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forthcoming | x |

As an adjective forthcoming

is (not comparable) approaching or about to take place.

As a noun forthcoming

is something that is yet to come.

As a letter x is

the twenty-fourth letter of the.

As a symbol x is

voiceless velar fricative.

forthcoming

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • (not comparable) Approaching or about to take place.
    • I shall vote in the forthcoming election.
  • * {{quote-news
    • , year=2011 , date=October 1 , author=David Ornstein , title=Blackburn 0 - 4 Man City , work=BBC Sport citation , page= , passage=The visitors began to hold a much higher line, passing and moving with greater urgency, and their reward was forthcoming .}}
  • Available when needed.
    • The money was not forthcoming .
  • Considerate and affable; willing to cooperate.
    • I am really a forthcoming person.

    Derived terms

    * forthcomingness

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Something that is yet to come.
  • * 1831 , Archibald Mackerrell, An Apology for the Gift of Tongues and Interpretation
    • The reader, has had presented to him things not belonging to time or mortality, but awful realities issuing out from eternity, the audible forthcomings of a present living God.

    Anagrams

    *

    x

    Translingual

    {{Basic Latin character info, previous=W, next=Y, image= (wikipedia X)

    Etymology 1

    Letter

  • The twenty-fourth letter of the .
    • See also
    (Latn-script)

    Cardinal number

    (mul-number)
  • The number 10.

    • Symbol

    (mul-symbol)
  • A symbol of the IPA, representing a voiceless uvular fricative.
  • strike

    • Etymology 2

    Possibly from skull and crossbones

    Symbol

    (mul-symbol)
    • Derived terms
    * XXX

    See also

    {{Letter , page=X , NATO=X-ray , Morse=–··– , Character=X , Braille=? }} Image:Latin X.png, Capital and lowercase versions of X , in normal and italic type Image:Fraktur letter X.png, Uppercase and lowercase X in Fraktur Roman numerals ----