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What is a sentence using the word incumbent?
It is incumbent upon the government to deal with pressing environmental hazards. The social services agency enforces the care standards that are incumbent on foster parents. The challenger defeated the powerful incumbent to become the new governor.
What is a synonym for incumbent?
official
What is the plural noun of incumbent?
Incumbents.
Incumbent in a sentence?
Hilary Clinton is incombent because she is in ooffice
What is encumbent?
Thought I'd improve upon the answer someone else provided below. To clarify the differences between encumber and incumbent:Encumber, is to impede, hamper or burden someone or something.Encumberance, something that is an impediment or burden.Incumbent, can mean the holder of an office; or: of being imposed upon somebody as their duty or obligation. (As in It is incumbent upon you to do the right thing.)------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Incorrect spelling of incumbent.From WikiPedia:The incumbent, in politics, is the 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 2004 United States presidential election, George W. Bushwas the incumbent, because he was the president in the current term while the election sought to determine the president for the following term.The word "incumbent" is derived from the Latin verb incumbere, literally meaning "to lean or lie upon," with the present participle stem incumbent-, "leaning or lying upon."
What is the opposite of incumbent?
The incumbent is the current office holder, the "challanger' is the person running against the incumbent
What is the opposite of incumbent party?
The party who does not have a 'the' candidate in office, incumbent means that that parties candidate already holds the office.
What is the opposite of an incumbent in the physician world?
An incumbent is someone already in a position or job. The doctor that you go to see is the incumbent, as opposed to a doctor you have not been to before. A doctor applying for an open position at a clinic would be a candidate.
What is the singular possessive of incumbent?
The possessive form for the singular noun incumbent is incumbent's.
What does voting non-incumbent mean?
The incumbent is the current holder of a political office. To vote "non-incumbent" would mean to vote for the challenger to the incumbent's position.
Who is the incumbent prisident?
Barack Obama is the incumbent president.
Who is the incumbent for Democrats?
Barack Obama is the incumbent democratic president.
Which presidential candidate is the incumbent?
The incumbent in an election is the current office-holder. For the 2012 Presidential race, the incumbent is Barack Obama.
A person who holds a public office is called?
an incumbent
What president was eleceted twice the governor of Texas?
the incumbent (your mom) the incumbent (your mom)
What does incumbent mean?
An incumbent is an elected official who holds an office and is running for reelection.
What is incumbent vs challenger?
In politics, the incumbent is the person who holds the seat he/she is running for in order to keep it. The challenger is the person trying to win the seat that the incumbent has.
