"up-and-coming" meaning in English

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Adjective

Audio: En-au-up-and-coming.ogg [Australia] Forms: more up-and-coming [comparative], most up-and-coming [superlative]
Head templates: {{en-adj}} up-and-coming (comparative more up-and-coming, superlative most up-and-coming)
  1. (idiomatic) Emerging; aspiring; beginning to attract attention or critical acclaim. Tags: idiomatic Synonyms: up and coming Related terms: up-and-comer, on the up, upcoming Translations (emerging, aspiring): émergent (French), prometteur (French), aufstrebend (German), ehrgeizig (German), vielversprechend (German), ανερχόμενος (anerchómenos) (Greek), feltörekvő (Hungarian), en alza (Spanish)

Alternative forms

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