What part of speech is forthcoming?

Forthcoming can be categorized as an adjective.

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Parts of speech

  • 1. forthcoming is an adjective.

Inflections

Adjective

  • Positive
    Comparative
    Superlative
  • more forthcoming
    most forthcoming
  • Positive: forthcoming 
  • Comparative: more forthcoming
  • Superlative: most forthcoming

What does forthcoming mean?

Definitions

Adjective

forthcoming - available when required or as promised; "federal funds were not forthcoming"
forthcoming - of the relatively near future; "the approaching election"; "this coming Thursday"; "the forthcoming holidays"; "the upcoming spring fashions"
forthcoming - at ease in talking to others

Examples of forthcoming

#   Sentence  
1. adj. Federal funds were not forthcoming.
2. adj. The forthcoming holidays.
3. adj. Many Iraqis, including conservative and religious Iraqis, are surprisingly rooting for the Iraqi Communist party, probably in an attempt to counter the influence of Islamists in the forthcoming National Assembly.
4. adj. Just a quick message to follow up on the email that I sent you recently inviting you to speak at our forthcoming congress, Risk 2001 Australia, which is taking place in Sydney on 20 & 21 August 2001.
5. adj. Further assistance is not forthcoming.
6. adj. I asked him about what he witnessed, but he wasn't very forthcoming.
7. adj. When an answer is not forthcoming, questioners assert their rights to an answer by repeating the question.
8. adj. In August 2014 the Swedish Building Workers' Union decided that the gender-neutral pronoun "hen" ("he or she, or neither he nor she") should be used instead of "han" ("he") in forthcoming versions of its by-laws.
9. adj. Details will be forthcoming.
10. adj. Tom was very forthcoming.
11. adj. Tom wasn't very forthcoming about what happened with Mary.
12. adj. Fadil was very forthcoming about the details of his relationship with Layla.
13. adj. Tom wasn't exactly forthcoming with an answer.
14. adj. Maybe you're right and I should have been more forthcoming, but I was trying to spare your feelings.
15. adj. Even after several complaints, no response was forthcoming.
Sentence  
adj.
Federal funds were not forthcoming.
The forthcoming holidays.
Many Iraqis, including conservative and religious Iraqis, are surprisingly rooting for the Iraqi Communist party, probably in an attempt to counter the influence of Islamists in the forthcoming National Assembly.
Just a quick message to follow up on the email that I sent you recently inviting you to speak at our forthcoming congress, Risk 2001 Australia, which is taking place in Sydney on 20 & 21 August 2001.
Further assistance is not forthcoming.
I asked him about what he witnessed, but he wasn't very forthcoming.
When an answer is not forthcoming, questioners assert their rights to an answer by repeating the question.
In August 2014 the Swedish Building Workers' Union decided that the gender-neutral pronoun "hen" ("he or she, or neither he nor she") should be used instead of "han" ("he") in forthcoming versions of its by-laws.
Details will be forthcoming.
Tom was very forthcoming.
Tom wasn't very forthcoming about what happened with Mary.
Fadil was very forthcoming about the details of his relationship with Layla.
Tom wasn't exactly forthcoming with an answer.
Maybe you're right and I should have been more forthcoming, but I was trying to spare your feelings.
Even after several complaints, no response was forthcoming.

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