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upcoming

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up⋅com⋅ing

  [uhp-kuhm-ing]
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–adjective
coming up; about to take place, appear, or be presented: the upcoming spring fashions.
Origin:
1300–50; ME; see up-, coming

Synonyms:
impending, prospective, imminent, looming.
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up·com·ing   (ŭp'kŭm'ĭng)   
adj.  Occurring soon; forthcoming.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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Word Origin & History

upcoming 
c.1300, "action of coming up," from up + coming (see come). Adj. sense of "forthcoming" first attested 1954.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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