oncoming

«oncoming» in Mova's school dictionary: Coming towards you or moving nearer: «oncoming traffic»… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

adjective (oncoming)

meaning for a pupil

Coming towards you or moving nearer: «oncoming traffic», «an oncoming storm». tree →

sense in the lessons

A key road-safety word: «Look out for oncoming traffic» before crossing; on a narrow road, cyclists and walkers face oncoming cars. In stories it builds tension: «the oncoming storm», «the oncoming army».

examples

• Watch out for oncoming traffic when you cross. tree →
• The headlights of an oncoming car dazzled us. tree →
• Walk facing oncoming traffic when there is no pavement. tree →
• The cyclist moved over for an oncoming bus. tree →
• The sailors saw the oncoming storm. tree →
• The oncoming train blew its whistle. tree →

note

Used only before a noun: «oncoming cars» (not «the cars are oncoming»). One word. On country roads with no pavement, walk on the side facing oncoming traffic so you can see it.

In the corpora

• Where there is no pavement, you walk facing the oncoming traffic, so you can see it coming.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «oncoming» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.