forthcoming adjective (SOON)
B2 [ before noun ] happening soon:
We have just received the information about the forthcoming conference.
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- At the forthcoming elections, the government will be seeking a fresh mandate from the people.
- He is expected to win by a large majority in the forthcoming elections.
- She has announced that she will retire from the sport after the forthcoming Olympics.
- Her forthcoming novel is expected to become an instant bestseller.
- A host of celebrities have been invited to the forthcoming opening of the new restaurant.
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- (just) around the corner idiom
- about
- at hand idiom
- be on the point of (doing) sth idiom
- be ready to roll idiom
- beckon
- come up
- corner
- horizon
- in the air idiom
- in the pipeline idiom
- loom
- looming
- make to do sth idiom
- ready
- store
- teeter
- teeter on the brink/edge of sth idiom
- threshold
- wait in the wings idiom
forthcoming adjective (WILLING)
› friendly and helpful, willing to give information or to talk:
I had difficulty getting any details. He wasn't very forthcoming.
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forthcoming adjective (SUPPLIED)
C1 [ after verb ] produced, supplied, or given:
No explanation for his absence was forthcoming.
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