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▪ I. upˈcoming, vbl. n.
[up- 7.]
1. The action of coming up, in various senses.
13..Guy Warw. (A.) 7240 Þe best him neyed, & smot him Wiþ his vp-coming so fel & grim [etc.]. a1340Hampole Psalter lxxii. 19 Þai fal downe þat lang tyme had in vp⁓comminge. 1387Trevisa Higden (Rolls) V. 229 Me dradde þe arryvynge and upcomynge of straunge men. 1535Stewart Cron. Scot. (Rolls) II. 700 Of the Scrymgeouris and thair Vpcuming. a1575Diurn. Occurr. (Bann. Cl.) 109 In thair vpcuming my lord of Ergyle bare the croun. 1654Wariston Diary (S.H.S.) II. 292 This checked me in the up-coming out of Leyth. 1746E. Erskine Serm. (1755) 391 The Up-coming of the Breaker is with much awful Majesty. 1862Carlyle Fredk. Gt. xiii. ix. III. 524 In his young time he had a hard upcoming. 1889Athenæum 29 June 831/2 Half-lights reveal on the surface the upcoming of eddies in films from below.
†2. Sc. An ascent, an upward path. Obs. (Cf. upcome n. 1.)
1375Barbour Bruce vi. 81 Sua strate wes þe vp-cummyng, Þat twa men mycht nocht sammyn thryng. Ibid. 170.
▪ II. ˈupˌcoming, ppl. a.
[up- 6 b.]
a. Coming up.
1848T. Aird Nebuchadnezzar iii. 12 Upcoming hunters on the hill appear. 1879McCarthy Own Times II. 169 Personal reasons..for particular distrust of the upcoming Emperor.
b. That is about to happen, etc., forthcoming. Chiefly U.S.
1959A. Huxley Let. 3 Sept. (1969) 878, I am working like mad..on my lectures for the upcoming semester. 1967Mrs. L. B. Johnson White House Diary 5 June (1970) 521 Today it was work on the speeches for the upcoming trip to New England. 1971Publishers' Weekly 1 Nov. 18/1 Booth and Haley did their upcoming books no harm. 1973Express (Trinidad & Tobago) 27 Apr. 31/3 The up-coming contest is open to all karate associations. 1982T. Barling Terminate with Prejudice iv. v. 104 An upcoming visit by a member of the Soviet Politburo. 1984Daily Tel. 25 Feb. 17 No change in the law was required, the existing statute was merely being clarified and there was no need to insert a special clause in the upcoming Finance Bill. |