forthcoming
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /fɔːθˈkʌmɪŋ/
ipa: /fɔɹθˈkʌmɪŋ/
Forms: form: more forthcoming
form: most forthcoming
Etymology: The adjective is derived from forth (“forwards”) + coming (“approaching (adjective)”); or from Middle English forth commyng, *forthcominge, present participle of forth-comen (“to come forth; to appear, issue”), from Old English forþcuman, forþ-cuman (“to come forth, come forward”) (present participle *forþcumende), from forþ- (“forth; forward”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *per- (“before, in front; first”)) + cuman (“to come”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gʷem- (“to step”)). Compare Dutch voortkomend (“coming forth, originating from (verb)”), German fortkommend (“getting away; progressing (verb)”).
The noun is derived from forth (“forwards”) + coming (“arrival”).
Senses: examples: text: I shall vote in the forthcoming election.
text: The visitors began to hold a much higher line, passing and moving with greater urgency, and their reward was forthcoming.
ref: 2011 October 1, David Ornstein, “Blackburn 0 – 4 Man City”, in BBC Sport, archived from the original on 15 Jul 2019:
text: Never one to waste an opportunity, he says now: "The low points? You can read about them in my forthcoming book! It's at the printers now.
ref: 2021 November 3, Adrian Shooter talks to Paul Clifton, “A lifetime of railway achievements”, in RAIL, number 943, page 34:
synonyms: word: imminent
word: impending
word: around the corner
word: at hand
word: forthcoming
word: imminent
word: impendent
word: impending
word: in the offing
word: in the wind
word: instant
word: on the boil
word: pending
word: upcoming
word: proximate
word: to come
word: toward
glosses: Approaching or about to take place.
examples: text: The money was not forthcoming.
text: Unfortunately, sufficient public support has not been forthcoming, and the trains were withdrawn from September 15.
ref: 1956 October, “Notes and News: Nottingham Local Service Withdrawn”, in Railway Magazine, page 710:
text: This may perhaps throw some light on the fact that in democratic countries defending themselves against aggression, sufficient support may be forthcoming for the necessary far-reaching measures (which may even take on the character of holistic planning) without suppression of public criticism, while in countries preparing for an attack or waging an aggressive war, public criticism as a rule must be suppressed, in order that public support may be mobilized by presenting aggression as defence.
ref: 1957, Karl Popper, chapter 24, in The Poverty of Historicism, FIRST HARPER TORCH BOOK edition, page 92:
antonyms: unforthcoming
glosses: Available when needed; in place, ready.
examples: text: Once I explained why I needed to know, she was really forthcoming.
text: So the lawyer talks to him, and tries to get the details of the case, but the guy's not really forthcoming, you know, he won't say exactly where he lives, won't give any names, and the lawyer is thinking something's funny, but still there's real panic [...]
ref: 1991, David Michael Kaplan, Skating in the Dark, New York, N.Y.: Pantheon Books, →ISBN, page 145:
glosses: Willing to co-operate or provide information; candid, frank, responsive.
Derived terms: forthcomingly
forthcomingness
unforthcoming