1.
[syn: entrance, entering, entry, ingress, incoming]
ADJECTIVE (2)
1. arriving at a place or position;
- Example: "incoming class"
- Example: "incoming mail"
2. entering upon a position of office vacated by another;
- Example: "the incoming president"
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Incoming \In"com`ing\, a.
1. Coming in; accruing.
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A full incoming profit on the product of his labor.
--Burke.
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2. Coming in, succeeding, or following, as occupant or
possessor; as, in incoming tenant.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Incoming \In"com`ing\, n.
1. The act of coming in; arrival.
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The incomings and outgoings of the trains.
--Dickens.
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2. Income; gain. [R.]
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Many incomings are subject to great fluctuations.
--Tooke.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
incoming
adj 1: arriving at a place or position; "incoming class";
"incoming mail" [ant: outgoing]
2: entering upon a position of office vacated by another; "the
incoming president" [ant: outgoing]
n 1: the act of entering; "she made a grand entrance" [syn:
entrance, entering, entry, ingress, incoming]