English to English
adjective
- Approaching; of the future, especially the near future; the next; as, the coming week or year; the coming exhibition.
source: Webster 1913
noun
- the act of drawing spatially closer to something
The hunter's approach scattered the geese.
source: WordNet 3.0
- arrival that has been awaited (especially of something momentous)
The advent of the computer.
source: WordNet 3.0
- the temporal property of becoming nearer in time
The approach of winter.
source: WordNet 3.0
- the moment of most intense pleasure in sexual intercourse
source: WordNet 3.0
- Approach; advent; manifestation; as, the coming of the train.
source: Webster 1913
adjective satellite
- of the relatively near future
The approaching election.
This coming Thursday.
The forthcoming holidays.
The upcoming spring fashions.
source: WordNet 3.0
