incumbent on

Examples

• All

• Therefore, it is incumbent on teachers to modify and expand their teaching strategies to make classes student-centered instead of lecture-based.

  Academic text (2015)

• With this in mind, it becomes incumbent on school districts to plan for effective long-term and intermittent classroom coverage.

  Academic text (1994)

• So then it's incumbent on us to weather this.

• You will have many opportunities here, but it is incumbent on each of our students to catch them.

• Instead, it becomes incumbent on me to explain what you should already understand.

  Blog text (14)

• Second, it is incumbent on all teachers to vary the use of active learning approaches to meet the academic needs of students.

  Academic text (2015)

• Nevertheless, it is incumbent on professors to identify what is to be studied within our social context.

  Academic text (1996)

• Therefore, it is incumbent on practitioners to understand and educate themselves on the applicable state laws affecting privacy.

  Academic text (2006)

• Furthermore, he insisted that promoting respect for human rights is incumbent on all nations and cannot be contingent upon the will of a single government.

  Academic text (2001)

• For the good of my country, I have sacrificed my all; it is a duty incumbent on me in this critical situation to exert myself for their interest.

  Academic text (2008)

Synonyms

M

mandatory

vsincumbent on

239 3.8

Law or rules say you must do it

is phrased as moral duty and required responsibility rather than imposed rule

C

compulsory

vsincumbent on

31 4.2

Required by law or rule

expresses moral necessity tied to duty rather than only legal enforcement

O

obligatory

vsincumbent on

• Formal

27 5.3

Required by law, rule, or authority

applies to moral duty and personal responsibility rather than only external rules

B

bound

vsincumbent on

• Formal

23 6.0

Required to do something by law, duty, or agreement

places obligation in moral duty and personal responsibility rather than formal compulsion

O

obligated

vsincumbent on

20 4.2

Required by law or duty to do something

is framed as duty and moral responsibility rather than legal compulsion

D

duty-bound

vsincumbent on

8 5.8

Feeling you must do something because it is the right thing

is stated as a necessary responsibility rather than an inner personal feeling

O

obliged

vsincumbent on

1 4.4

Feeling you must do something because it is polite or right

is an objective duty imposed independently of personal feeling

B

bounden

vsincumbent on

• Archaic

9.9

Required by moral duty or law

is about moral responsibility or necessity beyond formal legal demands

R

required

vsincumbent on

• Formal

1.4

Something a rule, law, or official says you must have

emphasizes moral obligation and personal duty over administrative demand

Antonyms

O

optional

99 3.3

Not required, so you can choose whether to have or use it

How Obligatory

mandatory

239 3.8

incumbent on

• Formal

7 7.3

expected

1.2

advisable

23 3.9

optional

99 3.3

voluntary

180 3.7

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology