forecoming
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: 0.00 in modern English
18
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
noun
The act or process of coming before, to the front, or to the fore; forthcoming; advent
Countable; Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "It is, however, our earnest desire to interest the members of the profession of these United States in the forecoming of social insurance against sickness."
- "The important thing is to be aware of one's own bias, so that the text may present itself in all its newness and thus be able to assert its own truth against its own forecomings."
- "All of these new political arrivals are results of the governmental change, thus all are for bettering our nation's internal forecomings."
Etymology
From Middle English *forcomynge, *forcumande, from Old English forecumende, from Proto-Germanic *furaquemandz, present participle of Proto-Germanic *furaquemaną (“to come before”), equivalent to fore- + coming (present participle).
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: *forcomynge, forecumende, *furaquemandz, *furaquemaną