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upcoming — UK US /ˈʌpˌkʌmɪŋ/ adjective [before noun] ► happening soon: »Check the website for a calendar of upcoming events. »The company s upcoming flotation on the stock market illustrates the good health of the technology sector … Financial and business terms
upcoming — as an alternative to forthcoming, is recorded in AmE from the 1950s and is beginning to appear in British usage: • He told last week of the spectator who telephoned Selhurst Park to enquire about Wimbledon s upcoming game Spectator, 1996 … Modern English usage
upcoming — index forthcoming, future, immediate (imminent), imminent, instant, pending (imminent), prospective … Law dictionary
upcoming — c.1300, action of coming up, from UP (Cf. up) + coming (see COME (Cf. come)). Adj. sense of forthcoming first attested 1954 … Etymology dictionary
upcoming — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ forthcoming … English terms dictionary
upcoming — [up′kum΄iŋ, up kum′iŋ] adj. coming soon; forthcoming … English World dictionary
upcoming — up|com|ing [ ʌp,kʌmıŋ ] adjective an upcoming event will happen soon: the upcoming elections a. an upcoming book, record, or movie will soon be available to buy or see … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
upcoming — [[t]ʌ̱pkʌmɪŋ[/t]] ADJ: ADJ n Upcoming events will happen in the near future. ...the upcoming Asian Games in Peking... We ll face a tough fight in the upcoming election … English dictionary
upcoming — UK [ˈʌpˌkʌmɪŋ] / US adjective mainly American a) an upcoming event will happen soon the upcoming elections b) an upcoming book, record, or film will soon be available to buy or see … English dictionary
upcoming — /up kum ing/, adj. coming up; about to take place, appear, or be presented: the upcoming spring fashions. [1300 50; ME; see UP , COMING] Syn. impending, prospective, imminent, looming. * * * … Universalium
upcoming — adjective Happening or appearing in the relatively near future. We are ready for whatever is upcoming. See Also: come up, oncoming, forthcoming … Wiktionary
