Meaning of COMING
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- [n] arrival that has been awaited (especially of something momentous); "the advent of the computer"
- [n] the moment of most intense pleasure in sexual intercourse
- [n] the act of drawing spatially closer to something; "the hunter's approach scattered the geese"
- [n] the temporal property of becoming nearer in time; "the approach of winter"
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| | Synonyms: | | advent, approach, approach, approaching, approaching, climax, orgasm, sexual climax |
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| | See Also: | | access, arrival, closing, closure, consummation, landing approach, male orgasm, motion, move, movement, reaching, run-up, timing | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\Com"ing\, a.
1. Approaching; of the future, especially the near future;
the next; as, the coming week or year; the coming
exhibition.
Welcome the coming, speed the parting, guest.
--Pope.
Your coming days and years. --Byron.
2. Ready to come; complaisant; fond. [Obs.] --Pope.
\Com"ing\, n.
1. Approach; advent; manifestation; as, the coming of the
train.
2. Specifically: The Second Advent of Christ.
{Coming in}.
(a) Entrance; entrance way; manner of entering; beginning.
``The goings out thereof, and the comings in
thereof.'' --Ezek. xliii. 11
(b) Income or revenue. ``What are thy comings in?''
--Shak.
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