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oncomings

oncomings is the plural of oncoming.

Meaning of oncoming

Noun

oncoming (plural oncomings)

  1. Approach, onset
    • Some man that wayfaring was stood by housedoor at night's oncoming.1922 February 2, James Joyce, “[Episode 14: Oxen of the Sun]”, in Ulysses, Paris: Shakespeare and Company […], →OCLC, part II [Odyssey], page 368

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Questions about oncomings

What is oncomings the plural of?
Oncomings is the plural of oncoming.

Words near oncomings in the dictionary

  1. oncometer
  2. oncometers
  3. oncometric
  4. oncomice
  5. oncoming
  6. oncomings
  7. oncomir
  8. oncomiracidia
  9. oncomiracidial
  10. oncomiracidium
  11. oncomirs

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