incoming
English
Adjective
incoming (not comparable)
- Coming (or about to come) in; arriving.
- 2013 July-August, Fenella Saunders, “Tiny Lenses See the Big Picture”, in American Scientist:
- The single-imaging optic of the mammalian eye offers some distinct visual advantages. Such lenses can take in photons from a wide range of angles, increasing light sensitivity. They also have high spatial resolution, resolving incoming images in minute detail.
- Incoming tides cause a tidal bore in many rivers.
- Succeeding to an office.
- The incoming prime minister gave a press conference.
Antonyms
Translations
coming in
succeeding to an office
Noun
incoming (countable and uncountable, plural incomings)
- (countable) The act of coming in; arrival.
- (uncountable, military) Whatever that the enemy if firing at one.
- 1977, Moyers S. Shore, The Battle for Khe Sanh
- Volume, however, was only part of the story because the incoming was almost always the heavier stuff. The hill received little 60mm or 82mm mortar fire but a deluge of 120mm mortar and 100mm artillery rounds.
- 1992, Michael R. Conroy, Don't tell America! (page 120)
- I'll never forget the sight of those cannoneers standing at their guns firing back while the incoming was hitting all over. That was artillery's mission.
- 1977, Moyers S. Shore, The Battle for Khe Sanh
Interjection
incoming
- (military) a warning that something is coming towards you; especially enemy artillery fire