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Coming is a related term of mien.


As a verb coming

is .

As a noun coming

is the act of arriving; an arrival.

As an adjective coming

is approaching; of the future, especially the near future; the next.

As a proper noun mien is

a group of related languages spoken by the yao people.

coming

English

Etymology 1

Verb

(head)

    • Etymology 2

    From (etyl) present participle of

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act of arriving; an arrival
    • Derived terms
    * second coming

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Approaching; of the future, especially the near future; the next.
    • We expect great things from you this coming year.
    She will have two or three paintings in the coming exhibition.
  • * Byron
    • your coming days and years
  • Deserved.
    • When he was fired, nobody was surprised or upset because they thought he had it coming .
  • Newly in fashion; advancing into maturity or achievement.
    • Ergonomic wallets are the coming thing.
  • (obsolete) Ready to come; complaisant; fond.
    • (Alexander Pope)

    Derived terms

    * coming on * up-and-coming

    Anagrams

    * gnomic

    mien

    English

    Noun

  • (countable, uncountable) Demeanor; facial expression or attitude, especially one which is intended by its bearer.
  • (countable) A specific facial expression
  • * {{quote-news, 2007, February 10, Claudia La Rocco, Stony Miens and Sad Hearts, New York Times citation
    • , passage=It’s hard to say which is worse: the press-on smiles favored by many a ballet dancer, or the stony “I’m going to pretend this isn’t happening to me” miens often found in contemporary troupes like White Road. }}

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