oncoming
adjective
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L227570 on Wikidata ↗noun
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L324730 on Wikidata ↗Wiktionary
adj
Etymology: From on- + coming (adjective).
- approaching; coming closer
“Look carefully before pulling out into oncoming traffic.”
“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, http://gutenberg.net.au/ebooks16/1600641.txt The attack was made so unexpectedly that Garfield had no time to escape the oncoming spears, three of which struck him in the body.”
noun
Etymology: From Middle English on comynge, oncomynge, oncoomynge; equivalent to on- + coming (noun).
- Approach, onset
“Some man that wayfaring was stood by housedoor at night's oncoming.”
“When she saw the oncoming of the armed men, with the King shining at their head, Little-Foot was again thrown into terror and begged her brother to escape while there was yet time […]”
verb
Etymology: Equivalent to oncome + -ing.
- present participle and gerund of oncome