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looming ahead

looming ahead is the present participle and gerund of loom ahead.

Meaning of loom ahead

Verb

loom ahead (third-person singular simple present looms ahead, present participle looming ahead, simple past and past participle loomed ahead)

  1. (intransitive, confrontation or outcome) To be likely to occur and to be disastrous; to be foreboding.

Questions about looming ahead

What is looming ahead the present participle and gerund of?
Looming ahead is the present participle and gerund of loom ahead.

Words near looming ahead in the dictionary

  1. Loomes
  2. Loomeses
  3. loomfixer
  4. loomfixers
  5. looming
  6. looming ahead
  7. looming large
  8. loomingly
  9. loomings
  10. Loomis
  11. loomless

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