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incoming

adj
/ˈɪnˌkʌmɪŋ/

Etymology

From Middle English incomming, in comyng, in-comyng, incomyng, in-comynge, incomynge, inne comyng, yn comyng, equivalent to in (adverb) + coming (noun).

  1. inherited from incomming

Definitions

  1. Coming (or about to come) in

    Coming (or about to come) in; arriving.

    • Incoming tides cause a tidal bore in many rivers.
    • Underneath a black cliff where the incoming tide smashed on the shingle, they stumbled upon the mail hood of Hrothgar's murdered vassal.

  2. Succeeding to an office or other position.

    • The incoming prime minister gave a press conference.

  3. A warning that something is coming towards the addressee, especially enemy artillery fire.

  4. ›+ 2 more definitions

    1. The act of coming in

      The act of coming in; arrival.

    2. Enemy fire directed at oneself.

      • 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.
      • 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.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at incoming. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

01incoming02succeeding03success04goals05worthy06worth07exchanged08exchange09telephone

A definitional loop anchored at incoming. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

9 hops · closes at incoming

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA