INCOMING
Dictionary entry overview: What does incoming mean?
• INCOMING (noun)
The noun INCOMING has 1 sense:
1. the act of entering
Familiarity information: INCOMING used as a noun is very rare.
• INCOMING (adjective)
The adjective INCOMING has 1 sense:
1. arriving at a place or position
Familiarity information: INCOMING used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• INCOMING (noun)
Meaning:
The act of entering
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
incoming; entering; ingress; entrance; entry
Context example:
she made a grand entrance
Hypernyms ("incoming" is a kind of...):
arrival (the act of arriving at a certain place)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "incoming"):
incursion (the act of entering some territory or domain (often in large numbers))
intrusion (entrance by force or without permission or welcome)
irruption (a sudden violent entrance; a bursting in)
entree (the act of entering)
enrollment; enrolment; registration (the act of enrolling)
penetration (the act of entering into or through something)
admission; admittance (the act of admitting someone to enter)
• INCOMING (adjective)
Meaning:
Arriving at a place or position
Context examples:
incoming class / incoming mail / the incoming president
Similar:
inpouring (pouring inward)
inflowing; influent (flowing inward)
in (directed or bound inward)
future; next; succeeding ((of elected officers) elected but not yet serving)
elect (elected but not yet installed in office)
designate (appointed but not yet installed in office)
inbound; inward (directed or moving inward or toward a center)
Also:
future (yet to be or coming)
Attribute:
direction (the spatial relation between something and the course along which it points or moves)
Antonym:
outgoing (leaving a place or a position)
