forecoming

1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of forecome

comparative more forecoming · superlative most forecoming

1. coming before; preceding

plural forecomings

1. countableuncountableThe act or process of coming before, to the front, or to the fore; forthcoming; advent

   All of these new political arrivals are results of the governmental change, thus all are for bettering our nation's internal forecomings.

   2011, Frederick Johnson Sr., The Authentic American Spirit, page 96

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   It is, however, our earnest desire to interest the members of the profession of these United States in the forecoming of social insurance against sickness.

   1916, Bulletin of the American Academy of Medicine, volume 17, page 462

   The important thing is to be aware of one's own bias, so that the text may present itself in all its newness and thus be able to assert its own truth against its own forecomings.

   2006, Vanessa Joosen, Katrien Vloeberghs, Changing Concepts of Childhood and Children's Literature, page 55