president
IPA: prˈɛzʌdɛnt
noun
- The head of state of a republic.
- In presidential republics, the head of government and head of state.
- 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.
- A person presiding over a meeting; a chair, presiding officer, presider.
- An honorific for the head of state of a republic; see president (definition 1).
- Obsolete form of precedent. [An act in the past which may be used as an example to help decide the outcome of similar instances in the future.]
verb
- To act as president; to do presidential duties.
adjective
- (archaic) Occupying the first rank or chief place; having the highest authority; presiding.
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Examples of "president" in Sentences
- He has a very impressive resume, but he won't be adding the title president of the United States.
- And he's hoping a biographical tour will help him add the title president to his political biography.
- So you pick up the phone, dial the label president, and beg for release from the adjective that's become pure poison in the marketplace.
- -- _The president's reception_ means the reception given by the president, but _the reception of the president_ means the reception given to the president.
- CROWLEY: While lawyers in Florida and Washington defend his claim to the title president-elect, George Bush is in Texas leading a kind of transition in exile.
- Intrigued about a group whose recordings he has never heard (the rejections have been by a subordinate) the label president - Alan Livingston - decides to appraise the Beatles 'latest record.
- From rival rallies and refusing to relinquish the title president or his seat in Parliament, to snubbing Mogoba's overtures and then forming the Positive Action Council, Makwetu became a destructive force.
- Bush's obsession with being a 'wartime president' yahooBuzzArticleHeadline = 'Bush\'s obsession with being a \'wartime president\' '; yahooBuzzArticleSummary =' Article:  “IÂ’m the commander in chief, ” [Bush] told Congressional leaders at a recent White House meeting.
- "Should a Tutor at any time find it necessary to be absent from the college during the session, the case should be stated by him to the president (that it may be known whether the college can dispense with his personal attendance in existing circumstances, and the case to be judged of by the president*) that provision may be made
- February 25, 2009 at 02:19 PM best speech in a long time..it was very great to hear president obama speaking with a clear sentence who made sense..the grand obstructionists party proved that they don't care about the american people at all so we should let them continue to make fools of themselves because the next serious elections, they will be voted out..president obama rocked the house and made everything clear for all americans to understand..gops are still mad because president obama won the white house and beat them at their own game!
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