Forward and Oncoming

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Forward

Forward adjective - Showing a lack of proper social reserve or modesty.
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Oncoming and forward are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Oncoming" instead an adjective "Forward".
Nearby Words: forwards, forwarded, forwardness, forwarding, forwarder

Oncoming

Oncoming adjective - Being soon to appear or take place.
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Forward and oncoming are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Forward" instead an adjective "Oncoming".

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  • One-Dimensional Thinking In the film Aliens, everyone runs forward when the Drop Ship crashes, instead of moving sideways out of the path of the oncoming debris.
    Source: One-Dimensional Thinking
  • Foe-Tossing Charge Civilians, non Elite Mooks, oncoming traffic present no impediment to his forward momentum.
    Source: Foe-Tossing Charge
  • Instead of trying to back up, and possibly avoid being hit by the oncoming train, the driver tried to pull forward (and this is after getting out of the car and trying to free it from the crossing gate by hand), and thus was in the center of the tracks when the train hit it.
    Source: Disaster Dominoes
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