incumbent president
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4.5
- noun
- /ɪnˈkʌmbənt ˈprɛzɪdənt/
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presidente en ejercicio
- In the upcoming election, many voters are concerned about the policies of the incumbent president.
- vote for the incumbent president
- incumbent president's share
But this time Joe Biden is a Democratic incumbent president and these people are people on his left or Democrats.
- But this time Joe Biden is a Democratic incumbent president and these people are people on his left or Democrats.
Examples
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The incumbent president has proposed a new healthcare plan to improve public access to medical services.
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It's an odd question to ask about an incumbent president less than a week before he's up for reelection.
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In short, illness and disability are not simply a potential problem for an incumbent president.
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In both cases, again, the minor party vote increased the incumbent president's share of the major party popular vote.
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But this time Joe Biden is a Democratic incumbent president and these people are people on his left or Democrats.
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After all, if an incumbent president makes such a statement, it's national news no matter how baseless.
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When an incumbent president questions his potential successor's mental health status during the campaign,
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If people are doing reasonably well economically, it's hard to defeat an incumbent president.
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For the first time since 1928, the field does not include an incumbent president or vice president.
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What is the procedure for removing an incumbent president who loses an election but refuses to leave?
Blog text (16)
Synonyms
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2.0
An elected leader of a country who runs the national government
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6.2
A person who now has an official job, often in politics
Surface Forms
Morphology
The phrase 'incumbent president' is fully compositional: the headword 'incumbent' (person currently holding an office) directly modifies 'president', yielding 'the president who is currently in office'. This noun+noun/attributive pattern is a standard, cross-linguistically common way to form such descriptions, so a learner who knows both constituents will understand the meaning.
Etymology
Incumbent president comes from an old word because incumbent once meant 'to rest on' or 'be on' a job, so imagine someone sitting in the office and not leaving. That's why incumbent president means the president who is 'holding the job' right now.