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outcoming

outcoming adjective: that comes out.

Adjective

outcoming (not comparable)

  1. That comes out.

Noun

outcoming (plural outcomings)

  1. (dated) A result or outcome.
    • But perhaps you will say, even actual transgressors ought not to be considered guilty, or be punished, inasmuch as their sins are the necessary outcomings of an inherited, corrupt nature.1861, George Alcock Macdonnell, Man's life and destiny
  2. The act of coming out of a place.
    • How often, as a child, had Kitty, lying in the grass, watched their outcomings and ingoings!1877, Eugenie Marlitt, At the Councillors, Or, A Nameless History, page 191

Antonyms of outcoming

Forms of outcoming

pluraloutcomings

Origin of outcoming

From out- + coming.

From Middle English outcoming, outcominge, from outcomen (“to come out”).

Questions about outcoming

What does outcoming mean?
Outcoming means that comes out.
What part of speech is outcoming?
Outcoming can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near outcoming in the dictionary

  1. outcomeling
  2. outcomelings
  3. outcomer
  4. outcomers
  5. outcomes
  6. outcoming
  7. outcomings
  8. outcompass
  9. outcompassed
  10. outcompasses
  11. outcompassing

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