president
Forms
- Plural
- presidents
- present (v1)
- president
- past (v2)
- presidented
- past participle (v3)
- presidented
- present participle
- presidenting
- 3rd person singular
- presidents
Definitions
1.The head of state of a republic, sometimes also the head of government as well, particularly (US politics) the head of the executive branch of the federal government of the United States of America.
- The vast majority of presidents have been male.
2.A person presiding over a corporation, usually an executive overseeing daily operations under a chief executive officer but sometimes a separate position held by a CEO.
- I want to run for class president.
3.A person presiding over a meeting.
- I want to run for class president.
4.A person presiding over a dinner or similar informal conversation.
- At another dinner, the president, on the removal of the cloth, rose and said.. We will conduct weself in sich a manner, dat massa will neber be sorry for what him do dis night.
1.To act as president; to do presidential duties.
Frequency
Overall
Very common· #173
By learning goal
- Everyday conversation
- Very common
- General reading & writing
- Very common
- Academic
- Uncommon
- Literature
- Rare
Related words
Word family
Etymology
From Old French president, from Latin praesidēns (“presiding over; president, leader”) (accusative: praesidentem).
The Latin word is the substantivized present active participle of the verb praesideō (“preside over”).
The verb is composed from prae (“before”) and sedeō (“sit”).