English-Swedish translations for incumbent

• ansvarig
  Vårt samhälle är ansvarigt för merparten av den pågående uppvärmningen på jorden.
  Visserligen är du ansvarig för det här arbetet, men ansvarsfull är du inte alls som vi kan se.
• pliktig
• pliktskyldig
• sittande
  Fru talman! På Madagaskar tvingades den sittande presidenten att avgå efter allmänna protester.Madam President, in Madagascar, the incumbent president was forced to step down by popular protest.
  Valet är olagligt, eftersom den sittande presidenten kom till makten genom en statskupp.The election is illegitimate, because the incumbent president came to power as a result of a coup d'état.
  Ytterligare en gång skulle jag vilja fästa er uppmärksamhet på den exempellösa verksamhet som den sittande koalitionen i Bulgarien bedriver.On yet another occasion, I would like to draw your attention to the unprecedented actions of the incumbent coalition in Bulgaria.

Definition of incumbent

• Imposed on someone as an obligation, especially due to one's office
• Lying; resting; reclining; recumbent
• Prevalent, prevailing, predominant
• Bent downwards so that the ends touch, or rest on, something else
• Being the current holder of an office or a title
• The current holder of an office, such as ecclesiastical benefice or an elected office
• A holder of a position as supplier to a market or market segment that allows the holder to earn above-normal profits

Examples

• Proper behavior is incumbent on all holders of positions of trust.
• the incumbent toe of a bird
• If the incumbent senator dies, he is replaced by a person appointed by the governor.

Related words

• incubus
• pincushion
• incursion
• incus
• inculcate
• incurable
• incunabulum
• incubator
• inculpatory