incumbent

/ɪnˈkʌmbənt/ adjective

Translation

be incumbent on/upon sb to do sth formal › to be someone's duty or responsibility to do something

sorumluluğu olmak, görevi olan, üzerine düşen

1768

› [always before noun] holding an official job, especially a political one

...ın/in üzerine düşen; zorunlu

the incumbent president1436

(Definition of incumbent adjective from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary English-Turkish © Cambridge University Press)

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