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incoming

incoming

80 3.2
Arriving at a place, often new to it
  • adjective
  • /ˈɪnˌkʌmɪŋ/
translation icon : de nuevo ingreso
  • We received an update on the incoming freshmen and their academic interests for this year.
  • incoming freshmen
  • incoming students
  • incoming student orientation

And say you're you're you're waiting for an incoming request.

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Examples

  • From now on, I'll take all incoming calls.

  • Due to the congestion, air-traffic controllers order incoming planes to fly in circles over Berlin.

    Fiction book (1998)
  • Better hurry, that incoming mail is getting closer.

  • My phone remembers the last 50 incoming calls.

  • I am one of four administrators who teach specific skills to our incoming sixth-grade students.

    Academic text (2015)
  • As its title indicates, this course is specifically designed for incoming ERASMUS students.

    Academic text (2015)
  • The participants in this study were divided into two groups: alumni and incoming freshmen.

    Academic text (2015)
  • Participants in this investigation were 1,061 incoming freshmen at a predominantly white Southern urban university.

    Academic text (1991)
  • Your view of the harbor and incoming ferry is blocked by the docking enclosure.

    Academic text (1999)
  • The school held an orientation for the incoming students to help them adjust to their new environment.

Synonyms

inbound
vsincoming
24 3.3

Moving toward a place like a city or station

refers to arrival as a new entrant rather than directional approach

Antonyms

54 3.6

Leaving a place, office, or job and going away

How Inward

infalling
  • Specialized
9.0
entering
2 1.3
incoming
80 3.2
approaching
11 2.7

Surface Forms

incoming positive

Morphology

incoming = come in (transparent) = in + come + ing

The adjective is a regular participial formation from 'come in' and directly means 'arriving' or 'entering'.

Etymology

Incoming is made from the parts in- meaning 'into' and come meaning 'move toward', so it gives the image of something 'coming in' or arriving.