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forthcoming

adj
/fɔːθˈkʌmɪŋ/UK/fɔɹθˈkʌmɪŋ/US

Etymology

The adjective is derived from forth (“forwards”) + coming (“approaching (adjective)”); or from Middle English forth commyng, *forthcominge, present participle of forth-comen (“to come forth; to appear, issue”), from Old English forþcuman (“to come forth, come forward”) (present participle *forþcumende), from forþ- (“forth; forward”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *per- (“before, in front; first”)) + cuman (“to come”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gʷem- (“to step”)). Compare Dutch voortkomend (“coming forth, originating from (verb)”), German fortkommend (“getting away; progressing (verb)”). The noun is derived from forth (“forwards”) + coming (“arrival”).

  1. derived from *gʷem-✻ — “to step”
  2. derived from *per-✻ — “before, in front; first”
  3. inherited from forþcuman — “to come forth, come forward”
  4. inherited from forth commyng

Definitions

  1. Approaching or about to take place.

    • I shall vote in the forthcoming election.
    • The visitors began to hold a much higher line, passing and moving with greater urgency, and their reward was forthcoming.
    • Never one to waste an opportunity, he says now: "The low points? You can read about them in my forthcoming book! It's at the printers now.

  2. Available when needed

    Available when needed; in place, ready.

    • The money was not forthcoming.
    • Unfortunately, sufficient public support has not been forthcoming, and the trains were withdrawn from September 15.

  3. Willing to co-operate or provide information

    Willing to co-operate or provide information; candid, frank, responsive.

    • Once I explained why I needed to know, she was really forthcoming.
  4. ›+ 3 more definitions

    1. An act of coming forth.

    2. Something that is yet to come.

      • The reader, has had presented to him things not belonging to time or mortality, but awful realities issuing out from eternity, the audible forthcomings of a present living God.

    3. present participle and gerund of forthcome

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA