Oncoming

Word ONCOMING
Character 8
Hyphenation oncoming
Pronunciations N/A

Definitions and meanings of "Oncoming"

What do we mean by oncoming?

Coming nearer; approaching. adjective

An approach; an advance. noun

Approaching; nearing.

Approach. noun

The beginning or early stages; the onset. noun

Moving toward one; approaching. adjective

Approaching; coming closer adjective

An early stage; an onset noun

An approach noun

The beginning or early stages noun

Moving toward one adjective

To arrive; come to; come on.

Synonyms and Antonyms for Oncoming

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The word "oncoming" in example sentences

The difficulty is that much of what we describe as the oncoming third wave threatens existing constituencies in the democratic party, and as a result, there is ... ❋ Unknown (1995)

An employer can't legally tell you to do something that will knowingly cost you your life, like stand in oncoming traffic, so why should we allow an industry that tells girls they can't work unless they are actively starving themselves to death? ❋ Keli Goff (2010)

t legally tell you to do something that will knowingly cost you your life, like stand in oncoming traffic, so why should we allow an industry that tells girls they can ❋ Keli Goff (2010)

For instance, motorists making a left-hand turn must yield to oncoming bicyclists just as they would yield to oncoming cars. ❋ Keith Ecker (2011)

As I just noted, the errors that are most prominent are the ones where the IPCC substantially underestimated the speed and devastation of the oncoming anthropogenic climate forcings. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Later they learned the other path was actually for oncoming traffic. ❋ Sophia Hollander (2011)

But there's light at the end of the tunnel (assuming it isn't an oncoming train), and in another week or so I should be done. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Light occasionally showered over her, bathing her in an unnatural glow as headlights swung across glass from oncoming cars. ❋ Ron Earl Phillips (2011)

One of several people who ran to help the man and tried to stop oncoming traffic was hit by a car herself. ❋ AP (2011)

Those who live or trade here don't so much walk as glide, ready at an instant to dodge to the right or left to avoid a pile of oncoming hides, a blind beggar, or a cart erupting with produce. ❋ Richard Bangs (2011)

For his part, Sheen told TMZ, "I am honored that it took something as large and violent as an oncoming train to terminate my character." ❋ Unknown (2011)

So far Orbán's response has been to keep his foot down on the accelerator and the car pointed firmly at the oncoming EU juggernaut. ❋ Unknown (2011)

It was a somber, dark, almost classically styled piece, and yet Mr. Smith's drumming suggested an oncoming hurricane. ❋ Will Friedwald (2011)

“We're on it like a teddy on Putin's mistress,” I bark as I make a 180 degree turn into oncoming traffic. ❋ Con Chapman (2011)

"Trucking five litres of water per day as a last-resort lifesaving intervention to 80,000 people in Ethiopia costs more than $3m £2m for five months, compared to $900,000 to prepare water sources in the same area for an oncoming drought," it says. ❋ Unknown (2012)

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