incoming call

collocation in English

meaningsofincomingandcall

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incoming
adjective[before noun]
uk
/ˈɪnˌkʌm.ɪŋ/us
/ˈɪnˌkʌm.ɪŋ/
arriving at or coming towards ...
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call
noun
uk
/kɔːl/us
/kɑːl/
the act of using ...
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(Definition ofincomingandcallfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Being visually available transforms aspects of what you do before you say "hello" or accept anincomingcall.
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If one places a long-distance call, one cannot take anyincomingcalluntil it has reached one.
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One of the officers dialled 1471, and obtained details of the lastincomingcallbefore the search.
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Essentially, call parking temporarily assigns an extension number to anincomingcall.
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Most office telephone systems have some facility for recording calling volumes, andincomingcalltiming.
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However, this time, theincomingcallmay ring several extensions simultaneously, thus involving several devices.
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For mobile phones, the network sends the phone a message indicating anincomingcall.
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A similar supervision check was performed when anincomingcallwas answered.
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The phone can be configured so that snapping up the earpiece answers anincomingcall.
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A "ringing signal" is an electric telephony signal that causes a telephone to alert the user to anincomingcall.
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For example, some systems used two-tone sequential paging to alert a mobile of anincomingcall.
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If the called radio is within reach of the sender, it answers theincomingcallwith its stored receipt tone.
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They are then forced to leave in a hurry after the mobile phone starts receiving anincomingcall.
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A common use of hook flash is to switch to anotherincomingcallwith the call waiting service.
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The second criterion refers to the probability that a newincomingcallwill be rejected or blocked.
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It is possible to take anincomingcallfrom one provider and forward it onto another provider without having to have a device registered.
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The user can then forward theincomingcallto another number, or disconnect from the internet and take the call immediately.
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In both cases anincomingcalland a crying child create a situation where the driver should pull over and not attempt to multitask.
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It is also often promoted as a means ofincomingcallrecognition when the line often rings for other members of the household.
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This is specifically useful for users with vision loss as the identification of anincomingcallgets announced with the use of the software.
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In order to increase theirincomingcallvolume, and thereby fees owed, rural carriers partner with certain telephone service providers to route their calls through the rural carrier.
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When anincomingcallrings with a pattern other than the one selected, the telephone set connected to the device would not ring at all, sparing the occupant an intrusion.
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It does not go high until the modem either makes an outgoing call, or answers anincomingcall, and then connects with a data modem on the other end.
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Hunting refers to an office line in which multiple individual lines are connected so that anincomingcallcan roll over to another line if the first line is busy.
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