Meaning

3 senses
  1. (not comparable)Approaching or about to take place.

    I shall vote in the forthcoming election.

    bevorstehend, entgegenkommend

    ближа́йшийbližájšij, бли́зкийblízkij, бу́дущийbúduščij

    прийде́шнійpryjdéšnij

  2. Available when needed; in place, ready.

    The money was not forthcoming.

    verfügbar

    available when required or as promised

  3. Willing to co-operate or provide information; candid, frank, responsive.

    Once I explained why I needed to know, she was really forthcoming.

    mitteilsam

Examples

16 sentences
  1. Details will be forthcoming.

  2. Tom was very forthcoming.

  3. Tom wasn't exactly forthcoming with an answer.

    Том не був дуже відвертий у своїй відповіді. — deniko

    deTom hielt sich mit einer Antwort zurück. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  4. I asked him about what he witnessed, but he wasn't very forthcoming.

    Я спитав, свідком чого він став, але він був не особливо розмовливий у відповіді. — shanghainese

    ruЯ спросил его о том, чему он был свидетелем, но он был не очень настроен на сотрудничество. — odexed

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  5. Further assistance is not forthcoming.

    Подальша допомога не очикується. — shanghainese

Translations

6 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
approaching or about to take place:
Русский
By meaning 1
approaching or about to take place:
Deutsch
By meaning 3
approaching or about to take place:
available when needed:
willing to co-operate or provide information:

Origin

The adjective is derived from forth (“forwards”) + coming (“approaching (adjective)”); or

The adjective is derived from forth (“forwards”) + coming (“approaching (adjective)”); or from Middle English forth commyng, *forthcominge, present participle of forth-comen (“to come forth; to appear, issue”), from Old English forþcuman (“to come forth, come forward”) (present participle *forþcumende), from forþ- (“forth; forward”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *per- (“before, in front; first”)) + cuman (“to come”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gʷem- (“to step”)). Compare Dutch voortkomend (“coming forth, originating from (verb)”), German fortkommend (“getting away; progressing (verb)”).

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Forms

more forthcoming, most forthcoming
Comparativemore forthcoming Lesson
Superlativemost forthcoming Lesson

regular

Synonyms

19 synonyms

Antonyms

2 antonyms

Word family

3 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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