Meaning & use
Oncoming
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Approaching or coming nearer, especially from the front or ahead.
See it in a sentence
The driver swerved to avoid the oncoming traffic.
She braced herself for the oncoming storm.
A note on using this word
Most commonly paired with 'traffic' in everyday speech, referring to vehicles moving toward the observer from the opposite direction.
Words with a similar meaning
approachingadvancing
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Words with an opposite meaning
departingreceding
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