Forthcoming
adj, noun, verb ·Common ·High school level
Definitions
- 1 An act of coming forth.
- 2 Something that is yet to come.
"The reader, has had presented to him things not belonging to time or mortality, but awful realities issuing out from eternity, the audible forthcomings of a present living God."
- 1 present participle and gerund of forthcome form-of, gerund, participle, present
- 1 Approaching or about to take place. not-comparable
"I shall vote in the forthcoming election."
- 2 Available when needed; in place, ready.
"The money was not forthcoming."
- 3 Willing to co-operate or provide information; candid, frank, responsive.
"Once I explained why I needed to know, she was really forthcoming."
- 1 available when required or as promised wordnet
- 2 of the relatively near future wordnet
- 3 at ease in talking to others wordnet
Antonyms
All antonymsExample
More examples"Further assistance is not forthcoming."
Etymology
The adjective is derived from forth (“forwards”) + coming (“approaching (adjective)”); or from Middle English forth commyng, *forthcominge, present participle of forth-comen (“to come forth; to appear, issue”), from Old English forþcuman (“to come forth, come forward”) (present participle *forþcumende), from forþ- (“forth; forward”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *per- (“before, in front; first”)) + cuman (“to come”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gʷem- (“to step”)). Compare Dutch voortkomend (“coming forth, originating from (verb)”), German fortkommend (“getting away; progressing (verb)”). The noun is derived from forth (“forwards”) + coming (“arrival”).
From forthcome + -ing.
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