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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
upcoming
adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
election
▪ They talked about Washington, politics, the upcoming election, Manhattan...
▪ The Conservative margin is expected to be reduced to one after two upcoming elections are held to fill vacated seats.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ He was preparing the federal budget for the upcoming fiscal year.
▪ my upcoming exams
▪ The space program will be reviewed during the upcoming congressional session.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ Call 882-4488 for a calendar of upcoming events.
▪ Growers characterize the upcoming battle as a fight for their right to earn a living.
▪ He said the city had no effective way to notify staff of upcoming events.
▪ It claims the feature is important to users of its upcoming Quality Advantage product which integrates engineering and technical organisations with support.
▪ The First Lady had an upcoming swing through four cities that required my urgent attention.
▪ The wrinkles around his mouth pulled down sternly as he talked about the upcoming missions.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
upcoming

1848, "rising;" 1949, "forthcoming," from up (adv.) + coming (see come (v.)). It was a noun in Middle English, meaning "action of ascending" (mid-14c.), also "attack, onslaught" (c.1300).

Wiktionary
upcoming

a. Happening or appearing in the relatively near future.

WordNet
upcoming

adj. of the relatively near future; "the approaching election"; "this coming Thursday"; "the forthcoming holidays"; "the upcoming spring fashions" [syn: approaching, coming(a), forthcoming]

Wikipedia
Upcoming

Upcoming (formerly Upcoming.org) was a social event calendar website that launched in 2003, founded by Andy Baio. On October 4, 2005, Upcoming.org was acquired by Yahoo!. In April 2013, Yahoo announced the retirement of Upcoming.

In May 2014, Andy Baio announced a Kickstarter campaign to relaunch the site, successfully raising the $30,000 goal.

Usage examples of "upcoming".

Casey was not only warning Cozy about upcoming retribution for the horn thing, she was also thanking him for being so responsive to her urgent plea for help on a weekend night.

I was making it complicated where it was simpie: ViKay and Esterling had been lovers, and she was unwilling to continue that any longer, with her marriage upcoming and, just perhaps, her needs being met elsewhere.

On July 20, 2001, novice writer Vanessa Leggett was found in contempt of court by a federal district court judge and sent to prison for an indefinite term for refusing to surrender a portion of her interviews for an upcoming book about the 1997 murder of Texas socialite Doris Angleton, the wife of millionaire bookie Robert Angleton.

Dalton received the successive approximations for the upcoming asteroid boost directly from Kevan and Sloan, rather than via a message on his in-cabin laptop.

Boll Marchell while Gweanvin considered the point that Marchell was not with the lunching group of bigwigs, which probably meant he would not be present at the upcoming test.

His most recent book is a collection, Vacuum Diagrams, and upcoming projects include new novels Moonseed and Mammoth, and a collaboration with Arthur C.

She knew he was preoccupied with the upcoming Playoffs, so she had given him a wide berth.

Leaving the train with its antiaircraft guns popping away, he wheeled and sped toward the entrance of the upcoming tunnel.

Her mother sounded exactly like she used to when telling about upcoming plans for a symposium on a weekend Andi had softball games.

But the upcoming mating with Arion loomed over her, obliterating all other issues.

He needed Sword to guide upcoming events within the government, especially once word of U Feng reached Bangkok sometime later this night.

I guess I could have called my mom, but then I would have had to spend the evening hearing about her upcoming bachelorette party at Beefcakes and just how many twenties she was taking with her.

Notice in your own community how often the newspapers will notify you, as a businessperson, of an upcoming section covering fashion, catering, outdoor activities, music, electronics, boating and automobiles.

Clay eventually found the crowd in the small exhibition hall where an aircraft company was showing a video on its upcoming luxury jet, the fanciest of its generation.

Without alluding to our tortured history, he wrote that he wanted to talk to me about an upcoming exhibition of his private art collection at the Galerie Georges Petit.