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Definition of Oncoming
1. Noun. The beginning or early stages. "The onset of pneumonia"
2. Adjective. Moving toward one.
Definition of Oncoming
1. Adjective. approaching; coming closer ¹
2. Noun. an early stage; an onset ¹
3. Noun. an approach ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Oncoming
1. an approach [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Oncoming
Literary usage of Oncoming
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. History of the Pilgrims and Puritans: Their Ancestry and Descendants; Basis by Joseph Dillaway Sawyer (1922)
"... eyes gazed in querulous wonder at the big oncoming white- winged canoes of
the pale faces. Little recked the chieftains then that these newcomers would ..."
2. Young Drivers: The Road to Safety by OECD/ECMT Transport Research Centre (2006)
"Single-vehicle crashes, loss-of-control and turning across oncoming traffic Young,
novice drivers are heavily over-represented in single-vehicle and ..."
3. California the Golden by Rockwell Dennis Hunt (1911)
"PART THREE oncoming OF THE AMERICANS CHAPTER XV A PRIZE AND A POLICY Mexico's
Neglect of California. — For many years before she finally fell into the hands ..."
4. The United States Navy in the World War: Official Pictures Selected from the by James Clayton Russell, William Emmet Moore (1921)
"Realizing that the oncoming torpedo was about to strike that part of the ship
where the depth charges were stored and that the setting off of thete e« . e ..."
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