/ˈkʊmɪŋɡ/ (Midlands, Northern-England) without the NG-coalescence
/ˈkʌmɪŋ/
Etymology
From Middle English cominge, comynge, comande, from Old English cumende, from Proto-Germanic *kwemandz, present participle of Proto-Germanic *kwemaną (“to come”), equivalent to come + -ing (present participle ending). Cognate with Dutch komend (“coming”), German kommend (“coming”), Swedish kommande (“coming”), Icelandic komandi (“coming”).
Meanings
(qualifier:by ellipsis) Used to express that one is on the way.
/ˈkʊmɪŋɡ/ (Midlands, Northern-England) without the NG-coalescence
/ˈkʌmɪŋ/
Etymology
From Middle English cominge, comynge, comande, from Old English cumende, from Proto-Germanic *kwemandz, present participle of Proto-Germanic *kwemaną (“to come”), equivalent to come + -ing (present participle ending). Cognate with Dutch komend (“coming”), German kommend (“coming”), Swedish kommande (“coming”), Icelandic komandi (“coming”).
Meanings
(form-of, gerund, participle, present) present participle and gerund of come
/ˈkʊmɪŋɡ/ (Midlands, Northern-England) without the NG-coalescence
/ˈkʌmɪŋ/
Etymology
From Middle English coming, commyng, cumming, equivalent to come + -ing (gerundive ending).
Meanings
(not-comparable) Approaching; of the future, especially the near future; the next.
She will have two or three paintings in the coming exhibition.
The forecast calls for a slight warming trend in the coming days, with sunny skies and daytime temperatures reaching the midteens on Sunday and Monday, when the men will hit the snowboard course. 2022 February 4, John Branch, “U.S. snowboarder Jamie Anderson qualifies for the slopestyle final.”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 29 Nov 2022:
We expect great things from you this coming year.
Oh! if you wish that happiness / your coming days and years may bless, 1807, George Gordon Byron, To the Earl of Clare:
(not-comparable) Newly in fashion; advancing into maturity or achievement.
Ergonomic wallets are the coming thing.
(not-comparable, obsolete) Ready to come; complaisant; fond.
That he had been so affectionate a husband, was no ill argument to the coming dowager, that he might prove as kind to her. 1697, John Dryden, “Dedication of the Æneis”, in The Works of Virgil:
How coming to the poet every muse! 1733–1737, Alexander Pope, [Imitations of Horace], London: […] R[obert] Dodsley [et al.]:
pt vindouro (approaching; of the near future) · es viniente (approaching; of the near future) · oc avenidor (approaching; of the near future) · es adveniente (approaching; of the near future) · pt venturo (approaching; of the near future) · es veniente (approaching; of the near future) · es venturo (approaching; of the near future) · es que viene (approaching; of the near future) · la venturus (approaching; of the near future) · mhr лишыл (approaching; of the near future) · es venidero (approaching; of the near future)
/ˈkʊmɪŋɡ/ (Midlands, Northern-England) without the NG-coalescence
/ˈkʌmɪŋ/
Etymology
From Middle English coming, commyng, cumming, equivalent to come + -ing (gerundive ending).
Meanings
The act of arriving; an arrival.
The/this Sunday coming / coming Sunday.
But he found it strange to think […] of all these little things that cluster round the comings, and the stayings, and the goings, that he would know nothing of them, nothing of what they had been, as long as he lived, […] 1953, Samuel Beckett, Watt, [Paris]: Olympia Press, →OCLC:
el ερχομός (act of arriving; an arrival) · cy dyfodiad (act of arriving; an arrival) · is koma (act of arriving; an arrival) · eo veno (act of arriving; an arrival) · ru наступле́ние (act of arriving; an arrival) · ba килеү (act of arriving; an arrival) · ar أَتْي (act of arriving; an arrival) · ar مَجِيء (act of arriving; an arrival) · ja 来臨 (act of arriving; an arrival) · bg пристигане (act of arriving; an arrival) · fa رسیدن (act of arriving; an arrival) · bg идване (act of arriving; an arrival) · wyi boorrnoone (act of arriving; an arrival) · pt vinda (act of arriving; an arrival) · ar إتْيَان (act of arriving; an arrival) · fa درآمدن (act of arriving; an arrival) · hy ժամանում (act of arriving; an arrival) · cmn 來臨 /来临 (act of arriving; an arrival) · tr gelme (act of arriving; an arrival) · fr venue (act of arriving; an arrival) · fi tuleminen (act of arriving; an arrival) · fr arrivée (act of arriving; an arrival) · gd tighinn (act of arriving; an arrival) · cs příchod (act of arriving; an arrival) · it arrivo (act of arriving; an arrival) · hy գալուստ (act of arriving; an arrival) · de Aufkommen (act of arriving; an arrival) · de Kommen (act of arriving; an arrival) · eo alveno (act of arriving; an arrival) · mt miġja (act of arriving; an arrival) · ru прихо́д (act of arriving; an arrival) · hrx Komme (act of arriving; an arrival) · nl komst (act of arriving; an arrival) · es venida (act of arriving; an arrival) · hi आगमन (act of arriving; an arrival) · ky келме (act of arriving; an arrival) · got 𐌵𐌿𐌼𐍃 (act of arriving; an arrival)