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pres·i·dent

(prĕz′ĭ-dənt, -dĕnt′)

1. One appointed or elected to preside over an organized body of people, such as an assembly or meeting.

a. The chief executive of a republic.

b. The chief executive officer of the United States, with powers as determined by the US Constitution.

3. The chief officer of a branch of government, corporation, board of trustees, university, or similar body.

[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin praesidēns, praesident-, from present participle of praesidēre, to preside; see preside.]

pres′i·dent·ship′ n.

Usage Note: Occupations that are also titles, like president, doctor, and senator are normally capitalized when they precede a proper name but are not capitalized when used as common nouns: the comments of President Obama; the president's news conference.

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president

(ˈprɛzɪdənt)

1. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) (often capital) the chief executive or head of state of a republic, esp of the US

2. (Commerce) (in the US) the chief executive officer of a company, corporation, etc

3. a person who presides over an assembly, meeting, etc

4. (Education) the chief executive officer of certain establishments of higher education

[C14: via Old French from Late Latin praesidens ruler; see preside]

presidential adj

ˌpresiˈdentially adv

ˈpresidentˌship n

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pres•i•dent

(ˈprɛz ɪ dənt)

n.

1. (often cap.) the chief of state and often the chief executive officer of a modern republic, as the United States.

2. an officer appointed or elected to preside over an organized body of persons.

3. the chief officer of a college, society, corporation, etc.

4. one who presides.

[1325–75; Middle English < Latin praesident- (s. of praesidēns), n. use of present participle of praesidēre to preside over]

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Noun	1.	president - an executive officer of a firm or corporation business executive, corporate executive - an executive in a business corporation
	2.	President - the person who holds the office of head of state of the United States government; "the President likes to jog every morning" Chief Executive, President of the United States, United States President executive branch, Executive Office of the President - the branch of the United States government that is responsible for carrying out the laws chief of state, head of state - the chief public representative of a country who may also be the head of government
	3.	president - the chief executive of a republic ex-president - a former president chief of state, head of state - the chief public representative of a country who may also be the head of government
	4.	president - the officer who presides at the meetings of an organization; "address your remarks to the chairperson" chairman, chairperson, chairwoman, chair Kalon Tripa - the chairman of the Kashag and essentially head of the Tibetan government-in-exile presiding officer - the leader of a group meeting vice chairman - one ranking below or serving in the place of a chairman
	5.	president - the head administrative officer of a college or university prexy academic administrator - an administrator in a college or university
	6.	President - the office of the United States head of state; "a President is elected every four years" Chief Executive, President of the United States presidentship, presidency - the office and function of president; "Andrew Jackson expanded the power of the presidency beyond what was customary before his time"

president

noun

1. head of state, chief of state The White House says the president would veto the bill.

2. chairman, director, chief executive (officer), managing director, MD, CEO, chairwoman the president of the new company

U.S. Presidents

President	Party	Term of office
1. George Washington	Federalist	1789-97
2. John Adams	Federalist	1797-1801
3. Thomas Jefferson	Democratic Republican	1801-1809
4. James Madison	Democratic Republican	1809-1817
5. James Monroe	Democratic Republican	1817-25
6. John Quincy Adams	Democratic Republican	1825-29
7. Andrew Jackson	Democrat	1829-37
8. Martin Van Buren	Democrat	1837-41
9. William Henry Harrison	Whig	1841
10. John Tyler	Whig	1841-45
11. James K. Polk	Democrat	1845-49
12. Zachary Taylor	Whig	1849-50
13. Millard Fillmore	Whig	1850-53
14. Franklin Pierce	Democrat	1853-57
15. James Buchanan	Democrat	1857-61
16. Abraham Lincoln	Republican	1861-65
17. Andrew Johnson	Republican	1865-69
18. Ulysses S. Grant	Republican	1869-77
19. Rutherford B. Hayes	Republican	1877-81
20. James A. Garfield	Republican	1881
21. Chester A. Arthur	Republican	1881-85
22. Grover Cleveland	Democrat	1885-89
23. Benjamin Harrison	Republican	1889-93
24. Grover Cleveland	Democrat	1893-97
25. William McKinley	Republican	1897-1901
26. Theodore Roosevelt	Republican	1901-1909
27. William Howard Taft	Republican	1909-13
28. Woodrow Wilson	Democrat	1913-21
29. Warren G. Harding	Republican	1921-23
30. Calvin Coolidge	Republican	1923-29
31. Herbert C. Hoover	Republican	1929-33
32. Franklin D. Roosevelt	Democrat	1933-45
33. Harry S. Truman	Democrat	1945-53
34. Dwight D. Eisenhower	Republican	1953-61
35. John F. Kennedy	Democrat	1961-63
36. Lyndon B. Johnson	Democrat	1963-69
37. Richard M. Nixon	Republican	1969-74
38. Gerald R. Ford	Republican	1974-77
39. James E. Carter, Jr	Democrat	1977-81
40. Ronald W. Reagan	Republican	1981-89
41. George H. W. Bush	Republican	1989-93
42. William J. Clinton	Democrat	1993-2001
43. George W. Bush	Republican	2001-

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Translations

رَئيسرَئِيسرَئيس الدولَهعَضُو مَجْلِسْ الْإِدَارَة الـمُنتَدِب

prezidentgenerální ředitel-ka-kyněpředseda

præsidentadministrerende direktør

Präsident Geschäftsführer Ministerpräsident

πρόεδρος διευθύνων σύμβουλος

presidente director ejecutivo presidenta

president

presidenttitoimitusjohtaja

président présidente directeur général

predsjednikgeneralni direktorpredsjednica

elnök

presiden

forseti

presidente amministratore delegato

大統領社長

대통령전무이사

prezidentas

president directeur

president administrerende direktør

dyrektor naczelny prezydent

presidente administrador delegado diretor presidente

preşedinte

президент управляющий директор

predsednik

presidentverkställande direktör

rais

กรรมการผู้จัดการประธานาธิบดี

başkan cumhurbaşkanı genel müdür müdür rektör

chủ tịchgiám đốc điều hành

总统总裁校长社长会长

president

[ˈprezɪdənt] N [of country, company, organization] → presidente/a m/f (US) (Univ) → rector(a) m/f
president-elect → presidente/a m/f electo/a
President's list N (US) (Univ) → lista f de honor académica DEAN'S LIST

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

president

[ˈprɛzɪdənt] n

(also President) (= head of state) → président(e) m/f

[union, association, charity, club] → président(e) m/f

(US) [company] → président-directeur général, PDG mpresident-elect [ˌprɛzɪdəntɪˈlɛkt] n → président m désigné

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president

n → Präsident(in) m(f); (esp US: of company) → Aufsichtsratsvorsitzende(r) mf; (US Univ) → Rektor(in) m(f)

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president

[ˈprɛzɪd/ənt] n (Pol) → presidente m (Am) (of company) → direttore/trice generale

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preside

(priˈzaid) verb

to be the chairman of a meeting etc. The prime minister presided at/over the meeting.

presidency (ˈprezidənsi) – plural ˈpresidencies – noun

1. the rank or office of a president. His ambition is the presidency.

2. the period of time for which somebody is president. during the presidency of Dwight D. Eisenhower.

president (ˈprezidənt) noun

1. the leading member of a club, association etc. She was elected president of the Music Society.

2. the leader of a republic. the President of the United States.

presidential (preziˈdenʃəl) adjective

a presidential election.

president

→ رَئِيس, عَضُو مَجْلِسْ الْإِدَارَة الـمُنتَدِب generální ředitel, prezident administrerende direktør, præsident Geschäftsführer, Präsident διευθύνων σύμβουλος, πρόεδρος director ejecutivo, presidente presidentti, toimitusjohtaja directeur général, président generalni direktor, predsjednik amministratore delegato, presidente 大統領, 社長 대통령, 전무이사 directeur, president administrerende direktør, president dyrektor naczelny, prezydent administrador delegado, diretor presidente, presidente президент, управляющий директор president, verkställande direktör กรรมการผู้จัดการ, ประธานาธิบดี başkan, genel müdür chủ tịch, giám đốc điều hành 总统, 总裁

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The Vice-President of the United States shall be President of the Senate, but shall have no Vote, unless they be equally divided.

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"I beg your pardon, Monsieur President, but I have only just arrived from America.

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At nine o'clock the president of the club presented himself; the general was ready, the president informed him that one of the conditions of his introduction was that he should be eternally ignorant of the place of meeting, and that he would allow his eyes to be bandaged, swearing that he would not endeavor to take off the bandage.

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At nine o'clock, on the morning of June 24, I met President Eliot, the Board of Overseers of Harvard University, and the other guests, at the designated place on the university grounds, for the purpose of being escorted to Sanders Theatre, where the Commencement exercises were to be held and degrees conferred.

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Calculating upon the aversion of the people to monarchy, they have endeavored to enlist all their jealousies and apprehensions in opposition to the intended President of the United States; not merely as the embryo, but as the full-grown progeny, of that detested parent.

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The second section gives power to the President, "BY AND WITH THE ADVICE AND CONSENT OF THE SENATE, TO MAKE TREATIES, PROVIDED TWO THIRDS OF THE SENATORS PRESENT CONCUR."

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A DELEGATION at Washington went to a New President, and said:

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Under the President sat Doctor Manette, in his usual quiet dress.

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All the members of the association resident in Baltimore attended the invitation of their president. As regards the corresponding members, notices were delivered by hundreds throughout the streets of the city, and, large as was the great hall, it was quite inadequate to accommodate the crowd of savants .

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You will write to the President of the Horticultural Society, and I am sure he will come."

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The notes of President Barbicane's voyage were ready to be given to the public.

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"Goody Falourdel," said the president majestically, "have you nothing more to communicate to the court?"