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Meaning of incumbent

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

incumbent

Pronunciation:/ɪnˈkʌmbənt/

noun

Definitions

  1. The current holder of an office, such as ecclesiastical benefice or an elected office.

  2. A holder of a position as supplier to a market or market segment that allows the holder to earn above-normal profits.

adjective

Definitions

  1. Imposed on someone as an obligation, especially due to one's office.

    Example: Proper behavior is incumbent on all holders of positions of trust.

  2. Lying; resting; reclining; recumbent.

  3. Prevalent, prevailing, predominant.

  4. Resting on something else; in botany, said of anthers when lying on the inner side of the filament, or of cotyledons when the radicle lies against the back of one of them.