Plural of incumbent
regular plural
The plural of incumbent is incumbents.
Forms of incumbent
| Singular | incumbent /ɪnˈkʌmb(ə)nt/ |
|---|---|
| Plural | incumbents |
| Countable | countable |
Incumbents in a sentence
- What are younger people, especially, to make of a political culture in which incumbents cling so tenaciously to their seats?2023 September 24, David Remnick, “The Washington Gerontocracy”, in The New Yorker, New York, N.Y.: Condé Nast Publications, →ISSN, →OCLC...
- American capitalism is becoming like its European cousin: established firms with the scale and scope to deal with a growing thicket of regulations are doing well, but new companies are withering on the vine or selling themselves to incumbents.2012 September 29, “Schumpeter: Fixing the capitalist machine”, in The Economist, London: The Economist Group, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from...
- The struggle over display space heavily favors the incumbents and encourages what might be called brand nepotism.1989, Report on Business Magazine, volume 6, numbers 1-6, page 100. From the entry nepotism
- Even in pro-Beijing strongholds such as North Point, fresh-faced candidates running on an explicitly pro-democracy platform unseated longtime incumbents.2019 November 24, Shibani Mahtani, Simon Denyer, Tiffany Liang, Anna Kam, “Hong Kong’s pro-democracy parties sweep pro-Beijing…. From the entry North Point
- Advowson is the right to appoint the incumbent clergy of a parish, so three advowsons meant three incumbents.2017, Ben Aaronovitch, The Furthest Station, Gollancz, page 88. From the entry advowson
Meaning of incumbent
- adjective Chiefly followed by on or upon: leaning, or lying, reclining, or resting, on something else.
- adjective Of an anther: lying on the inner side of the filament; also, of a cotyledon: having its back lying against the radicle.
- adjective Of a body part such as a hair, spine, or wing: bent downwards or otherwise positioned so that it, or part of it, rests on or touches something else; specifically (ornithology), of the hind toe of a bird: fully resting on a support.
Questions about the plural of incumbent
- What is the plural of incumbent?
- The plural of incumbent is incumbents.
- Is incumbent countable?
- Incumbent is a countable noun.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: incumbent (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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