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Definition of incumbent adjective from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

incumbent

adjective
 
/ɪnˈkʌmbənt/
 
/ɪnˈkʌmbənt/
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  1. [only before noun] having an official position
    • the incumbent president
  2. [not before noun] incumbent on/upon somebody (to do something) (formal) necessary as part of somebody’s duties
    • It was incumbent on them to attend.
    3. Word Originlate Middle English (as a noun): from Anglo-Latin incumbens, incumbent-, from Latin incumbere ‘lie or lean on’, from in- ‘upon’ + a verb related to cubare ‘lie’.
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