oncoming
Approaching; coming closerApproaching; coming closer
» He failed to see the stop sign at the intersection and hit an oncoming car.
Он не увидел знака остановки на перекрёстке и врезался во встречный автомобиль. — Lenin_1917
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1 senses(not comparable)Approaching; coming closer
Look carefully before pulling out into oncoming traffic.
- moving toward one
Examples
19 sentencesHe failed to see the stop sign at the intersection and hit an oncoming car.
ruОн не увидел знака остановки на перекрёстке и врезался во встречный автомобиль. — Lenin_1917
I got dazzled by oncoming traffic.
deIch bin vom Gegenverkehr geblendet worden. — Luiaard
Watch out for the oncoming traffic.
deAchte auf den Gegenverkehr! — raggione
Tom slowly veered into oncoming traffic.
Tom was blinded by the oncoming car.
Translations
2 languagesOrigin
From on- + coming (adjective).From on- + coming (adjective).
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