coming
/ˈkʌmɪŋ/
Word Rarity
Common
Frequency: 5.40 in modern English
11
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
intj
Used to express that one is on the way.
adj
Approaching; of the future, especially the near future; the next.
adj
Newly in fashion; advancing into maturity or achievement.
Example Sentences
- "— FBI! Open up!"
- "— Coming"
- "The/this Sunday coming / coming Sunday."
- "But he found it strange to think […] of all these little things that cluster round the comings, and the stayings, and the goings, that he would know nothing of them, nothing of what they had been, as long as he lived, […]"
- "We expect great things from you this coming year."
- "She will have two or three paintings in the coming exhibition."
Etymology
From Middle English cominge, comynge, comande, from Old English cumende, from Proto-Germanic *kwemandz, present participle of Proto-Germanic *kwemaną (“to come”), equivalent to come + -ing (present participle ending). Cognate with Dutch komend (“coming”), German kommend (“coming”), Swedish kommande (“coming”), Icelandic komandi (“coming”).
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: cominge, cumende, *kwemandz, *kwemaną, coming