upcoming
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1.4
- adjective
- /ˈʌpˌkʌmɪŋ/
- 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
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- Why would I wear this to an upcoming global warming summit, Steven?
- So anyways, I give them an opportunity to ask the upcoming guest questions.
- He wrote the score for Tennant and the score for the upcoming Oppenheimer movie.
- This is always done in the light of what are the upcoming competitions.
- So the next question is what advice would you give for an upcoming market correction?
Examples
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The upcoming concert has everyone in the city excited.
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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.
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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?
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Ground News currently has a special page for the upcoming US elections.
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We were discussing the upcoming festival, you know.
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The upcoming holiday could send Chloe over the edge.
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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
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1.0
Expected to happen soon
∞
2.3
Relating to things that will happen later
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4.0
Going to happen very soon, usually something bad
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4.2
Happening in the near future
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2.3
Happening or likely to happen soon
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8.1
Happening fairly soon but not at a set time
Likely to happen very soon
Antonyms
Compounds
How Soon
Surface Forms
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'.