English

Adjective

forthcoming ‎(comparative more forthcoming, superlative most forthcoming)

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

   I shall vote in the forthcoming election.

   • 2011 October 1, David Ornstein, “Blackburn 0 - 4 Man City”, in BBC Sport:

     The visitors began to hold a much higher line, passing and moving with greater urgency, and their reward was forthcoming.

2. Available when needed.

   The money was not forthcoming.

3. Considerate and affable; willing to cooperate.

   I am really a forthcoming person.

4. Candid, frank.

Translations

Derived terms

• forthcomingness

Noun

forthcoming ‎(plural forthcomings)

1. Something that is yet to come.
   • 1831, Archibald Mackerrell, An Apology for the Gift of Tongues and Interpretation

     The reader, has had presented to him things not belonging to time or mortality, but awful realities issuing out from eternity, the audible forthcomings of a present living God.

Anagrams

• coming forth