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What is an 'Incumbent' What is an 'Incumbent'. An incumbent is an individual who is responsible for a specific office within a corporation or government position; this person has an obligation to the position or office she holds. All incumbents of an organization, such as directors and officers, are listed on an incumbency certificate.
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unprecedented In law, a precedent is a legal decision that is used as a standard in future cases. So the adjective unprecedented, meaning having no precedent, was formed from the prefix un- not, the noun precedent, and the suffix –ed having..
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dependent Definition of dependent. 2a : determined or conditioned by another : contingent plans that are dependent on the weatherb (1) : relying on another for support dependent children Their youngest daughter is still dependent on them.
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- Definition In English grammar, an adjunct is a word, phrase, or clause—usually an adverbial—that is integrated within the structure of a sentence or clause (unlike a disjunct) and yet can be omitted without making the sentence ungrammatical. Adjective: adjunctive or adjunctival.
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incumbent Definition of incumbent. 1  1 : the holder of an office or ecclesiastical benefice. 2  2 : one that occupies a particular position or place.
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Incumbent For example, in the 2012 United States presidential election, Barack Obama was the incumbent, because he had been the president in the previous term while the election sought to determine the president for the current term.A race without an incumbent is referred to as an open seat.lections featuring an incumbent, on the other hand, are as Guy Molyneux puts it, fundamentally a referendum on the incumbent.. Voters will first grapple with the record of the incumbent. Only if they decide to fire the incumbent do they begin to evaluate whether the challenger is an acceptable alternative.
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- Some Radical fellow speechifying at Middlemarch said Casaubon was the learned straw-chopping incumbent, and Freke was the brick-and-mortar incumbent, and I was the angling incumbent. Middlemarch by Eliot, George View in context. He nodded gravely, and added with awful emphasis - 'I thought it incumbent upon me to do so.
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Dependant and Dependent The noun dependant refers to a person who depends on someone else for support (usually financial support). Dependant is the standard spelling of this noun in British English. Dependent is the more common spelling in American English, though the word may also be spelled the British way. The adjective dependent (always spelled this way in both British and American English) means supported, determined, influenced, or controlled by (someone or something else).
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- Examples of INCUMBENT. 1  Voters will have the chance to see the incumbent and her opponent in a series of three debates. 2  Incumbents often have an advantage in elections. It is incumbent upon the press to act not in its own best interests, but in society's best interests. — 2 Carll Tucker, Saturday Review, 23 June 1979. … 3  the various types of obligation incumbent on the members of the profession.
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incumbent 1 Governmentholding an indicated position, role, office, etc., currently:the incumbent officers of the club. 2  obligatory (often fol. by on or upon):a duty incumbent upon me. [ Archaic.]resting, lying, leaning, or pressing on something:incumbent upon the cool grass.
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intruder intruder (ɪnˈtruːdə) n a person who enters a building, grounds, etc, without permission. intruder An individual, unit, or weapon system, in or near an operational or exercise area, which presents the threat of intelligence gathering or disruptive activity.
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- 1 a sovereign or other ruler who uses power oppressively or unjustly. 2  any person in a position of authority who exercises power oppressively or despotically. 3  a tyrannical or compulsory influence.  an absolute ruler, esp. one in ancient Greece or Sicily.
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appoint Legal Definition of appoint. 1  1 : to name officially to a position appointed to the agency's top post appointed conservator of the estate. 2  2 : to determine the distribution of (property) by exercising the authority granted by a power of appointment a general power to appoint the corpus of a trust — W. M. McGovern, Jr. et al. 3  intransitive verb.
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- Here are all the possible meanings and translations of the word Dependent. Princeton's WordNet(3.89 / 9 votes)Rate this definition: dependant, dependent(adj) a person who relies on another person for support (especially financial support) dependent(adj) relying on or requiring a person or thing for support, supply, or what is needed.
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predecessor predecessor (plural predecessors) One who precedes; one who has preceded another in any state, position, office, etc.; one whom another follows or comes after, in any office or position. A model or type of machinery or device which precedes the current one.
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incumbentadjective uk â / ÉªnËkÊm.b É nt / usâ / ÉªnËkÊm.b É nt / Definition of incumbent - necessary for (someone) as a duty or responsibility, (of an official or regime) currently holding office, (of a company) having a Definition of incumbent - necessary for (someone) as a duty or responsibility, (of an official or regime) currently holding office, (of a company) having a dictionary thesaurus
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dependent 1. depending on a person or thing for aid, support, life, etc. 2. (postpositive; foll by on or upon) influenced or conditioned (by); contingent (on) 3. subordinate; subject: a dependent prince. 4. obsolete hanging down.
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predecessor a person who precedes another in an office, position, etc. 2. something succeeded or replaced by something else: The new monument in the park is more beautiful than its predecessor. 3. Archaic. an ancestor; forefather. Origin of predecessor.
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incumbent (comparative more incumbent, superlative most incumbent) Imposed on someone as an obligation, especially due to one's office. Proper behavior is incumbent on all holders of positions of trust. Lying; resting; reclining; recumbent. (botany, geology) 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.
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predecessornoun  [ C] C2 someone who had a job or a position before someone else, or something that comes before another thing in time or in a series: 1  My predecessor worked in this job for twelve years. 2  The latest Ferrari is not only faster than its predecessors but also more comfortable. 3  My predecessor worked in this job for twelve years.
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candidate A candidate gives a speech. noun. The definition of a candidate is a person who is seen as suitable for a position, who is taking a test for admission or acceptance, or who has been chosen by a political party to run for office. 1  An example of a candidate is President George W. Bush when he ran for President.
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Definitions &Translations Successor(noun) one who succeeds or follows; one who takes the place which another has left, and sustains the like part or character; -- correlative to predecessor; as, the successor of a deceased king. Origin: [OE. successour, OF. successur, successor, F. successeur, L. successor.
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INCUMBENT The adjective INCUMBENT has 3 senses: 1. lying or leaning on something else. 2. necessary (for someone) as a duty or responsibility; morally binding. 3. currently holding an office. Familiarity information: INCUMBENT used as an adjective is uncommon.
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- In business the term incumbent is used for the largest company in a certain industry, for instance the traditional phone company in telecommunications, typically called the  incumbent operator .lections featuring an incumbent, on the other hand, are as Guy Molyneux puts it, fundamentally a referendum on the incumbent.. Voters will first grapple with the record of the incumbent. Only if they decide to fire the incumbent do they begin to evaluate whether the challenger is an acceptable alternative.
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- adjective. 1  1incumbent on/uponNecessary for (someone) as a duty or responsibility. ‘the government realized that it was incumbent on them to act’. 2  2attributive (of an official or regime) currently holding office. 3  3attributive (of a company) having a sizeable share of a market.
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- DEFINITION of 'Incumbent'. An individual that is responsible for a specific office within a corporation or government position. This person has an obligation to the position or office he/she holds.All incumbents of an organization, such as directors and officers, are listed on an incumbency certificate.his term is also used in the form of an obligation.. For example, It is incumbent for the President to sign the new health care policy in order to meet the nations' current health care needs..