coming up

On the horizon

Coming up signals something about to happen or appear.

Broadcasters use it to preview content: Coming up, the weather forecast.

In restaurants, servers call it to announce orders ready for delivery.

It can mean approaching in time My birthday is coming up or rising through ranks She's a coming-up star in the industry.

imminent

approaching

Coming toward something

next · impending · close · nigh · looming · oncoming · arriving · inbound · nearing · around the corner

rising

ascending

Moving upward

surging · mounting · growing · advancing · escalating · soaring · upswing · upturn · gaining · improving

emerging

arising

Coming into being

unfolding · materializing · dawning · budding · sprouting · manifesting · occurring · presenting · cropping up · popping up

anticipation

awaiting

Staying until something arrives

eagerness · countdown · preparation · looking forward · suspense · readiness · planning · hoping · prediction · forecast

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Opposites
temporal direction

coming uppast

Time already gone

gone by · in the past · over · elapsed · bygone

spatial/positional movement

coming upgoing down

Moving in downward direction

coming down · descending · sinking · falling · dropping

emergence/visibility

coming upfading away

Gradual disappearance from perception

disappearing · vanishing · receding · going away · dying down

Family

come, become, coming, overcome, becoming, upcoming, comes, comer, unbecoming

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Everyday, not technical · Rated G