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COMING
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Arrival that has been awaited (especially of something momentous)
Example:
the advent of the computer
Synonyms:
advent; coming
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("coming" is a kind of...):
arrival; reaching (accomplishment of an objective)
Derivation:
come (reach a destination; arrive by movement or progress)
Sense 2
Meaning:
The moment of most intense pleasure in sexual intercourse
Synonyms:
climax; coming; orgasm; sexual climax
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("coming" is a kind of...):
consummation (the act of bringing to completion or fruition)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "coming"):
male orgasm (an orgasm accompanied by the sensation of ejaculation of semen)
Derivation:
come (experience orgasm)
Sense 3
Meaning:
The act of drawing spatially closer to something
Example:
the hunter's approach scattered the geese
Synonyms:
approach; approaching; coming
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("coming" is a kind of...):
motion; move; movement (the act of changing location from one place to another)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "coming"):
access (the act of approaching or entering)
closing; closure (approaching a particular destination; a coming closer; a narrowing of a gap)
landing approach (the approach to a landing field by an airplane)
run-up (the approach run during which an athlete gathers speed)
Derivation:
come (move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody)
Sense 4
Meaning:
The temporal property of becoming nearer in time
Example:
the approach of winter
Synonyms:
approach; approaching; coming
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("coming" is a kind of...):
timing (the time when something happens)
Derivation:
come (come to pass; arrive, as in due course)
II. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Of the relatively near future
Example:
the upcoming spring fashions
Synonyms:
approaching; coming; forthcoming; upcoming
Classified under:
Similar:
future (yet to be or coming)
III. (verb)
Sense 1
-ing form of the verb come
Context examples:
Coming aboard, as I passed through the cabin, I had noticed with greedy eyes a stout gentleman reading the Atlantic, which was open at my very essay.
(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)
It was at the end of the day. Darkness was coming, and we could not find the cabin of McKeon.
(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)
They were not long in coming.
(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
The black man sprang high up into the air, and shot out both his arms and his legs, coming down all a-sprawl among the heather.
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
And then with an overpowering sweetness of relief, it came back upon my mind that the servants were already used to the coming and going of my second self.
(The Strange Case Of Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde, by Robert Louis Stevenson)
The place in the brain where some of the optic nerve fibers coming from one eye cross optic nerve fibers from the other eye.
(Optic chiasm, NCI Dictionary)
Anything coming out of a system.
(Output, NCI Thesaurus)
Having to do with the father, coming from the father, or related through the father.
(Paternal, NCI Dictionary)
A single-item question screening tool developed by the National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) Distress Management Panel used to identify patient distress coming from any source.
(NCCN Guidelines Distress Management Distress Thermometer Screening Tool Version 1.2011, NCI Thesaurus)
MCI memory problems may include: • Losing things often • Forgetting to go to events and appointments • Having more trouble coming up with words than other people of the same age
(Mild Cognitive Impairment, NIH: National Institute on Aging)
