Meaning

2 senses
  1. (countable)The act of coming in; arrival.

    the act of entering

  2. (uncountable)Enemy fire directed at oneself.

Examples

10 sentences
  1. Yanni almost ran into an incoming car.

  2. Ziri saw a truck in the incoming lane.

  3. Turning the tide, you are on the incoming wave.

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  4. There was no incoming call in the phone's memory.

  5. Incoming mail can be sorted by name, date, or title.

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Origin

From Middle English incomming, in comyng, in-comyng, incomyng, in-comynge, incomynge, inne

From Middle English incomming, in comyng, in-comyng, incomyng, in-comynge, incomynge, inne comyng, yn comyng, equivalent to in (adverb) + coming (noun).

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Forms

plural: incomings
Singularincoming
Pluralincomings

regular

Synonyms

4 synonyms
Close in meaning

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
incoming — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto