ZebraWords.com - The Definition of 'Incoming', Synonyms of 'Incoming' & More on 'Incoming'

1. WordNet® 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]

2. 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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3. 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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Thesaurus Results for Incoming:

1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

access, admission, approaching, arriving, coming, entering, entrance, entree, entry, homeward, homeward-bound, import, importation, importing, in, inbound, income, infiltration, inflooding, inflowing, ingoing, ingress, ingression, ingressive, inpouring, input, insertion, insinuation, intake, interpenetration, introduction, introgression, intrusion, intrusive, invasive, inward, inward-bound, irruptive, leakage, new, penetration, percolation, reception, seepage

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