Meaning

noun the act of drawing spatially closer to something

noun arrival that has been awaited (especially of something momentous)

noun the temporal property of becoming nearer in time

originFrom Middle English cominge, comynge, comande, from Old English cumende, from Proto-Germanic *kwemandz, present participle of Proto-Germanic *kwemaną (“to come”), equivalent to come + -ing (present participle ending). Cognate with Dutch komend (“coming”), German kommend (“coming”), Swedish kommande (“coming”), Icelandic komandi (“coming”).

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