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coming   (TTS Sound)

The noun coming has 4 senses

• approach, approaching, coming -- (the act of drawing spatially closer to something; "the hunter's approach scattered the geese")


• advent, coming -- (arrival that has been awaited (especially of something momentous); "the advent of the computer")


• approach, approaching, coming -- (the temporal property of becoming nearer in time; "the approach of winter")


• orgasm, climax, sexual climax, coming -- (the moment of most intense pleasure in sexual intercourse)

The verb come has 21 senses

• come, come up -- (move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody; "He came singing down the road"; "Come with me to the Casbah"; "come down here!"; "come out of the closet!"; "come into the room")


• arrive, get, come -- (reach a destination; arrive by movement or progress; "She arrived home at 7 o'clock"; "She didn't get to Chicago until after midnight")


• come -- (come to pass; arrive, as in due course; "The first success came three days later"; "It came as a shock"; "Dawn comes early in June")


• come -- (reach or enter a state, relation, condition, use, or position; "The water came to a boil"; "We came to understand the true meaning of life"; "Their anger came to a boil"; "I came to realize the true meaning of life"; "The shoes came untied"; "come into contact with a terrorist group"; "his face went red"; "your wish will come true")


• come, follow -- (to be the product or result; "Melons come from a vine"; "Understanding comes from experience")


• come -- (be found or available; "These shoes come in three colors; The furniture comes unassembled")


• issue forth, come -- (come forth; "A scream came from the woman's mouth"; "His breath came hard")


• hail, come -- (be a native of; "She hails from Kalamazoo")


• come -- (extend or reach; "The water came up to my waist"; "The sleeves come to your knuckles")


• come -- (exist or occur in a certain point in a series; "Next came the student from France")


• come -- (cover a certain distance; "She came a long way")


• fall, come -- (come under, be classified or included; "fall into a category"; "This comes under a new heading")


• come -- (happen as a result; "Nothing good will come of this")


• total, number, add up, come, amount -- (add up in number or quantity; "The bills amounted to $2,000"; "The bill came to $2,000")


• come, add up, amount -- (develop into; "This idea will never amount to anything"; "nothing came of his grandiose plans")


• come, come in -- (be received; "News came in of the massacre in Rwanda")


• occur, come -- (come to one's mind; suggest itself; "It occurred to me that we should hire another secretary"; "A great idea then came to her")


• derive, come, descend -- (come from; be connected by a relationship of blood, for example; "She was descended from an old Italian noble family"; "he comes from humble origins")


• do, fare, make out, come, get along -- (proceed or get along; "How is she doing in her new job?"; "How are you making out in graduate school?"; "He's come a long way")


• come -- (experience orgasm; "she could not come because she was too upset")


• come -- (have a certain priority; "My family comes first")

The adj coming has 1 sense

• approaching, coming, forthcoming, upcoming -- (of the relatively near future; "the approaching election"; "this coming Thursday"; "the forthcoming holidays"; "the upcoming spring fashions")