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coming
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adjective
(= approaching, forthcoming, upcoming)
of the relatively near future
the approaching election
this coming Thursday
the forthcoming holidays
the upcoming spring fashions
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noun
(= advent)
arrival that has been awaited (especially of something momentous)
the advent of the computer
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noun
(= approach, approaching)
the act of drawing spatially closer to something
the hunter's approach scattered the geese
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noun
(= approach, approaching)
the temporal property of becoming nearer in time
the approach of winter
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noun
(= orgasm)
the moment of most intense pleasure in sexual intercourse
alongside
Preposition
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You use alongside to talk about something being beside something else.
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You use alongside to talk about something being at the same time as something else.