to-come
Word Rarity
Common
Frequency: 5.77 in modern English
10
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
3
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "They denote a factual to-come. Heidegger, on the other hand, holds that time originates in the to-come, regardless of contents."
- "Of a discourse to come – on the to-come and repetition."
- "The Past / Now stands before thee like an Incarnation / Of the To-come;"
- "But, it is plain, they would not be competent to grapple with the 'To-come.'"
- "Hope, not only as concerning the future state: that, it is to be trusted, all men possess: but hope as regards the present, and the to-come, of our little narrow world."
- "You are the future, the to-come, of the world. I congratulate you, boys and girls, that you live in this generation."
Etymology
From to + come, perhaps continuing Middle English tocome, from Old English tōcyme (“a coming, an arrival, an approach, an advent”).