English Dictionary

incumbent

IPA（発音記号）

/ɪnˈkʌmbənt/

形容詞

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

日本語の意味

（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

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

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。

意味（1）

(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.

意味（2）

Lying; resting; reclining; recumbent.

two incumbent figures, gracefully leaning upon it

意味（3）

Prevalent, prevailing, predominant.

意味（4）

(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

意味（5）

(zoology) Bent downwards so that the ends touch, or rest on, something else.

the incumbent toe of a bird

意味（6）

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.

more incumbent （ comparative ）

most incumbent （ superlative ）