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What (who) is Incumbent - definition
CURRENT HOLDER OF A POLITICAL OFFICE
Incumbents; Incumbency; Open seat; Political office; Reelection; Incubent; Incumbent advantage; Imcubent advantage; Incubent advantage; Incumbency advantage; Incumbency Advantage; Incumbant; Office bearer; Open seat (elective office); Incumbency advantage (politics); Incumbent (politics); Re-election; Political tenure; Political office-holder; Presidential reelection; Incumbent politician; Open contest
incumbent
(incumbents)
1.
An incumbent is someone who holds an official post at a particular time. (FORMAL)
In general, incumbents have a 94 per cent chance of being re-elected.
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Incumbent is also an adjective.
...the only candidate who defeated an incumbent senator.
ADJ: ADJ n
2.
If it is incumbent upon you to do something, it is your duty or responsibility to do it. (FORMAL)
It is incumbent upon all of us to make an extra effort.
ADJ: it v-link ADJ upon/on n to-inf
Incumbent
·adj Lying; resting; reclining; recumbent; superimposed; superincumbent.
II. Incumbent ·noun A person who is in present possession of a benefice or of any office.
III. Incumbent ·adj Lying, resting, or imposed, as a duty or obligation; obligatory; always with on or upon.
IV. Incumbent ·adj Bent downwards so that the ends touch, or rest on, something else; as, the incumbent toe of a bird.
V. Incumbent ·adj 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.
incumbent
[?n'k?mb(?)nt]
¦ adjective
1. (incumbent on/upon) necessary for (someone) as a duty or responsibility.
2. (of an official or regime) currently holding office.
¦ noun the holder of an office or post.
?Christian Church the holder of an ecclesiastical benefice.
Origin
ME (asnoun): from Anglo-Latin incumbens, from L. incumbere 'lie or lean on'.
Wikipedia
Incumbent
The incumbent is the current holder of an office or position, usually in relation to an election. In an election for president, the incumbent is the person holding or acting in the office of president before the election, whether seeking re-election or not. In some situations, there may not be an incumbent at time of an election for that office or position (ex; when a new electoral division is created), in which case the office or position is regarded as vacant or open. In the United States, an election without an incumbent is referred to as an open seat or open contest.
Examples of use of Incumbent
1. Those years: 1'72, when incumbent Richard Nixon was the presumptive nominee; 1'76, when sort–of incumbent Gerald Ford was the presumptive nominee; and 2004, when incumbent George W.
2. This is an anti–Republican incumbent election." "I don‘t see an anti–incumbent wave," countered Rep.
3. Christopher Shays, an endangered Republican incumbent.
4. The Republican incumbent in Hicks‘ district, Rep.
5. Jeannemarie Devolites Davis, a 10–year incumbent.