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(Used with on or upon) Imposed on someone as an obligation, especially due to one's office. / Lying; resting; reclining; recumbent. / Prevalent, prevailing, predominant.

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incumbent

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incumbent

IPA(Pronunciation)

/ɪnˈkʌmbənt/

Adjective

Japanese Meaning

（特に官職などに基づいて）ある人に課せられた義務や責務としての性質 / 横たわった、休んでいる、寝そべった状態 / 一般的に広く普及している、支配的な、優勢な

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It is incumbent upon the committee chair to disclose any potential conflicts of interest before the meeting.

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委員会の議長は、会議の前に潜在的な利害対立をすべて開示する義務がある。

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(Used with "on" or "upon") Imposed on someone as an obligation, especially due to one's office.

Proper behavior is incumbent on all holders of positions of trust.

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Lying; resting; reclining; recumbent.

two incumbent figures, gracefully leaning upon it

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Prevalent, prevailing, predominant.

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(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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