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incoming Definition

in·com·ing (in′kum′iŋ)

adjective

coming in or about to come in the incoming tide, the incoming mayor

Etymology: ME < incomen, to come in < OE incuman

noun

  1. an act or instance of coming in
  2. income

incoming Usage Examples

Object

  • mail: The first text box is " Incoming mail ( POP3, IMAP or HTTP ) server.
  • call: Benefits No contract Slips into the back of your own phone Incoming calls, regardless of their origin, are always free.
  • change: Result Copy Either Incoming No change, links still point to original file.

Modifying Another Word

  • only: Note: The telephone accepts only incoming calls or for ringing on site numbers.
  • then: Then incoming bytes for the dial-out process flow from the modem to the serial port.

Adjective modifier

  • British: We are also members of The British Incoming Tour Operators Association ( BITOA ), the key organization promoting in-bound tourism into the UK.

Modifies a noun

  • tide: Don't find yourself cut off by an incoming tide.
  • mail: The above recipe puts all incoming mail into the inbox folder.
  • emails: We operate a content analysis system on all incoming emails.
  • call: Instead the incoming calls will receive a " busy tone " .
  • missile: NMD is a high-tech defense system for tracking incoming missiles then shooting them down with ground-based rockets.
  • packet: A machine that runs out of memory will discard incoming packets.

Used with adjective complement

  • filter: Kaspersky Anti-Spam 2.0 is a software package that filters incoming e-mail messages in order to protect users against unsolicited bulk mailings or Spam.
  • accept: If successful, the object can no longer accept incoming RMI calls.
  • receive: Once the object is exported, it can receive incoming RMI calls.