upcoming

Upcoming is used to describe something that is scheduled or expected to happen or to be presented or released in the near future. A close synonym is forthcoming.

Upcoming is most often used to describe events that will happen soon, like a wedding or an election, or things that will be released soon, such as an album, movie, or new product.

The term typically implies that the event will happen or the thing will arrive relatively soon, such as within a few weeks or months or within a year or so. The farther away something is, the less likely you’d be to describe it as upcoming. You also probably wouldn’t use the word for something happening tomorrow.

Upcoming should not be confused with the similar-sounding term up-and-coming, which means successful and likely to become more successful.

Example: There is a lot of buzz around the up-and-coming band’s upcoming album that will be released in the spring.

The word upcoming has been used since the 1300s, but its use as an adjective isn’t recorded until the 1800s. It is simply a combination of the words up and coming.

Things that are upcoming are coming up. An upcoming election is the one happening next or within a relatively short amount of time. The similar phrase coming soon is often associated with upcoming forms of media or entertainment, such as movies, books, and musical albums.

The word upcoming is typically reserved for things that you know (or are fairly certain) will happen. You probably wouldn’t describe a future event as upcoming if it were purely hypothetical or very tentative (unless you were promoting the Fyre Festival).

Describing something as upcoming often (but not always) implies some level of anticipation about it—meaning people are looking forward to it in some way. The similar term impending means about the same thing as upcoming, but it’s usually applied to more neutral or negative situations, as in impending doom.

What are some synonyms for upcoming?

• forthcoming
• impending

What are some words that share a root or word element with upcoming? 

• up
• come
• up-and-coming

What are some words that often get used in discussing upcoming?

• event
• release
• election
• album
• movie
• book
• novel
• song

What are some words upcoming may be commonly confused with?

• up-and-coming

Upcoming is often used positively in reference to things that people are looking forward to.

This upcoming discussion with Forrester promises to be enlightening. Useful context as we all reinvent our futures. With @NigelFenwick and @ShannonRyan

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— RandyWoods (@RandyWoods) May 21, 2020

I am incredibly honored that The New York Review of Books just published excerpts from my upcoming book, The Jakarta Methodhttps://t.co/F0qOlTM6ke

— Vincent Bevins (@Vinncent) May 18, 2020

Come now set the past on fire🔥Together is out now! https://t.co/bd3FqEfbnr

This is the 1st single from Sia’s upcoming album & from the motion picture Music. Sia wrote + directed, & wrote 10 original songs for it. The film stars Kate Hudson, @leslieodomjr, @maddieziegler & more. pic.twitter.com/VNA1OIVjUB

— sia (@Sia) May 20, 2020

 

 

Is upcoming used correctly in the following sentence?

Her upcoming book was released last year.