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# oncoming

«oncoming» in Mova's school dictionary: **Coming towards you or moving nearer: «oncoming traffic»…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

adjective (oncoming)

### meaning for a pupil

Coming towards you or moving nearer: «oncoming traffic», «an oncoming storm». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/oncoming/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

A key road-safety word: «Look out for oncoming traffic» before crossing; on a narrow road, cyclists and walkers face oncoming cars. In stories it builds tension: «the oncoming storm», «the oncoming army».

### examples

- Watch out for oncoming traffic when you cross. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/oncoming/#x1)
- The headlights of an oncoming car dazzled us. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/oncoming/#x2)
- Walk facing oncoming traffic when there is no pavement. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/oncoming/#x3)
- The cyclist moved over for an oncoming bus. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/oncoming/#x4)
- The sailors saw the oncoming storm. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/oncoming/#x5)
- The oncoming train blew its whistle. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/oncoming/#x6)

### note

Used only before a noun: «oncoming cars» (not «the cars are oncoming»). One word. On country roads with no pavement, walk on the side facing oncoming traffic so you can see it.

### In the corpora

- [Where there is no pavement, you walk facing the oncoming traffic, so you can see it coming.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/43-buses-trains-and-being-seen/18/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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