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forthcoming

forthcoming

21 4.1
Ready to be given when needed
  • adjective
  • /ˈfɔrθˌkʌmɪŋ/
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  • The manager assured us that the support we needed would be forthcoming during the project.
  • aid is forthcoming
  • support will be forthcoming
  • funds are forthcoming

You make the sacrifices, and the reward isn't forthcoming.

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Examples

  • Nor has support for treatment been as forthcoming as the legislation indicated it ought to be.

    Academic text (1993)

  • The answers to these questions were not forthcoming in the classroom, and students became rebellious and alienated.

    Academic text (1993)

  • I mentioned papers he had written that were forthcoming in print.

    Academic text (2017)

  • And such charity, I may say, was always forthcoming in the past in America.

    Blog text (8)

  • I think a little present should be forthcoming.

    Unfaithfully Yours (1984)

  • His third novel, America by Land, is forthcoming from Random House.

    Fiction book (1992)

  • Their release will be forthcoming after the comments and final revision periods are completed.

    Academic text (2012)

  • So we're wishing her well and the Assembly well in their scrutiny of the forthcoming legislation.

  • Holidays in Vietnam are dynamic because this forthcoming golfing destination is safe and affordable.

    Blog text (6)

  • What meager funds are forthcoming are increasingly tied to performance as measured on standardized tests.

    Academic text (1990)

Synonyms

ready
vsforthcoming
∞ 1.0

Prepared and willing to act or be used immediately

is about being supplied when needed or promised, not personal willingness
available
vsforthcoming
∞ 2.3

Able to be used or bought and not in use now

is promised or ready to be provided when specifically required
on hand
vsforthcoming
81 2.1

Ready to use or help when needed

is expected to be provided when requested rather than already present
at the ready
vsforthcoming
20 3.5

Prepared and available to use immediately

is intended to be provided when needed or promised rather than instantly
ready to hand
vsforthcoming
1 3.4

You can reach and use it right away

is set to be given when required rather than being necessarily nearby
procurable
vsforthcoming
5.8

Able to be bought or found

is ready to be provided when needed rather than merely being possible to obtain

Antonyms

unavailable
81 3.4

Not able to be used, reached, or bought

How Available

ready
∞ 1.0
on hand
81 2.1
forthcoming
21 4.1
available
∞ 2.3
accessible
280 3.9

Surface Forms

forthcoming positive

Morphology

forthcoming = coming (transparent) = forth + come + ing

The sense 'available or ready to be provided' is a natural extension of 'coming' (about to be given), so learners can typically infer it from the base.

Etymology

Forthcoming comes from forth ('forward') and coming ('to come'), so it can mean something that 'comes forward' when needed or promised. So if help or money is not forthcoming, it means it does not appear or is not given.