forthcoming
- 01 B2 Upper Intermediate
happening soon or planned for the near future.
approaching or about to take place in the near future.
Simple“The list of forthcoming events is published on the school website every month.”
In context“The author provides a detailed bibliography of both published works and forthcoming titles currently in production at the university press.”
UsageUsually placed before the noun it describes.
- 02 C1 Advanced
willing to give information or talk about something openly.
willing to provide information, cooperate, or speak candidly about a subject.
Simple“The witness was not very forthcoming with details about what she saw.”
In context“The administration has been less than forthcoming regarding the specific budgetary cuts planned for the next fiscal year.”
UsageOften follows a linking verb like 'be' or 'seem'.
Synonyms - 03 C1 Advanced
available or provided when it is needed.
available, ready, or provided when required; often used in the negative to describe a lack of support or funds.
Simple“If the money is not forthcoming, we will have to cancel the project.”
In context“Despite several requests for emergency assistance, the promised medical supplies were not forthcoming during the height of the crisis.”
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“In his forthcoming memoir, Arday says he completed the distance by taking painkillers and despite his right leg swelling to twice its normal size.”
“The Honor Committee had not ruled on the substance of the allegations, but it had found Rignol liable for “not being forthcoming”—which Yale treated as a separate honor code violation.”
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 (“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”).
From forthcome + -ing.
Etymology adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.