forthcoming
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4.2
- adjective
- /ˈfɔrθˌkʌmɪŋ/
- She is excited about her forthcoming trip to Europe in the summer.
- a forthcoming book
- a forthcoming article
- a forthcoming issue
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Watch on YouTubeI've been writing some columns lately about things that perturb me, like the forthcoming famine, for example.
- I've been writing some columns lately about things that perturb me, like the forthcoming famine, for example.
- He is the author of a dozen books including the prize winning Freedom Summer and the forthcoming book with this title.
- But we, in my forthcoming book with Michael Grant, think it's much more interesting and promising.
- And he talks about his forthcoming book, Pronoun Trouble, The Story of Us in Seven Little Words, which comes out in April.
- I also, as a lifelong Red Sox fan, want to salute her for this forthcoming panel in my lifetime.
- In honor of my forthcoming child first, we've got Tom Brady kisses his son on the mouth for a little too long.
Examples
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His next title, a story collection titled New Moon on the Water, is forthcoming from Full Moon Press.
Academic text (2008) -
A new collection of his stories entitled The Picture Frame is forthcoming from Mercer University Press.
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Uh, we're here today to talk about the forthcoming flight.
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Details of the arrest will be forthcoming in this live report.
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May I congratulate the king on his forthcoming marriage.
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The Ministry of Defense has announced that, as of this moment, we should expect a full German invasion of this country over the forthcoming weeks.
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Will the Prime Minister give his support to additional resources for the NHS and social in the forthcoming Autumn Statement?
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Later today Captain Richard Burton will address the society on matters not directly related to the forthcoming debate.
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I am also going through the final, final proofs of my forthcoming novel, which is coming out on February of next year.
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His current projects include the television series 100 Centre Street and the forthcoming film America's Sweethearts.
Fiction book (2001)
Synonyms
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1.0
Expected to happen soon
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1.4
About to happen
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4.8
Likely to happen very soon
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4.0
Going to happen very soon, usually something bad
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2.3
Happening or likely to happen soon
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5.6
Likely to happen soon
Likely to happen very soon
Antonyms
How Soon
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Forthcoming comes from forth ('forward') and coming ('to come'), originally meaning 'coming forward' or 'about to appear'. So a forthcoming event is one that will happen soon.