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coming

/ˈkʌmɪŋ/

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verb

To move from further away to nearer to.

Examples :

"She’ll be coming ’round the mountain when she comes [...]"

direction action way place

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verb

Examples :

"The bus is coming soon; we need to hurry to the stop. "

action event time

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To appear, to manifest itself.

Examples :

"The pain in his leg comes and goes."

appearance action being phenomena time

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(with an infinitive) To begin to have an opinion or feeling.

Examples :

"She came to think of that country as her home."

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(with an infinitive) To do something by chance, without intending to do it.

Examples :

"Could you tell me how the document came to be discovered?"

action possibility tendency

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To take a position relative to something else in a sequence.

Examples :

"Which letter comes before Y? Winter comes after autumn."

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To achieve orgasm; to cum; to ejaculate.

Examples :

"He came after a few minutes."

physiology sex body sensation action human

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(with close) To approach a state of being or accomplishment.

Examples :

"One of the screws came loose, and the skateboard fell apart."

achievement being action process

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(with to) To take a particular approach or point of view in regard to something.

Examples :

"He came to SF literature a confirmed technophile, and nothing made him happier than to read a manuscript thick with imaginary gizmos and whatzits."

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(fossil word) To become, to turn out to be.

Examples :

"He was a dream come true."

language linguistics

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To be supplied, or made available; to exist.

Examples :

"New textbooks are coming next week for our math class. "

being time future now

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To carry through; to succeed in.

Examples :

"The team is coming through with their project; they've finished ahead of schedule. "

achievement action outcome

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verb

Examples :

"This kind of accident comes when you are careless."

time event future

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(with from or sometimes of) To have as an origin, originate.

Examples :

"The problem coming from the noisy neighbors is making it hard to concentrate on my studies. "

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(of grain) To germinate.

Examples :

"The seeds are coming, so we can plant them in the garden next week. "

agriculture plant biology nature science

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To pretend to be; to behave in the manner of.

Examples :

"My younger brother is coming like a superhero when he pretends to be a powerful knight. "

character action appearance

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noun

The act of arriving; an arrival

Examples :

"The coming of the school bus is always a happy event for the children. "

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adjective

Approaching; of the future, especially the near future; the next.

Examples :

"She will have two or three paintings in the coming exhibition."

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adjective

Newly in fashion; advancing into maturity or achievement.

Examples :

"Ergonomic wallets are the coming thing."

style achievement age

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Ready to come; complaisant; fond.

Examples :

"My little sister is very coming and always eager to help with chores. "

attitude character human person