incoming

/'in,kʌmiɳ/
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incoming

The incoming mail is sorted into different slots.

Definition

  1. Adjective:

    • Arriving or coming in: Used to describe something that is arriving at a place or being received.
    • About to assume a position or role: Used to describe a person who is about to start a new job, office, or position, replacing the previous one.

  2. Noun:

    • The act of arriving or coming in: The fact or process of something entering or being received.
    • (Often plural: incomings) Money received; income: The money that is received by a business or person.
Usage Examples

  • Adjective:

    • Please check the incoming mail. (Describing mail that is being received.)
    • The incoming president will give a speech tomorrow. (Describing a person about to start a new role.)
    • We must prepare for the incoming storm. (Describing something arriving.)

  • Noun:

    • The incoming of the tide is very fast here. (Referring to the act of the tide coming in.)
    • The company's incomings have increased this quarter. (Referring to money received as income.)
Advanced Usage
  • "Incoming!": An exclamation used as a warning that something (like a projectile or a person) is arriving, often quickly or forcefully.
    • He yelled "Incoming!" as the ball flew toward the window.
Variants and Related Words
  • Incomer (noun): A person who has come to live in an area where they were not born; a newcomer.
    • The village was changed by the arrival of incomers from the city.
Synonyms
  • Adjective: arriving, entering, approaching, new, next, succeeding.
  • Noun: arrival, entrance, advent, income, revenue.
Antonyms
  • Adjective: outgoing, departing, leaving.
  • Noun: outgoing(s), expenditure, outgoings.
Related Phrases

  • Incoming call: A telephone call being received.

    • I missed an incoming call while I was in the shower.

  • Incoming data/information: Data or information that is being received, especially by a computer system.

    • The server processes all incoming data in real time.
incoming

The incoming mail is sorted into different slots.

Adjective
  1. entering upon a position of office vacated by another
    • the incoming president
  2. arriving at a place or position
    • incoming class
    • incoming mail
Noun
  1. the act of entering
    • she made a grand entrance

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