| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Adverb | 1. In an incumbent manner; so as to be incumbent.[Websters]
2. In an imperative, needful or prerequisite manner. [Eve - graph theoretic] 3. In a superincumbent or recumbent manner. [Eve - graph theoretic] 4. In a fateful or grave manner. [Eve - graph theoretic] 5. In an essential, crucial, underlying or urgent manner. [Eve - graph theoretic] 6. In a binding or compulsive manner. [Eve - graph theoretic] 7. Virtually never used adverbial inflection of the adjective incumbent.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Adjective Form (incumbent) | 1. Lying or leaning on something else; "an incumbent geological formation".[Wordnet]. 2. Necessary (for someone) as a duty or responsibility; morally binding; "it is incumbent on them to pay their own debts".[Wordnet]. 3. Currently holding an office; "the incumbent governor".[Wordnet]. 4. Lying; resting; reclining; recumbent; superimposed; superincumbent.[Websters]. 5. Lying, resting, or imposed, as a duty or obligation; obligatory; always with on or upon.[Websters]. 6. Leaning or resting; -- 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.[Websters]. 7. Bent downwards so that the ends touch, or rest on, something else; as, the incumbent toe of a bird.[Websters]. 8. Being obligatory, mandatory or binding.[Eve - graph theoretic] 9. Being superincumbent or recumbent.[Eve - graph theoretic] 10. Adjective base of the adverb incumbently.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), compiled from various sources, under license. | Top | |
Date "INCUMBENTLY" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1914. (references) |
Specialty Definition: incumbent
| Domain | Definition | ||
| Satire | INCUMBENT, n. A person of the liveliest interest to the outcumbents. Source: Devil's Dictionary | ||
| Noah Webster | 1: [Adjective] Lying or resting on. And when to move th'incumbent load they try.. | 2: [Adjective] Supported; buoyed up. And fly incumbent on the dusky air.. | 3: [Adjective] Leaning on, or resting against; as incumbent stamens or anthers, in botany.. | 4: [Adjective] Lying on, as duty or obligation; imposed and emphatically urging or pressing to performance; indispensable. All men, truly zealous, will perform those good works which are incumbent on all christians.. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary. |
| Geology | Of the orientation of an embryo, with the cotyledons lying face to face and folded downwards beside the radicle; of anthers, lying against the inner face of the filament. (references) | ||
| Law | INCUMBENT, eccles. law. A clerk resident on his benefice with cure; he is so called because he does, or ought to, bend the whole of his studies to his duties. In common parlance, it signifies one who is in the possession of an office, as, the present incumbent. (references) | ||
| Wikipedic | The incumbent, in politics, is the current holder of a political office. The term is usually used in reference to elections, in which races can often be defined as being between an incumbent and non-incumbent. For example, in the 2004 Russian presidential election, Vladimir Putin was the incumbent, because he was the current president. (references) | ||
| Wiktionary | 1: [Adjective] (geology) resting on something else. (references) | 2: [Adjective] being the current holder of an office. (references) | 3: [Adjective] imposed on someone as an obligation, especially due to one's office. (references) | 4: [Noun] the current holder of an office, especially of an ecclesiastical benefice. (references) |
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Common Expressions: incumbent
| Expressions | Definition | ||
| Incumbent local exchange carrier | ILEC or Incumbent Local Exchange Carrier is a local telephone company that was in existence at the time of the breakup of AT&T, for example, the Baby Bells and GTE. They compete with upstart Competitive Local Exchange Carriers. (references) | ||
| Incumbent on | Morally binding or necessary; "it is incumbent on me to attend". Source: Wordnet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. | ||
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Specialty Expressions: incumbent
| Expressions | Domain | Definition | |
| Incumbent service provider | Aerospace | The source (i.e., agency, private sector, or public reimbursable source) providing the service when a public announcement is made of the streamlined or standard competition. (references) | |
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