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oncoming

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on⋅com⋅ing

  [on-kuhm-ing, awn-]
Use oncoming in a Sentence
–adjective
1. approaching; nearing: the oncoming train; the oncoming holiday season.
2. emerging: the oncoming generation of leaders.
–noun
3. approach; onset: the oncoming of winter.
Origin:
1835–45; on + coming, after v. phrase come on
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on·com·ing   (ŏn'kŭm'ĭng, ôn'-)   
adj.  Coming nearer; approaching: an oncoming storm.
n.  An approach; an advance.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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