Oncoming

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  oncoming \oncoming\ n.
     the beginning or early stages; the onset.
  
     Syn: onset.
          [WordNet 1.5]



From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  oncoming \oncoming\ adj.
     moving toward one; approaching.
  
     Syn: approaching.
          [WordNet 1.5]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  oncoming
       adj : moving toward one
       n : the beginning or early stages; "the onset of pneumonia"
           [syn: {onset}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  74 Moby Thesaurus words for "oncoming":
     A, access, accession, advance, advancing, advent, afflux,
     affluxion, alpha, approach, approaching, appropinquation,
     approximate, approximation, approximative, appulse, arrival,
     arriving, attracted to, beginning, blast-off, coming, coming near,
     coming toward, commencement, creation, cutting edge, dawn,
     drawn to, edge, establishment, flowing toward, flying start,
     forthcoming, forward, forward-looking, foundation, fresh start,
     go-ahead, imminence, imminent, institution, jump-off, kick-off,
     leading edge, moving, near, nearing, nearness, new departure,
     ongoing, onset, onward, opening, origin, origination, outbreak,
     outset, proceeding, progressing, progressive, proximate,
     proximation, running start, send-off, setting in motion,
     setting-up, square one, start, start-off, starting point, take-off,
     to come, upcoming