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upcoming

[ uhp-kuhm-ing ]

adjective

  1. coming up; about to take place, appear, or be presented:

    the upcoming spring fashions.

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upcoming

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adjective

  1. coming soon; forthcoming
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Origin of upcoming1

First recorded in 1300–50; Middle English; up- + coming
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The halls near the trade show looked like an extended movie theater lobby with all manner of illuminated posters and standees for upcoming films.

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Now, the Sheriff’s Office is warning of a new risk at this weekend’s upcoming festival: ticket scams targeting college students.

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"Government needs to use the upcoming Spending Review to ensure that councils are sufficiently resourced, including by urgently increasing the temporary accommodation subsidy," said Adam Hug, housing spokesperson for the LGA.

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Among your many upcoming projects is “Be Like Water,” a children’s play about Bruce Lee that’ll debut at Seattle Children’s Theatre.

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Wisconsin's supreme court is expected to play a key role in several upcoming cases, including laws around abortion and congressional redistricting ahead of Midterm elections in 2026 and the next presidential election, in 2028.

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What doesÌęupcoming mean?

Upcoming is used to describe something that is scheduled or expected to happen or to be presented or released in the near future. A close synonym is forthcoming.

Upcoming is most often used to describe events that will happen soon, like a wedding or an election, or things that will be released soon, such as an album, movie, or new product.

The term typically implies that the event will happen or the thing will arrive relatively soon, such as within a few weeks or months or within a year or so. The farther away something is, the less likely you’d be to describe it as upcoming. You also probably wouldn’t use the word for something happening tomorrow.

Upcoming should not be confused with the similar-sounding term up-and-coming, which means successful and likely to become more successful.

Example: There is a lot of buzz around the up-and-coming band’s upcoming album that will be released in the spring.

Where doesÌęupcoming come from?

The word upcoming has been used since the 1300s, but its use as an adjective isn’t recorded until the 1800s. It is simply a combination of the words up and coming.

Things that are upcoming are coming up. An upcoming election is the one happening next or within a relatively short amount of time. The similar phrase coming soon is often associated with upcoming forms of media or entertainment, such as movies, books, and musical albums.

The word upcoming is typically reserved for things that you know (or are fairly certain) will happen. You probably wouldn’t describe a future event as upcoming if it were purely hypothetical or very tentative (unless you were promoting the Fyre Festival).

Describing something as upcoming often (but not always) implies some level of anticipation about it—meaning people are looking forward to it in some way. The similar term impending means about the same thing as upcoming, but it’s usually applied to more neutral or negative situations, as in impending doom.

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Upcoming is often used positively in reference to things that people are looking forward to.

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Is upcoming used correctly in the following sentence?

Her upcoming book was released last year.

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