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Oncoming

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

adj. Coming nearer; approaching: an oncoming storm.

n. An approach; an advance.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

adj. approaching; coming closer

n. an early stage; an onset

n. an approach

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

adj. moving toward one; approaching.

n. the beginning or early stages; the onset.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

n. Approach.

Approaching; nearing.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

n. the beginning or early stages

adj. moving toward one

Word Usage

"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 ..."

Equivalent

moving

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

start

Synonym

Words with the same meaning

approaching onset

Same Context

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