Words / B2

INK-um-ing/ˈɪnkʌmɪŋ/

Incoming means arriving or about to take office: incoming Year 12s; incoming tide; incoming government. Outgoing is an opposite for a person leaving office. Incoming students sat a diagnostic. News and schools. Do not use incoming for a parcel you already opened last week.

Meaning

Arriving, or about to start a job or term of office.

Examples

• “Incoming Year 12s sat a diagnostic before option blocks closed.”
• “The incoming tide covered the quadrat, which is the geography sense.”

Good to know

incoming students / government / tide / fire. Opposite (office): outgoing. Schools, politics, and coasts. Arriving, not already here.

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