incumbent
adjective/ɪnˈkʌmbənt/
/ɪnˈkʌmbənt/
- [only before noun] having an official position
- the incumbent president
- [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.
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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