To-come

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Something which is to come. rare, uncountable

    "They denote a factual to-come. Heidegger, on the other hand, holds that time originates in the to-come, regardless of contents."

  2. 2
    The future. rare, uncountable

    "The Past / Now stands before thee like an Incarnation / Of the To-come;"

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futurethe futureto-be

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"They denote a factual to-come. Heidegger, on the other hand, holds that time originates in the to-come, regardless of contents."

Etymology

From to + come, perhaps continuing Middle English tocome, from Old English tōcyme (“a coming, an arrival, an approach, an advent”).

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