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Definition: Coming |
ComingAdjective1. Of the relatively near future; "the approaching election"; "this coming Thursday"; "the forthcoming holidays"; "the upcoming spring fashions". 2. Yet to come; "coming generations"; "a future-day Gibbon of Macaulay". Noun1. The act of drawing spatially closer to something; "the hunter's approach scattered the geese". 2. Arrival that has been awaited (especially of something momentous); "the advent of the computer". 3. The temporal property of becoming nearer in time; "the approach of winter". 4. The moment of most intense pleasure in sexual intercourse. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "coming" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references) |
Synonyms: ComingSynonyms: coming(a) (adj), forthcoming (adj), future day (adj), upcoming (adj), advent (n), approach (n), approaching (n), climax (n), orgasm (n), sexual climax (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Destiny | Adjective: impending; Verb: destined; about to be, happen; coming, in store, to come, going to happen, instant, at hand, near; near, close at hand; over hanging, hanging over one's head, imminent; brewing, preparing, forthcoming; int he wind, on the cards, in reserve; that will, is to be; in prospect; (expected); looming in the distance, horizon, future; unborn, in embryo; int he womb of time, futurity; pregnant; (producing). |
Evolution | Alternation; coming and going; Verb: ebb and flow, flux and reflux, ups and down. |
Futurity | Noun: futurity, futurition; future, hereafter, time to come; approaching time, coming time, subsequent time, after time, approaching age, coming age, subsequent age, after age, approaching days, coming days, subsequent days, after days, approaching hours, coming hours, subsequent hours, after hours, approaching ages, coming ages, subsequent ages, after ages, approaching life, coming life, subsequent life, after life, approaching years, coming years, subsequent years, after years; morrow; millennium, doomsday, day of judgment, crack of doom, remote future. |
Adjective: future, to come; coming; (impending); next, near; close at hand; eventual, ulterior; in prospect; (expectation). | |
Imagination | Conception, Vorstellung, excogitation, "a fine frenzy"; cloudland, dreamland; flight of fancy, fumes of fancy; "thick coming fancies"; creation of the brain, coinage of the brain; imagery. |
Insensibility | Phrase: never mind; macht nichts, it is of no consequence; (unimportant); it cannot be helped; nothing coming amiss; it is all the same to, it is all one to. |
Multitude | Thick coming, many more, more than one can tell, a world of; no end of, no end to; cum multis aliis; thick as hops, thick as hail; plenty as blackberries; numerous as the stars in the firmament, numerous as the sands on the seashore, numerous as the hairs on the head; and what not, and heaven knows what; endless; (infinite). |
Precedence | Noun: precedence; coming before; Verb: the lead, le pas; superiority; importance; antecedence, |
Receipt | Noun: receipt, value received, money coming in; income, incomings, innings, revenue, return, proceeds; gross receipts, net profit; earnings; (gain); accepta, avails. |
Repetition | Adjective: repeated; repetitionary; recurrent, recurring; ever recurring, thick coming; frequent, incessant; redundant, pleonastic. |
Sequence | Noun: sequence; coming after; (order); (time); following pursuit. |
Noun: sequence, coming after; going after; (following); consecution, succession; posteriority. | |
Sociality | Phrase: " a crowd is not company "; " be bright and jovial among your guests tonight "; " his worth is warrant for his welcome "; " let's be red with mirth "; " welcome the coming speed the parting guest ". |
Transfer | Phrase: estate coming into possession. |
Wealth | Phrase: one's ship coming in. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Coming |
| Specialty definitions using "coming": Campbells are Coming, COMING! SO IS CHRISTMAS ♦ know whether one is coming or going/not to. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "coming": Venue. (references) |
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Screenplays | Mammals, a day of reckoning is coming. That's right, the same plants and flowers that saw you crawl from the primordial soup will reclaim the planet (Batman & Robin; writing credit: Akiva Goldsman) They're coming for you, Neo, and I don't know what they're going to do. (The Matrix; writing credit: Andy Wachowski; Larry Wachowski) Suppose somebody saw you coming. (Sleuth; writing credit: Anthony Shaffer) I heard two noises coming from two sperate areas of space over there (The Blair Witch Project; writing credit: Daniel Myrick; Eduardo Sánchez) You are coming back with me to Seattle where I will demand a full pardon, a parade, and a little pink poodle (Double Jeopardy; writing credit: David Weisberg; Douglas Cook) | |
Lyrics | That it's all coming back to me (It's all coming back to me now; performing artist: Celine Dion) I'm coming (I'm Coming Out; performing artist: Diana Ross) Coming out of the dark, I know the love that saved me (COMING OUT OF THE DARK; performing artist: Gloria Estefan) All my rowdy friends are coming over tonight ("All My Rowdy Friends Are Coming Over Tonight"; performing artist: Hank Williams Jr.) I don't know why I keep coming back to you (Keep Coming Back; performing artist: Richard Marx) | |
Clever | Opportunities always look bigger going than coming. (references; author: unknown) When everything's coming your way, you're in the wrong lane and going the wrong way. (references; author: unknown) | |
Movie/TV Titles | The Second Coming of Suzanne (1974) Coming Home (1973) Guess Who's Coming This Weekend (1973) The Coming of Angie (1972) Valdez Is Coming (1971) | |
Song Titles | Coming Out Of The Dark (performing artist: Gloria Estefan) They're Coming to Take me Away (performing artist: Lenny Welch) THEY'RE COMING TO TAKE ME AWAY (performing artist: Napoleon XIV ) Coming Up (Live At Glasgow) (performing artist: Paul McCartney) Keep Coming Back (performing artist: Richard Marx) | |
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 | This schistosome parasite enters the body through the skin of persons coming in contact with infested waters. The adult worm lives in the veins of its host. The parasite is magnified x256 in this photograph. Credit: Bruce Wetzel (photographer). Harry Schaefer (phot. |  | Building party coming down from Station Remmel Triangulation party of E. O. Heaton. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection. |
 | It sure is tough to stay dry with the tide coming in Base line measurement in southeast Alaska Party of C. G. Quillian. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection. |  | Point Udall Millennium Monument. A sundial was erected here, the easternmost point of United States Territory to commemorate the coming of the new millennium . The marker represents "a continuum between all who have come before and all who are yet to come.". Credit: America's Coastlines. |
 | Mississippi River levee with river water coming through and flowing to a marsh east of the river. Flooding usually occurs every spring. Credit: America's Coastlines. |  | "The Start of a Blizzard from the South; Drift Coming around Mount Erebus." In: "The Heart of the Antarctic", Volume II, by E. H. Shackleton, 1909. P. 80. Library Call Number G149 S52. Credit: Paths Less Taken - NOAA at the Ends of the Earth. |
 | Indications of the coming spring melt - bare hills, pools of water, bare hands. Credit: Paths Less Taken - NOAA at the Ends of the Earth. |  | A Nansen bottle coming out of the water on a nearly mirror smooth sea. Credit: Fisheries. |
 | A 16,000 pound catch of pollock coming aboard the MILLER FREEMAN. Credit: Fisheries. |  | Lieutenant Budd Christman flying leased Bell 206 in Bering Sea coming in for landing on SURVEYOR. Credit: Flying With NOAA. |
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| "Night coming to Ayacucho" by Alexis Bellido Commentary: "6pm at Ayacucho, Perú, very nice reddish sky. Let me know if you use it." | "Con edison coming thru!" by J Cash Commentary: "Taken at 23rd and first ave. about 20 minutes after the power went out." |
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 | Achromatically influenced waltz piece coming from the early Romantic era. |
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| Author | Quotation |
Anne Morrow Lindbergh | The wave of the future is coming and there is no fighting it. |
Arthur Schopenhauer | The longer a man's fame is likely to last, the longer it will be in coming. |
Author Unknown | Opportunity always looks better going than coming. |
| Reincarnation: People coming back to life at quitting time. | |
Benjamin Disraeli | Something unpleasant is coming when men are anxious to tell the truth. |
Doris Christensen | Night coming in like a black, silk cloud, silently folding itself around us. |
Oliver Wendell Holmes | Death tugs at my ear and says: "Live, I am coming." |
Oscar Wilde | Dullness is the coming of age of seriousness. |
William M. Thackeray | I never know whether to pity or congratulate a man on coming to his senses. |
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| Author | Date | Quotation |
John Locke | 1690 | To which if we add the variety of opinions, and contrariety of interests, which unavoidably happen in all collections of men, the coming into society upon such terms would be only like Cato's coming into the theatre, only to go out again. (Second Treatise of Government) |
Communist Manifesto | 1848 | Thus the aristocracy took their revenge by singing lampoons on their new master, and whispering in his ears sinister prophecies of coming catastrophe. (reference) |
Treaty of Versailles | 1919 | Conversely, export duties may be levied on goods coming from such country and brought into the free zone. (reference) |
Winston S. Churchill | 1946 | Last time I saw it all coming and cried aloud to my own fellow-countrymen and to the world, but no one paid any attention. ("Iron Curtain" Speech) |
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| Title | Author | Quote |
Emma | Austen, Jane | His coming to visit his father had been often talked of but never achieved |
Tangled Tale | Carroll, Lewis | She knew well what was coming. |
A Christmas Carol | Dickens, Charles | If he could only be there first, and catch Bob Cratchit coming late |
Life, the Universe and Everything | Douglas Adams | I'd love to stay and help you save the Galaxy, insisted Zaphod, rising himself up on to his shoulders, "but I have the mother and father of a pair of headaches, and I feel a lot of little headaches coming on." |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | His coming made a fete |
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man | Joyce, James | The air was soft and grey and mild and evening was coming. |
Smoke and Mirrors: Short Fictions and Illusions | Neil Gaiman | Benjamin Lassiter was coming to the unavoidable conclusion that the woman who had written A Walking Tour of the British Coastline, the book he was carrying in his backpack, had never been on a walking tour of any kind, and would probably not recognize the British coastline if it were to dance through her bedroom at the head of a marching band, singing 'I'm the British Coastline' in a loud and cheerful voice while accompanying itself on the kazoo |
Grapes of Wrath | Steinbeck, John | Three hundred thousand in California and more coming. |
Gulliver's Travels | Swift, Jonathan | I had an answer in about an hour, that his Majesty, attended by the Royal Family, and great officers of the court, was coming out to receive me. |
Walden | Thoreau, Henry David | Any prospect of awakening or coming to life to a dead man makes indifferent all times and places |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | Use only when outdoors and wash skin after coming indoors. (references) | |
Avoid coming into contact with rodents and rodent burrows or disturbing dens (such as pack rat nests). (references) | ||
If blood is coming from the rectum or the lower colon, bright red blood will coat or mix with the stool. (references) | ||
Business | Sales are expected to decline in the coming years. (references) | |
Imports mostly are coming from the USA and Europe. (references) | ||
The White Paper lays down guidelines for energy policy over the coming years. (references) | ||
Children | Ethiopia | In the Afar region of the east, young girls continue to be married to much older men, but this traditional practice is coming under greater scrutiny and criticism. (references) |
Civil Liberties | Iceland | During the year, there was a report that police detained for 3 days an Iraqi man who claimed asylum upon arrival at the airport, before returning him to the United Kingdom--his last stop before coming to Iceland. (references) |
Nicaragua | The leftist-leaning El Nuevo Diario, which had depended on a substantial amount of its revenue coming from government-purchased space prior to Aleman's presidency, largely was cut off by the Aleman administration during the year. (references) | |
Economic History | North Korea | Investment in this SEZ has been slow in coming. (references) |
Benin | These are expected to yield results in coming years. (references) | |
Ukraine | This situation could change within the coming months. (references) | |
Human Rights | Mali | The Forum called on the Government to make these issues a priority in the coming year. (references) |
Antigua and Barbuda | Courts can reach verdicts quickly, with some cases coming to conclusion in a matter of days. (references) | |
Mali | In extreme cases, individuals have remained in prison for several years before coming to trial. (references) | |
Minorities | Germany | All branches of Islam are represented in the country, with the vast majority of Muslims coming from a large number of other countries. (references) |
Australia | Upon coming to power in 1996, the Government reduced annual migrant (nonrefugee) immigration by 10 percent to 74,000; subsequently, it has increased to approximately 80,000. Humanitarian immigration figures remained steady at approximately 12,000 per year from 1996 through this year. (references) | |
Political Economy | Georgia | The public mood improved with the coming of spring and the increase in electricity supply. (references) |
Trade | Bolivia | All goods coming by ship to Bolivia transit through foreign ports of entry. (references) |
Argentina | This tariff structure does not apply on products coming form MERCOSUR countries. (references) | |
Luxembourg | There is also a single duty among all EU members on products coming from non-EU countries. (references) | |
Travel | Colombia | Internet connections are coming into increasing use in Colombia. (references) |
Turkey | Anyone coming to Turkey should have comprehensive medical insurance. (references) | |
Guyana | Yellow fever immunization is required for travelers coming from most African and Latin American countries. (references) | |
Women | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | Increasing numbers of women are coming forward with domestic violence complaints. (references) |
Latvia | Cultural factors tend to discourage women from coming forth publicly with complaints of abuse. (references) | |
Korea | The Ministry of Gender Equality, established during the year to oversee issues related to women's rights and welfare, indicated that the number of cases of spousal abuse appears to be increasing because more women are coming forward to report abuse. (references) | |
Worker Rights | Kuwait | In June the Bangladeshi Government lifted its ban on domestic servants coming to Kuwait. (references) |
Netherlands | The discussions lead to a central accord with social as well as economic goals for the coming year. (references) | |
Cote d'Ivoire | In May a convoy containing 12 children coming from Burkina Faso was stopped in Ferkessedougou in northern Cote d'Ivoire. (references) | |
Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | GRAVE, n. A place in which the dead are laid to await the coming of the medical student. Beside a lonely grave I stood -- With brambles 'twas encumbered; The winds were moaning in the wood, Unheard by him who slumbered, A rustic standing near, I said: "He cannot hear it blowing!" "'Course not," said he: "the feller's dead -- He can't hear nowt [sic] that's going." "Too true," I said; "alas, too true -- No sound his sense can quicken!" "Well, mister, wot is that to you? -- The deadster ain't a-kickin'." I knelt and prayed: "O Father, smile On him, and mercy show him!" That countryman looked on the while, And said: "Ye didn't know him." Pobeter Dunko |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
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Art Linkletter | Oh, this is coming into my living room and this is the kind of stuff that we used to associate with guys with the coats going into the theaters and watching the porno pictures. |
Dennis Miller | I've always been sympathetic to women's dilemmas because, coming of age in the seventies, I quickly caught on that women wanted it all. |
James Van Praagh | I'll tell you, he's telling me to tell Michael about a suicide. He'll know who he is, this man is, because he went to school with him. Now it's all coming in. |
Joan Rivers | Very close, and he said, Melissa, I'm coming home. I'll see you tomorrow. And he hung up the phone and killed himself. |
Laura Schlessinger | When you live in a condo complex with people next door, I don't know how you can be dead for four months without anybody noticing you not coming and going. |
Mattie Stepanek | I'm feeling good. But I still have blood coming out of my trachea. And that's going to be a problem. So I'm going to go back into the hospital tomorrow morning. |
Robert Novak | Mrs. Dole, there's a lot of worries about a double-dip recession. The president is having an economic forum in Texas, coming up. |
Rush Limbaugh | The Democratic Congress spent every new dollar and more that Reagan brought in, but the fact is that the revenue coming into the Treasury nearly doubled over his two terms. |
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| Speaker | Term | Phrase(s) |
John Adams | 1797-1801 | Coming from all parts of the Union at this critical and interesting period, the members must be fully possessed of the sentiments and wishes of our constituents. |
Benjamin Harrison | 1889-1893 | There are men of all races, even the best, whose coming is necessarily a burden upon our public revenues or a threat to social order. |
Harry S. Truman | 1945-1953 | People everywhere are coming to realize that what is involved is material well-being, human dignity, and the right to believe in and worship God. |
Dwight Eisenhower | 1953-1961 | I pray that the coming years will be blessed with peace and prosperity for all. |
Richard Nixon | 1969-1974 | Oh, the immediate reaction would be a sense of relief that our men were coming home. |
Jimmy Carter | 1977-1981 | Services provided by the VA health care system will be further targeted to the special needs of disabled veterans during the coming year. |
Ronald Reagan | 1981-1989 | To talk of meeting the present situation by increasing taxes is a Band-Aid solution which does nothing to cure an illness that's been coming on for half a century--to say nothing of the fact that it poses a real threat to economic recovery. |
Bill Clinton | 1993-2001 | Violent crime is coming down all across America. |
George W. Bush | 2001-2005 | For all Americans, it has been a year of adjustment, of coming to terms with the difficult knowledge that our nation has determined enemies, and that we are not invulnerable to their attacks. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| "Coming" is generally used as a lexical verb (-ing form) -- approximately 91.63% of the time. "Coming" is used about 15,493 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Lexical Verb (-ing form) | 91.63% | 14,196 | 646 |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 8.05% | 1,247 | 6,276 |
| Noun (singular) | 0.3% | 47 | 49,740 |
| Noun (proper) | 0.02% | 3 | 202,518 |
| Total | 100.00% | 15,493 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes names derived from the word "coming". | |||
| Name | Gender | Language | Meaning |
| Assos | N/A | Biblical | Coming near |
| Gispa | N/A | Biblical | Coming hither |
| Iconium | N/A | Biblical | Coming |
| Ithiel | N/A | Biblical | Coming of God |
| Jared | N/A | Biblical | Coming down |
| Jered | N/A | Biblical | Coming down |
| Maranatha | N/A | Biblical | The Lord is coming |
| Raddai | N/A | Biblical | Coming down |
| Jareth | N/A | English | Coming down |
| Jarod | N/A | English | Coming down |
| Jarred | N/A | English | Coming down |
| Jarrod | N/A | English | Coming down |
| Jerrod | N/A | English | Coming down |
| Yered | N/A | Jewish | Coming down |
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Expressions using "coming": be coming apart at the seams ♦ coming after ♦ coming and going ♦ coming attraction ♦ coming back ♦ coming before ♦ coming down ♦ coming early ♦ coming events ♦ coming from fire ♦ coming from the same place ♦ coming generation ♦ Coming in ♦ coming into being ♦ coming into court ♦ coming into force ♦ coming man ♦ coming near ♦ coming of age ♦ coming of Christ ♦ coming out well ♦ coming through ♦ coming to life ♦ coming together ♦ coming upon ♦ dustman is coming ♦ estate coming into possession ♦ in coming weeks ♦ income money coming in ♦ it's all coming back to me ♦ know whether one is coming or going/not to ♦ night is coming on ♦ one's ship coming in ♦ sandman is coming ♦ second coming ♦ see smb. coming ♦ spring is coming ♦ stop coming ♦ that is coming it rather strong ♦ the coming year ♦ this coming week ♦ up and coming ♦ with winter coming. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "coming": coming-and-going, coming-down, coming-in, coming-of, coming-of-age, coming-on, coming-out, coming-out-ball, coming-through, Coming-to-be, coming-together, coming-to-know, coming-to-maturity, coming-to-terms. | |
Ending with "coming": forth-coming, in-coming, on-coming, up-and-coming, up-coming. | |
Containing "coming": girl-at-the-ball-coming-down-the-grand-staircase. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "coming"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Afrikaans | afkomstig. (various references) | |
Albanian | që vjen (incoming), pasues (adherent, consequent, cortege, disciple, follow up, follower, following, hanger-on, henchman, incoming, next, proximate, puisne, pursuant to, pursuivant, Sequent, subsequent, successive, successor), i ardhshëm (ensuing, forthcoming, future, next, prospective, proximate, To-be, unborn), ardhje (accession, advent, approach, arrival, flow, inflow, ingoing), afrim (approach, oncoming). (various references) | |
Arabic | في طريق الشهرة والنجاح, مقبل (future, relish), مجي, ناجح (effective, felicitous, infallible, prosperous, succeeded, successful), قادم (arriving, incoming), قدوم (incoming), الجيئة (presentation), الآتي (following). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | настъпващ (ensuing, supervenient, upcoming), многообещаващ (fair, hopeful, up and coming), бъдещ (elect, forward, future, prospective, ulterior, unborn, upcoming), пристигане (arrival), приближаване (accession, approach), идващ (in, oncoming). (various references) | |
Chinese | 未來 (approaching, future, pending, tomorrow), 来 (Came, Come, Comes). (various references) | |
Czech | slibný (auspicious, bright, encouraging, hopeful, promising, up and coming), přicházející (incoming), příchod (advent, arrival, entry), příští (following, next), nadcházející (impending, oncoming), dorùstající. (various references) | |
Danish | indikator stol kommer (car coming indicator, lift coming indicator), anker der river sig loes (home coming anchor), elevator kommer lampe (lift coming indicator), erhvervelse af ejendom (accession to ownership, accession to property, acquisition of property, coming into home ownership), erhvervelse af ejendomsret (accession to ownership, accession to property, acquisition of property, coming into home ownership), erhvervelse af fast ejendom (accession to ownership, accession to property, acquisition of property, coming into home ownership), flod saetter ind (tide is coming in), formuedannelse (accession to ownership, accession to property, acquisition of property, coming into home ownership, formation of property, formation of wealth), aksdannelse (coming into ear, ear emergence, heading, sprouting), hastende beslutning (coming into general use of the majority voting), varer,som er indfoert fra andre medlemsstater (goods coming from other Member States), landing (coming alongside, landfall, landing, making land, set down), sager,der behandles af en afdeling (case coming before a Chamber), skridning (coming into ear, ear emergence, heading, putting on the skid, skidding, sprouting, stopping), spøsgsmål,som falder ind under deres sagsområder (matters coming within their competence), spiring i akset (coming into ear, ear emergence, heading, sprouting), standse under nedstrømssejlads (coming to a halt pointing downstream), varer hidroerende fra tredjeland (products coming from third countries), hævning af borestreng (coming out of hole, pulling out of hole). (various references) | |
Dutch | afkomstig. (various references) | |
Esperanto | devena. (various references) | |
Finnish | vastainen (contrary, future, opposed, prospective), tulo (arrival, entrance, income, product, revenue), tuleva (future, next, prospective), jälkeentuleva. (various references) | |
French | venant, sur le chemin de réputation, arrivant (comer), approche. (various references) | |
Frisian | ôfkomstich. (various references) | |
German | kommend (close, future, near, nearby, next, up and coming, upcoming), kommen (arise, arrive, be on, belong, come, come along, come on, come out, come over, comme, get, go, happen, move in, occur, oncoming, reach, start, to acquire, to come, to come (came, to cum). (various references) | |
Greek | έλευση (advent), προσεχής (forthcoming), ερχόμενοσ (come, comer), ερχομόσ, ερχομός (advent). (various references) | |
Hebrew | התקרבות (approaching, coming near, convergence, oncoming, rapprochement), הופעה (advent, appearance, arrival, bearing, emergence, phenomenon, presence, showing), ביאה (approach, arrival, coition, coitus, entrance, intercourse). (various references) | |
Hungarian | jövetel, eljövetel (advent). (various references) | |
Indonesian | mendatang (approaching, arrive, come, happen, impending, occur, upcoming), kemudian hari, kelak (cuckoo dove, ere, later, next), besok (later, later on, to, tomorrow). (various references) | |
Irish | teacht (arrival). (various references) | |
Italian | venuta (arrival), venturo (closest, forthcoming, next, proximo), prossimo (close, early, forthcoming, near, nearby, neighbor, neighbour, next, proximo), futuro (future, hereafter, next, prospective, unborn), avvento (advent), arrivo (advent, arrival, finishing line, incoming). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 来臨 (advent, attendance, presence, visit), 参入 (going, visiting). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | さんにゅう (factoring in, going, including, visiting), らいりん (advent, attendance, presence, visit). (various references) | |
Korean | 옴 (Ohm). (various references) | |
Manx | shoh cheet. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | omingcay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | vinda (arrival, forthcoming). (various references) | |
Portuguese Brazilian | vem (is coming). (various references) | |
Romanian | care vine, venire (advent, arrival, incoming, return), sosire (advent, arrival, incoming), apropiere (approach, approximation, closeness, kindred, nearness, neighbor, neighborhood, neighbour, neighbourhood, propinquity, proximity, vicinity), ajungere (reach), înturnare (return). (various references) | |
Russian | ожидаемый (due, expected, pending, prospect, prospective), наступающий (incoming), многообещающий (hopeful, promising, up-and-coming), будущий (forthcoming, future, next, prospective, unborn), приходить поступление будущий, приход (advent, arrival, benefice, curacy, parish), приезд (arrival), приближающийся (oncoming). (various references) | |
Scottish | tighinn (coming alive, subsisting), teachd (accession, arrival, legal). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | predstojeći (approaching, next), naredni (next, succeeding), dolazak (advent, arrival). (various references) | |
Somali | socda (comes). (various references) | |
Spanish | venidero (forthcoming, future, oncoming), venida de prisa, venida (advent, arrival, extent, invasion), que viene, proveniente, próximo (approaching, close, following, forthcoming, future, handy, impending, near, nearby, next, proximate), originario (original, originative), natural (artless, core, disposition, easy, elemental, fresh, lifelike, matter of course, matter of fact, native, natural, nature, of course, plain, simple, temper, unstudied), llegada de prisa, llegada (advent, arrival, coming-in, covenant, dissidence, extent, finish, immigration, incursion, invasion, touchdown, treat). (various references) | |
Swedish | tillkommande (future, intended), kommande (comer, forthcoming, future, next, unborn), instundande (next). (various references) | |
Tswana | goroga (arrive, arriving). (various references) | |
Turkish | yaklaşma (access, approach, approximation, oncoming), varış (arrival), gelme (advent, arrival), geliş (arrival), gelen (incoming), gelecek (forthcoming, future, futurity, hereafter, oncoming, the future). (various references) | |
Turkmen | barlyюyk (gathering, meeting). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | очікуваний (calculated, due, expected, pending), наближення (approach, approximation, forthcoming, oncoming, shave), майбутній (future, next, oncoming, prospective, unborn, upcoming), прихід (advent, approach, ascension), пришестя (advent). (various references) | |
Vietnamese | có triển vọng (hopeful), sắp tới, sắp đến có tương lai, sự tới, sự đến (accession, advent, arrival), hứa hẹn (said, say). (various references) | |
Welsh | dyfodol (future), dyfodiad (access, arrival, comer, stranger). (various references) | |
Wolof | ñëw. (various references) | |
Xhosa | uzobuya (Coming back). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Avestan | 200-600 | jakhmûshîmca. (various references) |
| Old English | 450-1100 | cume. (various references) |
| Old French | 900-1400 | venue. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Language | Date | Source | Matthew Chapter 27, Verse 32 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Exercomenoi de euron anqrwpon kurhnaion onomati simwna touton hggareusan ina arh ton stauron autou |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Exeuntes autem invenerunt hominem cyreneum nomine Simonem hunc angariaverunt ut tolleret crucem eius |
| Old English | 990 | West Saxon | Soðlice þa hyo ut-ferden. þa gemettonhyo ænne cyrenyssce man cumende heomto-genes þas namen wæs symon. Ðane hyonædden þæt he bære hys rode. |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | And as thei yeden out, thei founden a man of Cirenen comynge fro the toun, Symont bi name; thei constreyneden hym to take his cross. |
| Renaissance English | 1526 | Tyndale | And as they came out they fonnde a man of Cyren named Simon: him they compelled to beare his crosse. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | And as they came out, they found a man of Cyrene, Simon by name: him they compelled to bear his cross. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | And as they came out, they found a man of Cyrene, Simon by name: him they constrained to bear his cross. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | And while they were coming out, they saw a man of Cyrene, Simon by name, and they made him go with them, so that he might take up his cross. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Matthew Chapter 27, Verse 32 |
| Cebuano | Ug sa pagpanggula nila sa siyudad, ilang hingsugatan ang usa ka tawo nga taga-Cirene, nga ginganlan si Simon; ug siya ilang gipugos sa pagpas-an sa krus ni Jesus. |
| Chinese | 他 們 出 來 的 時 候 、 遇 見 一 個 古 利 奈 人 、 名 叫 西 門 、 就 勉 強 他 同 去 、 好 背 著 耶 穌 的 十 字 架 。 |
| Croatian | Izlazeæi naðu nekoga èovjeka Cirenca, imenom Šimuna, i prisile ga da mu ponese križ. |
| Danish | Men medens de gik derud, traf de en Mand fra Kyrene, ved Navn Simon; ham tvang de til at bære hans Kors. |
| Dutch | En uitgaande, vonden zij een man van Cyrene, met name Simon; dezen dwongen zij, dat hij Zijn kruis droeg. |
| Finnish | Ja matkalla he tapasivat kyreneläisen miehen, jonka nimi oli Simon. Hänet he pakottivat kantamaan hänen ristiänsä. |
| French | Lorsqu`ils sortirent, ils rencontrèrent un homme de Cyrène, appelé Simon, et ils le forcèrent à porter la croix de Jésus. |
| German | Und indem sie hinausgingen, fanden sie einen Menschen von Kyrene mit Namen Simon; den zwangen sie, daß er ihm sein Kreuz trug. |
| Hungarian | Kifelé menve pedig találkozának egy czirénei emberrel, a kit Simonnak hívnak vala; ezt kényszeríték, hogy vigye az õ keresztjét. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Di tengah jalan, mereka berjumpa dengan seorang dari Kirene bernama Simon. Mereka memaksa orang itu memikul salib Yesus. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Apabila keluar, terjumpalah mereka itu dengan seorang orang Kireni, bernama Simon; maka orang itu pun dipaksanya memikul kayu salib Yesus. |
| Italian | Mentre uscivano, incontrarono un uomo di Cirene, chiamato Simone, e lo costrinsero a prender su la croce di lui. |
| Manx Gaelic | As myr haink ad magh, hooar ad dooinney jeh Cyrene, enmyssit Simon: eshyn ren ad y eaginaghey dy ymmyrkey e chrosh. |
| Maori | A, i a ratou e haere ana ki waho, ka kitea e ratou he tangata no Hairini, ko Haimona te ingoa: meinga ana ia e ratou kia haere tahi me ratou hei amo i tona ripeka. |
| Norwegian | Men mens de var på veien, traff de en mann fra Kyrene ved navn Simon; ham tvang de til å bære hans kors. |
| Portuguese | Ao saírem, encontraram um homem cireneu, chamado Simão, a quem obrigaram a levar a cruz de Jesus. |
| Rumanian | Pe cknd ieweau afarq din cetate, au kntklnit pe un om din Cirene numit Simon, wi l-au silit sq ducq crucea lui Isus. |
| Russian | чЩИПДС, ПОЙ ЧУФТЕФЙМЙ ПДОПЗП лЙТЙОЕСОЙОБ, РП ЙНЕОЙ уЙНПОБ; УЕЗП ЪБУФБЧЙМЙ ОЕУФЙ ЛТЕУФ еЗП. |
| Shuar | Jesusan Jukí wésar Serini nunkanmaya shuaran, ni naari Semun, Jesusa Krúsrin jurukit tusar achikiarmiayi. |
| Swahili | Walipokuwa wakienda, wakamkuta mtu mmoja jina lake Simoni, mwenyeji wa Kurene, wakamlazimisha kuuchukua msalaba wake Yesu. |
| Swedish | Då de nu voro på väg ditut, träffade de på en man från Cyrene, som hette Simon. Honom tvingade de att gå med och bära hans kors. |
| Uma | Hi lengko ohea hirua' -ra hante hadua tauna to rahanga' Simon to Kirene. Tantara to Roma mpewuku Simon toe mpopaha'a kaju parika' -na Yesus. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "coming": comingle, comingled, comingles, comingling, comings. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "coming": becoming, forthcoming, homecoming, incoming, misbecoming, oncoming, overcoming, shortcoming, unbecoming, unforthcoming, upcoming, welcoming. (additional references) | |
Words containing "coming": becomingly, becomings, homecomings, incomings, oncomings, shortcomings, unbecomingly, unbecomingness, unbecomingnesses. (additional references) | |
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"Coming" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Camidge, camin, Chomunn, cimin, coign, coingn, comag, Comani, comeing, comin, comind, comino, comins, commin, comming, commong, comng, comnt, comont, comping, comun, Comunn, comyng, conin, cosmig, coting, cotinga, croming, cuiming, Cumidge, cuming, cumingi, cumini, Cwmni, Kaminaga, Komin, Koning, Kosmin, Kuomegni, omming, oomin, Tomming. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "coming" (pronounced ku"ming) |
| 5 | k u" m i ng | becoming, forthcoming, succumbing, unbecoming. |
| 4 | -u" m i ng | drumming, dumbing, humming, numbing, plumbing, strumming, summing, thumbing. |
| 3 | -m i ng | acclaiming, affirming, aiming, alarming, arming, assuming, barnstorming, beaming, blaming, blooming, blossoming, bombing, booming, bottoming, brainstorming, brimming, calming, charming, claiming, climbing, combing, condemning, confirming, conforming, consuming, cramming, damming, damning, daydreaming, deprogramming, diagraming, dimming, disarming, disclaiming, dooming, dreaming, embalming, exclaiming, farming, filming, firebombing, firming, flaming, foaming, forming, framing, fuming, gaming, gleaming, gloaming, grooming, harming, heartwarming, helming, hemming, homecoming, homing, incoming, inflaming, informing, jamming, lambing, lemming, liming, looming, maiming, mainstreaming, misinforming, mushrooming, naming, nonperforming, oncoming, outperforming, overcoming, overwhelming, performing, presuming, priming, proclaiming, programing, programming, ramming, reaffirming, rearming, reclaiming, redeeming, reforming, renaming, reprogramming, resuming, rhyming, roaming, rooming, scheming, screaming, seeming, shaming, shortcoming, skimming, slamming, slimming, squirming, steaming, stemming, storming, streaming, swarming, swimming, taming, teaming, teeming, terming, timing, transforming, trimming, unassuming, upcoming, vacuuming, warming, welcoming, zooming. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: gnomic. | |
| Words within the letters "c-g-i-m-n-o" | |
-1 letter: coign, incog. | |
-2 letters: cion, coin, coni, icon. | |
-3 letters: cig, cog, con, gin, ion, mig, moc, mog, mon, nim, nog, nom. | |
-4 letters: go, in, mi, mo, no, om, on. | |
| Words containing the letters "c-g-i-m-n-o" | |
+1 letter: coaming, combing, comings, comping, genomic, mocking. | |
+2 letters: becoming, cameoing, caroming, chomping, chroming, clomping, coamings, comaking, combings, comingle, compting, gnomical, gnomonic, incoming, mooching, mouching, myogenic, oncoming, smocking, upcoming. | |
+3 letters: agronomic, becomings, bemocking, cairngorm, carroming, chromings, clamoring, coempting, cognomina, combating, combining, comingled, comingles, commingle, commixing, commoving, communing, commuting, comparing, compering, competing, compiling, complying, composing, computing, consuming, contagium, costuming, egomaniac, ergonomic, geomantic, gynoecium, hegemonic, incomings, magnifico, miscoding, misogynic, mitogenic, mockingly, monogamic, monogenic, morticing, oncomings, recombing, romancing, smockings, smooching, welcoming. | |
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