incoming

C2+ Topic:Space, Position & Direction

US /ˈɪnˌkʌmɪŋ/ UK /ˈɪnˌkʌmɪŋ/ See IPA manual

Meanings

1

adj
coming in or arriving; about to take up a position

The incoming tide swallowed the sandbar within minutes.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 adj · coming in or arriving;... arriving entering approaching succeedinginbound

Opposites

outgoing departingoutbound

Word family

Related forms incomer income come

Etymology

A native English compound of in- ('in') + the present participle of come, from Old English cuman ('to come').

cuman Old English *kʷemH- Proto-Indo-European

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Topics

Space, Position & Direction Word Formation & Derivatives

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# incoming

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** adj
**IPA (US):** /ˈɪnˌkʌmɪŋ/
**IPA (UK):** /ˈɪnˌkʌmɪŋ/

## Meanings
1. coming in or arriving; about to take up a position

## Examples
- The incoming tide swallowed the sandbar within minutes.

## Synonyms
- arriving
- entering
- approaching
- succeeding
- inbound

## Antonyms
- outgoing
- departing
- outbound

## Related Forms
- incomer
- income
- come

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: cuman
- Root: *kʷemH-

## Etymology
A native English compound of in- ('in') + the present participle of come, from Old English cuman ('to come').

## AI Etymology
incoming has the recorded history: A native English compound of in- ('in') + the present participle of come, from Old English cuman ('to come'). Morphologically, the word is best read through the components named in the history, with the modern spelling preserving a compound structure rather than a single unanalyzable stem. In present English, the adjective sense is "coming in or arriving; about to take up a position", so the historical development ends in a clearly identifiable modern dictionary use. The same base also appears in related forms such as incomer, income, and come. Its semantic neighborhood includes arriving, entering, approaching, and succeeding, which helps locate the modern sense without adding a separate etymological claim. The named historical forms include Old English cuman and Proto-Indo-European *kʷemH-.

## Topics
- Space, Position & Direction
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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