to come

See also: tocome, and to-come

English

Alternative forms

• (journalism, abbreviation) TK

Pronunciation

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Adjective

to come (not comparable)

1. Imminent; coming; future.
   • 2002 December 18, 23:56 from the start, in Meat Eaters (The Life of Mammals), season 1, episode 5, David Attenborough (actor):

     It's a bonding session that reminds each hunter of its place in the team — invaluable in the struggle to come.

   • 2024, Jackie Evancho (lyrics and music), “Behind My Eyes”, in Solla‎^[1]:

     I, I've been getting kinda scared / And feeling unprepared / For what's to come

Usage notes

• To come is not a true adjective; rather, syntactically, it is simply the to-infinitive of the verb come. As a result, it follows the noun that it modifies, rather than preceding it.

Synonyms

• imminent, in the offing, proximate; see also Thesaurus:impending

Derived terms

• the shape of things to come
• world to come

Related terms

• Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come
• to-come

Translations

Translations

• Finnish: tuleva (fi)
• French: à venir (fr)
• Gothic: 𐌰𐌽𐌰𐍅𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌸𐍃 (anawairþs)
• Italian: avvenire (it), a venire

See also

• TK
• -to-be

Anagrams

• come to, moc toe

Middle English

Noun

to come

1. Alternative form of tocome