upcoming adj : of the relatively near future; "the approaching election"; "this coming Thursday"; "the forthcoming holidays"; "the upcoming spring fashions" [syn: approaching, coming(a), forthcoming]

English

Etymology

up + coming

Adjective

upcoming

1. Of the relatively near future.

   Upcoming movies (also known as trailers).

   Federal budgets lay out government spending for the upcoming year

Translations

• Finnish: tuleva, lähestyvä

See also

• oncoming
• forthcoming

Upcoming (formerly known as Upcoming.org) is a social event calendar website that launched in 2003. It uses iCalendar and XML for content syndication and supports an open API for the submission of event descriptions. On October 4, 2005, Upcoming.org was acquired by Yahoo!.

Microformats

Upcoming uses hCalendar microformats, so that events can be downloaded directly into calendar applications.

External links

• http://upcoming.yahoo.com/ - Upcoming Website

References

about to be, advancing, already in sight, anabatic, approaching, approximate, approximative, ascendant, ascending, ascensional, ascensive, at hand, attracted to, brewing, climbing, close, close at hand, coming, drawn to, foreseen, forthcoming, future, gathering, going to happen, immediate, imminent, impendent, impending, in danger imminent, in prospect, in reserve, in store, in the ascendant, in the cards, in the offing, in the wind, in view, instant, leaping, looming, lowering, lurking, menacing, mounting, near, near at hand, nearing, on the horizon, oncoming, overhanging, preparing, prospective, proximate, rampant, rearing, rising, saltatory, scandent, scansorial, skyrocketing, spiraling, springing, that will be, threatening, to come, uparching, upgoing, upgrade, uphill, uphillward, uprising, upsloping, upward, upwith, waiting