The act of coming up.
"The upcoming event is scheduled for next Friday afternoon."
In plain English: An upcoming event is something that will happen soon.
"The upcoming is the exciting event everyone is waiting for next week."
of the relatively near future
"the approaching election"
"this coming Thursday"
"the forthcoming holidays"
"the upcoming spring fashions"
Happening or appearing in the relatively near future.
"The upcoming concert features a surprise guest performer who hasn't been announced yet."
In plain English: Upcoming means something that is going to happen soon.
"We are excited about the upcoming holiday."
Usage: Use upcoming to describe events, meetings, or releases scheduled to occur soon rather than those already happening now. It is often interchangeable with forthcoming but sounds more casual and common in everyday conversation about plans.
The word upcoming is formed by combining the preposition up with the present participle coming to describe something that is about to happen or arrive. It entered English as a straightforward compound of these two existing words without any shift in their original meanings.