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upcoming

upcoming

262 1.4
About to happen
  • adjective
  • /ˈʌpˌkʌmɪŋ/
translation icon : próximo
  • Typically, they involved learning new songs for an upcoming event or rehearsing a dance or a skit.
  • an upcoming election
  • an upcoming event
  • the upcoming year

There are links to Dopamine Nation and the upcoming workbook in the description.

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Examples

  • The upcoming concert has everyone in the city excited.

  • But she was so excited about her upcoming wedding, I felt terrible about disappointing her.

    Fiction book (1995)
  • Although, I could use someone like you for an upcoming project.

  • There are at least a few upcoming changes that could serve as turning points.

    Academic text (2008)
  • Are we going to survive this upcoming bad winter?

  • Ground News currently has a special page for the upcoming US elections.

  • We were discussing the upcoming festival, you know.

  • The upcoming holiday could send Chloe over the edge.

  • Callers also asked about families' plans and concerns about the upcoming school year and updated contact information.

    Academic text (2013)
  • The first grants will be available for the upcoming school year, the Jonesboro Sun reported.

    Academic text (2017)

Synonyms

future
vsupcoming
2.3

Relating to things that will happen later

focuses specifically on events happening soon
imminent
vsupcoming
168 4.8

Likely to happen very soon

is neutral and less urgent than that
impending
vsupcoming
55 4.0

Going to happen very soon, usually something bad

is neutral and does not imply unpleasantness
forthcoming
vsupcoming
43 4.2

Happening in the near future

is the common neutral term without added formality
approaching
vsupcoming
4 2.3

Happening or likely to happen soon

is a simple label for events happening soon without implying movement
soonish
vsupcoming
  • Informal
1 8.1

Happening fairly soon but not at a set time

is a firmer neutral term for events expected soon
coming
vsupcoming
1.0

Expected to happen soon

is the neutral word used for near future occurrences
impendent
vsupcoming
7.8

Likely to happen very soon

is the standard neutral form while this is a variant spelling

Antonyms

1.0

The time before now when events happened

110 2.9

Far away in time, long before now or far in the future

Compounds

A planned gathering or activity that will happen soon

How Soon

immediate
570 1.3
imminent
168 4.8
upcoming
262 1.4
forthcoming
43 4.2

Surface Forms

upcoming positive

Morphology

upcoming = coming (transparent) = up + come + ing

The adjective is clearly analyzable as 'up' + 'coming' (from the phrasal verb 'come up'/'coming up'), so the meaning 'about to occur' is directly inferable.

Etymology

The word upcoming is built from the simple parts up and come, with -ing added. Come means 'to move toward' and up gives the idea of 'near', so upcoming literally means 'coming up' and is used for something 'happening soon'.