Definitions for up-and-coming

up-and-coming up-and-com·ing

Spelling: [uhp-uh n-kuhm-ing]
IPA: /ˈʌp ənˈkʌm ɪŋ/

Up-And-Coming is a 13 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 4 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 6 points.

You can make 662 anagrams from letters in up-and-coming (--acdgimnnopu).

Definitions for up-and-coming

adjective

  1. likely to succeed; bright and industrious:

Origin of up-and-coming

An Americanism dating back to 1840-50

Examples for up-and-coming

You would think an up-and-coming scientific man would want a hospital at one elbow and a morgue at the other.

She has settled into Hollywood life as an up-and-coming actress, with a cozy house in the Hills.

At the same time, though, they wanted to define themselves as sort of elite and up-and-coming.

A former great urging another man to forcefully keep an up-and-coming female rapper in line?

I was all for taking her in because she is so gol darned pretty and up-and-coming.

Honey, I didn't mean——You were the only up-and-coming person in the bunch.

This up-and-coming station on the route which binds Numidia with Africa is possessed of a remarkable source of fresh-water supply.

And: Once engaged to NBA star Sasha Vujacic, Sharapova is now involved with up-and-coming tennis player Grigor Dimitrov.

Michelle Obama Wears Tanya Taylor: up-and-coming designer Tanya Taylor received a pretty big compliment on Wednesday.

No, hes got something better; hes got an up-and-coming wife who works just as hard as Zeph—looks.

Word Value for up-and-coming
Scrable

4

Words with friends

6

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