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incumbent
English
Etymology
From Middle English, from stem incumbent-, of Medieval Latin incumb?ns (“holder of a church position”), from Latin present participle of incumb? (“I lie down upon”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?n?k?mb?nt/
Adjective
incumbent (comparative more incumbent, superlative most incumbent)
- Imposed on someone as an obligation, especially due to one's office.
- December 22 1678, Thomas Sprat, A Sermon Preached before the King at White-Hall
- all men truly Zelous , will […] endeavor to perform the first kind of good Works alwaies; those, I mean, that are incumbent on all Christians
- December 22 1678, Thomas Sprat, A Sermon Preached before the King at White-Hall
- Lying; resting; reclining; recumbent.
- 1624, Henry Wotton, The Elements of Architecture
- two incumbent figures, gracefully leaning upon it
- to move the incumbent load they try
- 1624, Henry Wotton, The Elements of Architecture
- Prevalent, prevailing, predominant.
- (botany, geology) Resting on something else; in botany, said of anthers when lying on the inner side of the filament, or of cotyledons when the radicle lies against the back of one of them.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Gray to this entry?)
- (zoology) Bent downwards so that the ends touch, or rest on, something else.
- Being the current holder of an office or a title.
Derived terms
- incumbency
Translations
Noun
incumbent (plural incumbents)
- The current holder of an office, such as ecclesiastical benefice or an elected office.
- 2012, The Economist, October 6, 2012 issue, The first presidential debate: Back in the centre, back in the game
- Mr Obama’s problems were partly structural. An incumbent must defend the realities and compromises of government, while a challenger is freer to promise the earth, details to follow. Mr Obama’s odd solution was to play both incumbent and challenger, jumping from a defence of his record to indignation at such ills as over-crowded classrooms and tax breaks for big oil companies.
- 2012, The Economist, October 6, 2012 issue, The first presidential debate: Back in the centre, back in the game
- (business) A holder of a position as supplier to a market or market segment that allows the holder to earn above-normal profits.
- 2012, The Economist, September 29 2012 issue, Schumpeter: Fixing the capitalist machine
- 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, The Economist, September 29 2012 issue, Schumpeter: Fixing the capitalist machine
Translations
See also
- incumbent on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Latin
Verb
incumbent
- third-person plural future active indicative of incumb?
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large
English
Etymology
From Middle English large, from Old French large, from Latin larga, feminine of largus (“abundant, plentiful, copious, large, much”). Mostly displaced Middle English stoor, stour (“large, great”) (from Old English st?r) and muchel (“large, great”) (from Old English my?el).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?l??d??/
- (General American) IPA(key): /?l??d??/
- Rhymes: -??(?)d?
Adjective
large (comparative larger, superlative largest)
- Of considerable or relatively great size or extent.
- (obsolete) Abundant; ample.
- (archaic) Full in statement; diffuse; profuse.
- 1711, Henry Felton, Dissertation on Reading the Classics
- I might be very large upon the importance and advantages of education.
- 1711, Henry Felton, Dissertation on Reading the Classics
- (obsolete) Free; unencumbered.
- Of burdens all he set the Paynims large.
- (obsolete) Unrestrained by decorum; said of language.
- (nautical) Crossing the line of a ship's course in a favorable direction; said of the wind when it is abeam, or between the beam and the quarter.
Synonyms
- big, huge, giant, gigantic, enormous, stour, great, mickle, largeish
- See also Thesaurus:large
Antonyms
- small, tiny, minuscule
Derived terms
Translations
Noun
large (countable and uncountable, plural larges)
- (music, obsolete) An old musical note, equal to two longas, four breves, or eight semibreves.
- (obsolete) Liberality, generosity.
- (slang, plural: large) A thousand dollars/pounds.
- Getting a car tricked out like that will cost you 50 large.
- A large serving of something.
- One small coffee and two larges, please.
Derived terms
- at large
Adverb
large
- (nautical) Before the wind.
Further reading
- large in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- large in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
Anagrams
- Agler, Alger, Elgar, Ragle, ergal, glare, lager, regal
French
Etymology
From Old French large, from Latin largus, larga, largum (“abundant, plentiful, copious, large, much”). The feminine is inherited, but for the masculine, Latin largum (the masculine and neuter accusative) developed into Old French larc, which was discarded.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /la??/
- (Paris)
- Homophone: larges
- Hyphenation: large
Adjective
large (plural larges)
- wide, broad
- large
- generous
Derived terms
- de long en large
- en long en large
- large d'esprit
- ratisser large
Related terms
- largesse
Noun
large m (plural larges)
- open sea
- width
Synonyms
- (open sea): haute mer
- (width): largeur
Derived terms
Descendants
- Antillean Creole: laj
- Haitian Creole: laj
- Karipúna Creole French: laj
- Louisiana Creole French: laj, larj
Anagrams
- Alger, grêla, régal, régla
Further reading
- “large” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Latin
Etymology 1
Adverb
larg? (comparative largius, superlative largissim?)
- munificently, generously, liberally.
- abundantly, copiously.
- to a great extent.
Etymology 2
Adjective
large
- vocative masculine singular of largus
References
- large in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- large in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
Norman
Etymology
From Old French large, from Latin largus (“abundant, plentiful, copious, large, much”).
Adjective
large m or f
- (Jersey) wide
Derived terms
Noun
large m (plural larges)
- (Jersey, nautical) open sea, deep sea
- Synonym: plieine mé
Old French
Alternative forms
- larc (Roman de Renard, "wide")
Etymology
From Latin largus, larga.
Adjective
large m (oblique and nominative feminine singular large)
- generous
- large; big
- wide (when used to differentiate between height, width and length)
Descendants
- ? Middle English: large
- English: large
- Middle French: large
- French: large
- Antillean Creole: laj
- Haitian Creole: laj
- Karipúna Creole French: laj
- Louisiana Creole French: laj, larj
- French: large
- Norman: large (Guernsey, Jersey)
References
- Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (large, supplement)
- large on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub
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