Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

coming on

Word Rarity Common

Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.39 in modern English

Syllables: com-ing on
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

Almost, nearly, nigh on.

verb

present participle and gerund of come on

Example Sentences

"I do scouting for record companies. I've been doing that for coming on three years now."

Questions

What does coming on mean?: Almost, nearly, nigh on.

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