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# forthcoming

«forthcoming» in Mova's school dictionary: **Happening or coming soon: «the forthcoming holiday»** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adjective (forthcoming)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Happening or coming soon: «the forthcoming holiday». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/forthcoming/#m1)

2) Ready or given when needed: «No help was forthcoming». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/forthcoming/#m2)

3) Willing to talk and give information: «She wasn't very forthcoming». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/forthcoming/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In school letters: «forthcoming events», «the forthcoming trip». In stories and reports: «He was not forthcoming about where he had been» = he did not want to say. A slightly formal word.

### examples

- Please read about the forthcoming school trip. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/forthcoming/#x1)
- The forthcoming film is about dragons. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/forthcoming/#x2)
- No answer was forthcoming. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/forthcoming/#x3)
- He wasn't very forthcoming about the broken window. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/forthcoming/#x4)
- Money for the new playground is forthcoming. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/forthcoming/#x5)
- We are practising for the forthcoming concert. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/forthcoming/#x6)
- He inquired the cause, but for some time no answer was forthcoming. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/forthcoming/#x7)

### note

Slightly formal. Everyday: «coming up», «upcoming». «Not forthcoming» about a person means secretive or quiet.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «forthcoming» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/forthcoming/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.