incumbent – מילון אנגלי-אנגלי
incumbent
adj.
presently holding an office or position; compulsory, necessary; resting, lying (Archaic)
n.
person who currently holds an office or position
Incumbent
The
incumbent is the current holder of a political
office. This term is usually used in reference to
elections, in which races can often be defined as being between an incumbent and non-incumbent(s). 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.
incumbent
Noun
1. the official who holds an office
(synonym) officeholder
(hypernym) official, functionary
(hyponym) office-bearer
Adjective
1. lying or leaning on something else; "an incumbent geological formation"
(similar) superjacent
(classification) geology
2. currently holding an office; "the incumbent governor"
(similar) current
incumbent
příd.jm.
úřadující
n.
osoba zastávající nějaký úřad
Incumbent
(n.)
A person who is in present possession of a benefice or of any office.
(a.)
Lying; resting; reclining; recumbent; superimposed; superincumbent.
(a.)
Lying, resting, or imposed, as a duty or obligation; obligatory; always with on or upon.
(a.)
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.
(a.)
Bent downwards so that the ends touch, or rest on, something else; as, the incumbent toe of a bird.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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