oncome
oncome · oncomes · oncame · oncome · oncoming
To arrive; come to; come onTo arrive; come to; come on.
Meaning
1 senses(rare)To arrive; come to; come on.
Origin
From Middle English oncomen, from Old English oncuman, ancuman (“to arrive, come upon, hapFrom Middle English oncomen, from Old English oncuman, ancuman (“to arrive, come upon, happen”), from Proto-Germanic *anakwemaną (“to come to, come at, arrive”), equivalent to on- + come. Cognate with Dutch aankomen (“to arrive”), German ankommen (“to arrive”), Swedish ankomma (“to arrive”).
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Forms
oncomes, oncoming, oncame, oncomeLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, irregular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.