The company was established in 1950 by the incumbent chairman.
Source: tatoeba (49113)
Incumbent
//ɪnˈkʌmb(ə)nt//
Synonyms for "incumbent" (95 found)
Ranked by relevance and common usage.
Closest matches (19)
Strong matches (29)
Related words (47)
Related word relations
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More general
3 entriescoordinate
1 entriesderived
8 entrieshas context
4 entriesis a
2 entriesrelated to
10 entriessimilar
6 entriesTranslations
115 translations across 32 languages.
Arabic
1 entries- شَاغِل adj (imposed on one as an obligation, especially due to one’s office or position)
Bulgarian
4 entries- възло́жен adj (imposed on one as an obligation, especially due to one’s office or position)
- де́йстващ adj (being the current holder of an office or a title)
- надвиснал adj (hanging or leaning over)
- титуля́р noun (current holder of an office or title; holder of an ecclesiastical benefice)
Catalan
4 entries- competent adj (imposed on one as an obligation, especially due to one’s office or position)
- obligatori adj (imposed on one as an obligation, especially due to one’s office or position)
- titular adj (being the current holder of an office or a title)
- titular noun (current holder of an office or title; holder of an ecclesiastical benefice)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 現任 /现任 adj (being the current holder of an office or a title)
Czech
2 entries- vyžadovaný adj (imposed on one as an obligation, especially due to one’s office or position)
- úřadující adj (being the current holder of an office or a title)
Dutch
4 entries- afhangen adj (hanging or leaning over)
- afhangen van adj (leaning, or lying, reclining, or resting, on something else)
- rusten op adj (leaning, or lying, reclining, or resting, on something else)
- rusten op adj (of a body part: bent downwards or otherwise positioned so that it, or part of it, rests on or touches something else; of the hind toe of a bird: fully resting on a support)
Estonian
2 entries- ametikoha täitja noun (current holder of an office or title; holder of an ecclesiastical benefice)
- ametisolija noun (current holder of an office or title; holder of an ecclesiastical benefice)
Finnish
4 entries- asiaan kuuluva adj (imposed on one as an obligation, especially due to one’s office or position)
- asiaankuuluva adj (imposed on one as an obligation, especially due to one’s office or position)
- asianmukainen adj (imposed on one as an obligation, especially due to one’s office or position)
- istuva adj (being the current holder of an office or a title)
French
3 entries- en titre adj (being the current holder of an office or a title)
- titulaire adj (being the current holder of an office or a title)
- titulaire noun (current holder of an office or title; holder of an ecclesiastical benefice)
Georgian
1 entries- მოქმედი adj (being the current holder of an office or a title)
German
4 entries- Pflicht adj (imposed on one as an obligation, especially due to one’s office or position)
- abstützend adj (leaning, or lying, reclining, or resting, on something else)
- amtierend adj (being the current holder of an office or a title)
- aufliegend adj (leaning, or lying, reclining, or resting, on something else)
Hindi
1 entries- पदस्थ adj (being the current holder of an office or a title)
Hungarian
4 entries- hatalmon lévő adj (being the current holder of an office or a title)
- hivatalban lévő adj (being the current holder of an office or a title)
- köteles adj (imposed on one as an obligation, especially due to one’s office or position)
- kötelező adj (imposed on one as an obligation, especially due to one’s office or position)
Igbo
1 entries- incumbent adj (being the current holder of an office or a title)
Indonesian
4 entries- inkamben adj (being the current holder of an office or a title)
- petahana adj (being the current holder of an office or a title)
- yang berkuasa adj (being the current holder of an office or a title)
- yang menjabat adj (being the current holder of an office or a title)
Italian
4 entries- in carica adj (being the current holder of an office or a title)
- obbligatorio adj (imposed on one as an obligation, especially due to one’s office or position)
- titolare adj (being the current holder of an office or a title)
- beneficiario noun (current holder of an office or title; holder of an ecclesiastical benefice)
Korean
1 entries- 재임중인 adj (being the current holder of an office or a title)
Malay
3 entries- inkamben noun (current holder of an office or title; holder of an ecclesiastical benefice)
- pejabat noun (current holder of an office or title; holder of an ecclesiastical benefice)
- penyandang noun (current holder of an office or title; holder of an ecclesiastical benefice)
Marathi
1 entries- विद्यमान adj (being the current holder of an office or a title)
Mongolian
1 entries- одооны adj (being the current holder of an office or a title)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- sittende adj (being the current holder of an office or a title)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- sittande adj (being the current holder of an office or a title)
Persian
1 entries- سر کار adj (being the current holder of an office or a title)
Portuguese
4 entries- incumbente adj (imposed on one as an obligation, especially due to one’s office or position)
- titular adj (being the current holder of an office or a title)
- incumbente noun (current holder of an office or title; holder of an ecclesiastical benefice)
- titular noun (current holder of an office or title; holder of an ecclesiastical benefice)
Romanian
4 entries- beneficiar adj (being the current holder of an office or a title)
- impus adj (imposed on one as an obligation, especially due to one’s office or position)
- obligatoriu adj (imposed on one as an obligation, especially due to one’s office or position)
- titular adj (being the current holder of an office or a title)
Russian
4 entries- возло́женный adj (imposed on one as an obligation, especially due to one’s office or position)
- де́йствующий adj (being the current holder of an office or a title)
- занима́ющий до́лжность noun (current holder of an office or title; holder of an ecclesiastical benefice)
- занима́ющий пост noun (current holder of an office or title; holder of an ecclesiastical benefice)
Serbo-Croatian
1 entries- inkumbent adj (being the current holder of an office or a title)
Spanish
4 entries- competente adj (imposed on one as an obligation, especially due to one’s office or position)
- de turno adj (being the current holder of an office or a title)
- en ejercicio adj (being the current holder of an office or a title)
- en funciones adj (being the current holder of an office or a title)
Swedish
4 entries- ansvarig adj (imposed on one as an obligation, especially due to one’s office or position)
- pliktig adj (imposed on one as an obligation, especially due to one’s office or position)
- pliktskyldig adj (imposed on one as an obligation, especially due to one’s office or position)
- sittande adj (being the current holder of an office or a title)
Turkish
4 entries- görevli adj (being the current holder of an office or a title)
- görevli adj (imposed on one as an obligation, especially due to one’s office or position)
- muvazzaf adj (being the current holder of an office or a title)
- yükümlü adj (imposed on one as an obligation, especially due to one’s office or position)
Vietnamese
1 entries- đương nhiệm adj (being the current holder of an office or a title)
Welsh
3 entries- deiliad adj (being the current holder of an office or a title)
- deiliad noun (current holder of an office or title; holder of an ecclesiastical benefice)
- periglor noun (current holder of an office or title; holder of an ecclesiastical benefice)
Sample sentences
41 total sentences available.
It is incumbent on you to do so.
Source: tatoeba (51154)
It is incumbent on us to support him.
Source: tatoeba (307782)
The press always has something on the incumbent.
Source: tatoeba (320977)
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