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INCUMBENCY
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The office of an incumbent
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("incumbency" is a kind of...):
berth; billet; office; place; position; post; situation; spot (a job in an organization)
Derivation:
incumbent (currently holding an office)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A duty that is incumbent upon you
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("incumbency" is a kind of...):
duty; obligation; responsibility (the social force that binds you to the courses of action demanded by that force)
Sense 3
Meaning:
The term during which some position is held
Synonyms:
incumbency; tenure; term of office
Classified under:
Nouns denoting time and temporal relations
Hypernyms ("incumbency" is a kind of...):
term (a limited period of time)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "incumbency"):
administration; presidency; presidential term (the tenure of a president)
vice-presidency; vice-presidential term (the tenure of a vice president)
episcopate (the term of office of a bishop)
Derivation:
incumbent (currently holding an office)
