Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • adjective Coming nearer; approaching.
  • noun An approach; an advance.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Approaching; nearing.
  • noun Approach.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun the beginning or early stages; the onset.
  • adjective moving toward one; approaching.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adjective approaching; coming closer
  • noun an early stage; an onset
  • noun an approach

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun the beginning or early stages
  • adjective moving toward one

Etymologies

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on- +‎ coming

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