to-come

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to-come

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From to + come, perhaps continuing Middle English tocome, from Old English tōcyme (“a coming, an arrival, an approach, an advent”).

noun tocome · to come

rare, uncountable Something which is to come. They denote a factual to-come. Heidegger, on the other hand, holds that time originates in the to-come, regardless of contents.
rare, uncountable The future. The Past / Now stands before thee like an Incarnation / Of the To-come;
Similar: to-be

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@misc{to_come_2026,
  title = {to-come},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/to-come},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}