Oncoming Definition

ŏnkŭmĭng, ôn-
adjective
Coming nearer in position or time; approaching.
Webster's New World
Coming forth; emerging.
Webster's New World
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noun
An approach; an advance.
American Heritage

An early stage; an onset.

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Other Word Forms of Oncoming

Noun

Singular:
oncoming
Plural:
oncomings

Origin of Oncoming

  • on- +"Ž coming

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Oncoming Sentence Examples

  • Such attacks have been witnessed in emergency rooms, where doctors were completely defenseless to the oncoming arrest and unable to resuscitate the patient.

  • An oncoming car honks and crashes into Mulder, sending him flying up into the windshield, which cracks.

  • Why not shunt him into that pillar, or an oncoming lorry?

  • Despite the threat of the oncoming keeper he shot to the right to delight the home fans.

  • Crews use signboards or small gunpowder charges detonated by an oncoming train's front wheels to warn of blockages ahead.

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Words Starting With

OONONC

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GNGING

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