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| incumbent | |
| 1. adj. Imposed on someone as an obligation, especially due to one's office. |  |
| Proper behavior is incumbent on all holders of positions of trust. | |
| 2. adj. Lying; resting; reclining; recumbent. | |
| 3. adj. Prevalent, prevailing, predominant. | |
| 4. adj. (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. | |
| 5. adj. (zoology) Bent downwards so that the ends touch, or rest on, something else. | |
| the incumbent toe of a bird | |
| 6. adj. Being the current holder of an office or a title. | |
| If the incumbent senator dies, he is replaced by a person appointed by the governor. | |
| 7. n. The current holder of an office, such as ecclesiastical benefice or an elected office. | |
| 8. n. (business) A holder of a position as supplier to a market or market segment that allows the holder to earn above-normal profits. | |
