Definitions

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  • adjective Moving downwards.
  • verb Present participle of downcome.

Etymologies

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From downcome.

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Examples

  • And as the dim ball of the sun sank slowly into the northwest he covered every inch -- and many times -- of his and Bill's flight south before the downcoming winter.

    LOVE OF LIFE 2010

  • And as the dim ball of the sun sank slowly into the northwest he covered every inch — and many times — of his and Bill's flight south before the downcoming winter.

    LOVE OF LIFE 2010

  • It said, "If I see upcoming in the paper one more time I will be downcoming and someone will be outgoing."

    He Loved Language And Took It Seriously 2009

  • The lock gates opened, the downcoming boats chugged out, and the Flying Linnet went in.

    Blood Sports Francis, Dick 1967

  • In a row, with anxious faces, they stood guard over the punt, while Keeble neatly manoeuvred the Flying Linnet upstream a little way through the downcoming cruisers, and then drifted gently across towards the post.

    Blood Sports Francis, Dick 1967

  • Heyl, looking incredibly limp, was leaning against a gaudy marble pillar, his eyes on the downcoming elevators.

    Fanny Herself Edna Ferber 1926

  • Heyl, looking incredibly limp, was leaning against a gaudy marble pillar, his eyes on the downcoming elevators.

    Fanny Herself 1917

  • And as the dim ball of the sun sank slowly into the northwest he covered every inch -- and many times -- of his and Bill's flight south before the downcoming winter.

    Love of Life 1907

  • And as the dim ball of the sun sank slowly into the northwest he covered every inch, and many times, of his and Bill's flight south before the downcoming winter.

    Love of Life 1905

  • When ye shall see the pickle he is in ye shall understand wherefore it needeth ten minutes to his downcoming. '

    Privy Seal His Last Venture Ford Madox Ford 1906

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