upcoming

English

Etymology 1

up +‎ coming

Adjective

upcoming (not comparable)

Happening or appearing in the relatively near future.
We are ready for whatever is upcoming.

The Federal budget lays out government spending for the upcoming budget year.
Eggcorn of up-and-coming.
- 1967 August, “U.S. Karate Championships”, in Black Belt, Active Interest Media, →ISSN, page 51:
  The finals for the men's black belt championship saw Moon, an old pro, face an upcoming young rookie, Johnny Wooley.

Related terms

Translations

of the relatively near future

Armenian: առաջիկա (hy) (aṙaǰika)
Bulgarian: настъпващ (bg) (nastǎpvašt), предстоящ (bg) (predstojašt)
Czech: nadcházející (cs)
Esperanto: venonta
Finnish: tuleva (fi)
French: à venir (fr), prochain (fr)
Galician: vindeiro m, próximo (gl)
German: kommend (de)
Greek: επέρχομαι (el) (epérchomai)
Indonesian: segera (id)
Italian: prossimo (it), imminente (it)
Mari:
Eastern Mari: лишыл (ĺišyl)
Portuguese: próximo (pt) m, seguinte (pt) m or f, a seguir (pt) m or f
Russian: предстоя́щий (ru) (predstojáščij), наступа́ющий (ru) (nastupájuščij)
Serbo-Croatian: nadolazeći
Spanish: próximo (es), venidero (es)
Swedish: kommande (sv)
Turkish: gelecek olan, gelen (tr), olmak üzere olan, yaklaşan

See also

up-and-coming

Noun

upcoming (plural upcomings)

The act of coming up.
Comeuppance; deserts.

Etymology 2

upcome +‎ -ing

Noun

upcoming (plural upcomings)

The activity of to upcome.

Adjective

upcoming (comparative more upcoming, superlative most upcoming)

(Can we verify⁽⁺⁾ this sense?) Pertaining to upcoming.

Verb

upcoming

present participle and gerund of upcome

See also

Anagrams

coming up

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