oncoming

== English == === Pronunciation === === Etymology 1 === From Middle English on comynge, oncomynge, oncoomynge; equivalent to on- +‎ coming (noun). ==== Noun ==== oncoming (plural oncomings) Approach, onset ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 2 === From on- +‎ coming (adjective). ==== Adjective ==== oncoming (not comparable) approaching; coming closer 1894, Ivan Dexter, Talmud: A Strange Narrative of Central Australia, published in serial form in Port Adelaide News and Lefevre's Peninsula Advertiser (SA), Chapter XIII, [1] The attack was made so unexpectedly that Garfield had no time to escape the oncoming spears, three of which struck him in the body. ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 3 === Equivalent to oncome +‎ -ing. ==== Verb ==== oncoming present participle and gerund of oncome === References === === Anagrams === coming on, gnomonic