forthcoming
An act of coming forthAn act of coming forth.
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Meaning
2 sensesAn act of coming forth.
Something that is yet to come.
Examples
16 sentencesDetails will be forthcoming.
Tom was very forthcoming.
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
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
Further assistance is not forthcoming.
Подальша допомога не очикується. — shanghainese
Origin
The adjective is derived from forth (“forwards”) + coming (“approaching (adjective)”); orThe 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
plural: forthcomings| Singular | forthcoming |
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