president — ozdic

Collocations

15

1

(noun.)

ADJ

acting, caretaker, honorary, interim, provisional | deputy, vice

elect

The president elect will take office next month.

VERB + PRESIDENT

appoint, appoint sb (as), elect, elect sb (as), name sb (as), swear sb in as

The newly elected president took office in January after winning the election.

serve as | impeach

PRESIDENT + VERB

veto sth | intervene (in sth)

Definitions

noun

1

The head of state of a republic.

The vast majority of presidents have been male.

Well, nobody else can make a decision but me because I was the President and the final decision comes to the President, you know. I used to have a sign on my desk that said, "The Buck Stops Here." The buck stops at the president's desk when he's president of the United States, and he either makes the decisions or he lets them go by default, and you can't afford to do that when you're president.

2

In presidential republics, the head of government and head of state.

3

Primary leader of a corporation. Not to be confused with CEO, which is a related but separate position that is sometimes held by a different person.

4

A person presiding over a meeting; a chair, presiding officer, presider.

The President of the Senate shall, in the presence of the Senate and House of Representatives, open all the certificates and the votes shall then be counted; The person having the greatest number of votes for President, shall be the President,[…]

5

Obsolete form of precedent.

The thirſt of raigne and ſweetnes of a crowne, That cauſd the eldeſt ſonne of heauenly Ops, To thruſt his doting father from his chaire, And place himſelfe in the Emperiall heauen, Moou’d me to menage armes againſt thy ſtate. What better preſident than mightie Ioue?

adj

1

Occupying the first rank or chief place; having the highest authority; presiding.

His angels president / In every province.

verb

1

To act as president; to do presidential duties.

Although in other ways you couldn’t imagine two more dissimilar men, [Scott Wiener's] ferociously active spirit resembles the Bolshevik antsiness of Donald Trump. The current president is attractive to some voters who might not agree with his values, or his language, or even his policies, but who like that the president is, well, presidenting. Last year, Trump bulldozed the East Wing of the White House, one of the most recognizable historic sites in the United States. [In contrast,] In Democratic cities, people demand 38 meetings and three dozen environmental assessments before tearing down a crack den to build a nursery for sad orphans.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

noun — the head administrative officer of a college or university

prexy

noun — the officer who presides at the meetings of an organization

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

Example Bank

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01

The vast majority of presidents have been male.

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02

Well, nobody else can make a decision but me because I was the President and the final decision comes to the President, you know. I used to have a sign on my desk that said, "The Buck Stops Here." The

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03

[…] to change the pattern of the last 220 years of only voting for a white male president, and elect a woman president […]

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04

His angels president / In every province.

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05

Although in other ways you couldn’t imagine two more dissimilar men, [Scott Wiener's] ferociously active spirit resembles the Bolshevik antsiness of Donald Trump. The current president is attractive t

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06

the President of the United States

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Usage Notes

i Register

In some senses, president is marked as obsolete, archaic. Watch for register when choosing this word.