- approaching, coming, forthcoming, upcoming - of the relatively near future; "the approaching election"; "this coming Thursday"; "the forthcoming holidays"; "the upcoming spring fashions"
Antonym: past (indirect, via present, future)
Antonym: present (indirect, via future, past)
- coming, future day - yet to come; "coming generations"; "a future-day Gibbon of Macaulay"
Antonym: past (indirect, via present, future)
Antonym: present (indirect, via future, past)
- approach, approaching, coming - the act of drawing spatially closer to something; "the hunter's approach scattered the geese"
--1 is a kind of motion, movement, move
--1 has particulars: access; closing, closure; landing approach; run-upDerived form: verb come1 - advent, coming - arrival that has been awaited (especially of something momentous); "the advent of the computer"
--2 is a kind of arrival, reaching
Derived form: verb come2 - approach, approaching, coming - the temporal property of becoming nearer in time; "the approach of winter"
--3 is a kind of timing
Derived form: verb come3 - orgasm, climax, sexual climax, coming - the moment of most intense pleasure in sexual intercourse
--4 is a kind of consummation
--4 has particulars: male orgasmDerived form: verb come21
- 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"
--1 is one way to travel, go, move, locomote
Antonyms: go, go away, depart
Sample sentence:Derived form: noun coming1
They come down the river
- 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"
Sample sentence:Derived forms: noun comer2, noun coming2
These cars won't come
- 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"
--3 is one way to happen, hap, go on, pass off, occur, pass, fall out, come about, take place
Sample sentence:Derived form: noun coming3
Something ----s
- come - reach a state, relation, or condition; "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"
--4 is one way to change
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Somebody ----s to INFINITIVE
- come, follow - to be the product or result; "Melons come from a vine"; "Understanding comes from experience"
--5 is one way to originate, arise, rise, develop, uprise, spring up, grow
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Something is ----ing PP
- come - enter or assume a condition, relation, use, or position; "He came into contact with a terrorist group"; "The shoes came untied"; "I came to see his point of view"; "her face went red with anger"; "The knot came loose"; "Your wish will come true"
--6 is one way to become, go, get
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Something is ----ing PP
- come - be found or available; "These shoes come in three colors; The furniture comes unassembled"
--7 is one way to exist, be
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Something is ----ing PP
Something ----s Adjective/Noun
Somebody ----s Adjective
- issue forth, come - come forth; "A scream came from the woman's mouth"; "His breath came hard"
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Something ----s
Something is ----ing PP
- hail, come - be a native of; "She hails from Kalamazoo"
--9 is one way to be
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Somebody ----s PP
- come - extend or reach; "The water came up to my waist"; "The sleeves come to your knuckles"
--10 is one way to run, go, pass, lead, extend
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Something is ----ing PP
- come - exist or occur in a certain point in a series; "Next came the student from France"
--11 is one way to be
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Somebody ----s PP
- 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"
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Something is ----ing PP
Somebody ----s PP
- come - cover a certain distance; "She came a long way"
--13 is one way to travel, go, move, locomote
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Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
- fall, come - come under, be classified or included; "fall into a category"; "This comes under a new heading"
--14 is one way to be
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Something is ----ing PP
Somebody ----s PP
- come - happen as a result; "Nothing good will come of this"
--15 is one way to result, ensue
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Something ----s
- total, number, add up, come, amount - add up in number or quantity; "The bills amounted to $2,000"; "The bill came to $2,000"
--16 is one way to be
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Something ----s something
- come, add up, amount - develop into; "This idea will never amount to anything"; "nothing came of his grandiose plans"
--17 is one way to become, turn
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Something ----s something
- come, come in - be received; "News came in of the massacre in Rwanda"
--18 is one way to arrive, get, come
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Something ----s
- 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"
--19 is one way to become
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Something is ----ing PP
- 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"
--20 is one way to proceed, go
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Something ----s Adjective/Noun
Somebody ----s Adjective
- come - experience orgasm; "she could not come because she was too upset"
--21 is one way to experience, undergo, see, go through
Sample sentence:Derived form: noun coming4
Sam and Sue come
- come - have a certain priority; "My family comes first"
--22 is one way to rank
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Something is ----ing PP
Somebody ----s PP
- come, follow - to be the product or result; "Melons come from a vine"; "Understanding comes from experience"