Converse of object

• wire: The service would apparently compete most heavily with three wireless carriers rather than with wired incumbents because of the mobile voice potential.

Adjective modifier

• previous: With a new intake of students each year, such courses benefit from the previous incumbents ' efforts.

• current: Actually, on that description it could be any of the current incumbents.

• present: The last two chapters are devoted to the present incumbents.

Preposition: on

• generation: It is incumbent on this generation to ensure that their actions do not deprive future generations of access to their own past.

• party: It is incumbent on both parties to negotiate if possible and at least to make an attempt to settle the case.

• government: Mr Laws said that it was " incumbent on the government " to reveal how much the wrongful payments cost.

Modifying Another Word

• therefore: It is therefore incumbent upon us to do all we can to remove barriers to working class unity.

Modifies a noun

• telcos: Like all incumbent telcos, BT is still a long way from having all the answers.

• mayor: Maputo In Maputo the Frelimo candidate, incumbent mayor Artur Canana won, but with a strong showing by independent candidate Philippe Gagnaux.

• operator: Around three quarters are employed in the incumbent operator BT, with the remainder spread over 30 telecommunications companies.

• president: In addition they sought to encourage the incumbent President of the United States to take a much more active role in Irish affairs.

• MP: The incumbent MP was a Tory who held slightly less than 50 % of the vote.

• supplier: Your success at this stage depends on the incumbent supplier.

Used with adjective complement

• become: He was ordained priest in 1650 and became incumbent of Credenhill, near Hereford in 1661.

Preposition: of

• benefice: Maybe only Important Clergy, or incumbents of Important Benefices, are fortunate enough to live in such exotic palaces.. .

• parish: This property was noted for being leased to other than the incumbent of the parish, from time to time.

• church: Since the formation of the Benefice of Cwmbran in 1971 the Rector is the incumbent of all churches in the benefice.

• office: Now if it were the current incumbent of the oval office that he saved then I personally would have shot him for this action.

• post: The first incumbent of this post was Group Captain A.H. Hewitt.