UPCOMING

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does upcoming mean? 

• UPCOMING (adjective)
  The adjective UPCOMING has 1 sense:

1. of the relatively near future

  Familiarity information: UPCOMING used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• UPCOMING (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of the relatively near future

Synonyms:

approaching; coming; forthcoming; upcoming

Context example:

the upcoming spring fashions

Similar:

future (yet to be or coming)

 Context examples 

During the upcoming March 5 flyby, asteroid 2013 TX68 could fly past Earth as far out as 9 million miles (14 million kilometers) or as close as 11,000 miles (17,000 kilometers).

(Small Asteroid to Pass Close to Earth March 8, NASA)

The team will use FGF21 measurements along with other tests presented in the study in the design of upcoming gene-based clinical trials that the lab has worked on for many years.

(Elevated hormone flags liver problems in mice with methylmalonic acidemia, National Institutes of Health)

Modern astrologers look at both when assessing your upcoming opportunities.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

Now, it is expected that the required votes will be obtained at the upcoming meeting on 20-28 October in Portoroz, Slovenia.

(Brazil to support South Atlantic whale sanctuary bid, Agência BRASIL)

But the upcoming supermoon — on Monday, Nov. 14 — will be especially “super” because it’s the closest full moon to Earth since 1948.

(November Supermoon a Spectacular Sight, NASA)

Additional observations, including from NASA's upcoming James Webb Space Telescope, will help to confirm the true nature of 55 Cancri e.

(Spitzer Maps Climate Patterns on a Super-Earth, NASA)

Upcoming images will offer even more information, as the comet is quickly covering more space in OSIRIS' field of view.

(Rosetta closing in on comet, NASA)

Although Triton is a moon of a planet and Pluto is a dwarf planet, Triton serves as a preview of sorts for the upcoming Pluto encounter.

(Voyager Map Details Neptune's Strange Moon Triton, NASA)

NASA scientists are tracking the upcoming Halloween flyby of asteroid 2015 TB145 with several optical observatories and the radar capabilities of the agency's Deep Space Network at Goldstone, California.

(Halloween Asteroid a Treat for Radar Astronomers, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

The study presents a roadmap for capturing 4-to-10-year snapshots of intermediate-mass black hole activity using both ground- and upcoming space-based detection instruments, including NSF's Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory.

(Observing 'black hole symphony' using gravitational wave astronomy, National Science Foundation)