incoming

Word family

in·com·ing /ˈɪnkʌmɪŋ/ adjectiveadj [only before noun]

1 ARRIVEarriving at or coming to a place 正到达的；正来临的；进来的 OPP outgoing

incoming flights

进港航班

Incoming calls were monitored.

来电受到监听。

the incoming tide

涨潮

2 NEWan incoming president, government etc has just been elected or chosen 〔总统、政府等〕新当选的 OPP outgoing

the incoming administration

新当选的政府

Examples from the Corpus

incoming• Clearly, incoming coal supplies and outgoing cloth could be easily transported.• The incoming Conservative government was determined to reduce this.• Disknet gives the user no other choice than to stick to a routine of checking each incoming diskette for viruses.• All incoming flights are being delayed by fog.• Women made up 40% of the incoming freshman class this year.• Sophomore Marvin Powell will have a chance to get a head start at fullback over incoming freshman Ted Iacenda.• The year after I was graduated, they built a whole new high school to handle the incoming hordes.• Each neuron is a node where thousands of wires converge, where incoming mail is digested and sometimes turned into outgoing mail.• The crash occurred when a freight train collided with an incoming passenger train.• Rod Carew would insert a big chew to tighten his face and help him focus on an incoming pitch.• The noise of the incoming tide had interrupted their games on the sand further out in the estuary.

From Longman Business Dictionary

incomingin·com·ing /ˈɪnkʌmɪŋ/ adjectiveadj [only before a noun]

1TRAVELan incoming plane, train etc is arriving at a placeSYN AmE inbound

Fog is causing delays to incoming flights.

2incoming telephone calls, enquiries etc are received by someone rather than being made by them

automatic filing of incoming and outgoingmail

3an incoming government, president, leader etc has just been elected or has just started a new job

Many analysts expect the incoming chief executive to streamline the company.

→ compare outgoing

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