| Noun | 1. | coming - the act of drawing spatially closer to something; "the hunter's approach scattered the geese"movement, move, motion - the act of changing location from one place to another; "police controlled the motion of the crowd"; "the movement of people from the farms to the cities"; "his move put him directly in my path" access - the act of approaching or entering; "he gained access to the building" closure, closing - approaching a particular destination; a coming closer; a narrowing of a gap; "the ship's rapid rate of closing gave them little time to avoid a collision" run-up - the approach run during which an athlete gathers speed | |
| 2. | coming - arrival that has been awaited (especially of something momentous); "the advent of the computer" | |
| 3. | coming - the temporal property of becoming nearer in time; "the approach of winter"timing - the time when something happens | |
| 4. | coming - the moment of most intense pleasure in sexual intercourseconsummation - the act of bringing to completion or fruition male orgasm - an orgasm accompanied by the sensation of ejaculation of semen | |
| Adj. | 1. | coming - of the relatively near future; "the approaching election"; "this coming Thursday"; "the forthcoming holidays"; "the upcoming spring fashions"future - yet to be or coming; "some future historian will evaluate him" | |
| 2. | coming - yet to come; "coming generations"; "a future-day Gibbon of Macaulay"future - yet to be or coming; "some future historian will evaluate him" | |