forthcoming UK /fɔːθˈkʌmɪŋ/US /fɔɹθˈkʌmɪŋ/adjective 3noun 2forms 3 adjective3 •Approaching or about to take place.I shall vote in the forthcoming election. •Willing to co-operate or provide information; candid, frank, responsive.Once I explained why I needed to know, she was really forthcoming. •Available when needed; in place, ready.The money was not forthcoming. noun2 •An act of coming forth. •Something that is yet to come.The reader, has had presented to him things not belonging to time or mortality, but awful realities issuing out from eternity, the audible forthcomings of a present living God. — 1831 formsforthcomings · more forthcoming · most forthcoming