | "the approach of winter" |
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| Related terms: | timing come | |
| 6. | [ noun ] (sexuality) the moment of most intense pleasure in sexual intercourse | |
| Synonyms: | climax sexual_climax orgasm | |
| Related terms: | consummation male_orgasm come | |
| Similar spelling: |
coaming commingle commonage commons commence communize communist communism communise common_ax commensal Cumings |
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