incoming

UK /ˈɪnˌkʌmɪŋ/ US /ˈɪnˌkʌmɪŋ/

adj 2noun 2intj 1

Definitions

adj

Coming (or about to come) in; arriving.

Incoming tides cause a tidal bore in many rivers.

Underneath a black cliff where the incoming tide smashed on the shingle, they stumbled upon the mail hood of Hrothgar's murdered vassal.

Succeeding to an office or other position.

The incoming prime minister gave a press conference.

intj

A warning that something is coming towards the addressee, especially enemy artillery fire.

noun

The act of coming in; arrival.

Enemy fire directed at oneself.

Volume, however, was only part of the story because the incoming was almost always the heavier stuff. The hill received little 60mm or 82mm mortar fire but a deluge of 120mm mortar and 100mm artillery rounds.

I'll never forget the sight of those cannoneers standing at their guns firing back while the incoming was hitting all over. That was artillery's mission.

Collocations

ADJ.

all

The incoming calls were overwhelming, so we hired extra staff to handle them.

VERB + INCOMING

back, contacted, ran, storm

She ran incoming calls through the office system before transferring them to the manager.

INCOMING + NOUN

car, freshmen, lane, spaceship, sunlight

The incoming freshmen arrived on campus early in the morning to move into their dorms.

PREP.

in, in, into, on, on

The security guard checked all incoming calls into the office before transferring them to the right department.

ADV.

almost, always

The airport almost always has incoming flights delayed during bad weather.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

noun — the act of entering

Antonyms

outgoing

Idioms & Phrases

Example Bank

Incoming tides cause a tidal bore in many rivers.

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Underneath a black cliff where the incoming tide smashed on the shingle, they stumbled upon the mail hood of Hrothgar's murdered vassal.

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In dense fog at about 10.25 p.m. on the night of October 25, two tank barges carrying petroleum [...] missed the entrance to the docks at Sharpness and were carried up the River Severn by the incoming

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I'll never forget the sight of those cannoneers standing at their guns firing back while the incoming was hitting all over. That was artillery's mission.

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Things had improved a little bit compared to the Eastern Solomons, and three dozen F4F Wildcats on combat air patrol were vectored onto the oncoming hostiles, but once that initial task was accomplish

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