Definition of "oncoming" in английский

noun

1. Approach, onset

adjective

1. approaching; coming closer

   • Look carefully before pulling out into oncoming traffic.
   • 1894, Ivan Dexter, Talmud: A Strange Narrative of Central Australia, published in serial form in Port Adelaide News and Lefevre's Peninsula Advertiser (SA), Chapter XIII, http://gutenberg.net.au/ebooks16/1600641.txt The attack was made so unexpectedly that Garfield had no time to escape the oncoming spears, three of which struck him in the body.

verb

1. present participle and gerund of oncome