Definitions for president
ˈprɛz ɪ dəntpres·i·dent

Princeton's WordNet(3.25 / 16 votes)Rate this definition:

1. presidentnoun

   an executive officer of a firm or corporation

2. President of the United States, United States President, President, Chief Executivenoun

   the person who holds the office of head of state of the United States government

   "the President likes to jog every morning"

3. presidentnoun

   the chief executive of a republic

4. president, chairman, chairwoman, chair, chairpersonnoun

   the officer who presides at the meetings of an organization

   "address your remarks to the chairperson"

5. president, prexynoun

   the head administrative officer of a college or university

6. President of the United States, President, Chief Executivenoun

   the office of the United States head of state

   "a President is elected every four years"

Wiktionary(5.00 / 2 votes)Rate this definition:

1. presidentnoun

   The head of state of a republic, a representative democracy and sometimes (in cases of constitutional violations) a dictatorship.

   the President of the United States

   Etymology: From président, from praesidens (accusative: praesidentem). The Latin word is the substantivized present active participle of the verb praesideo. The verb is composed from prae and sedeo. The original meaning of the verb is 'to sit before' in the sense of presiding at a meeting. A secondary meaning of the verb is 'to command, to govern'. So praesidens means 'the presiding one on a meeting' or 'governor, commander'.

2. presidentnoun

   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.

   Etymology: From président, from praesidens (accusative: praesidentem). The Latin word is the substantivized present active participle of the verb praesideo. The verb is composed from prae and sedeo. The original meaning of the verb is 'to sit before' in the sense of presiding at a meeting. A secondary meaning of the verb is 'to command, to govern'. So praesidens means 'the presiding one on a meeting' or 'governor, commander'.

3. presidentnoun

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

   Etymology: From président, from praesidens (accusative: praesidentem). The Latin word is the substantivized present active participle of the verb praesideo. The verb is composed from prae and sedeo. The original meaning of the verb is 'to sit before' in the sense of presiding at a meeting. A secondary meaning of the verb is 'to command, to govern'. So praesidens means 'the presiding one on a meeting' or 'governor, commander'.

4. Presidentnoun

   An honorific for the head of state of a republic; see president (definition 1).

   the President of the United States

   Etymology: From président, from praesidens (accusative: praesidentem). The Latin word is the substantivized present active participle of the verb praesideo. The verb is composed from prae and sedeo. The original meaning of the verb is 'to sit before' in the sense of presiding at a meeting. A secondary meaning of the verb is 'to command, to govern'. So praesidens means 'the presiding one on a meeting' or 'governor, commander'.

Webster Dictionary(2.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. Presidentnoun

   precedent

   Etymology: [F. prsident, L. praesidens, -entis, p. pr. of praesidere. See Preside.]

2. Presidentadjective

   occupying the first rank or chief place; having the highest authority; presiding

   Etymology: [F. prsident, L. praesidens, -entis, p. pr. of praesidere. See Preside.]

3. Presidentnoun

   one who is elected or appointed to preside; a presiding officer, as of a legislative body

   Etymology: [F. prsident, L. praesidens, -entis, p. pr. of praesidere. See Preside.]

4. Presidentnoun

   the chief officer of a corporation, company, institution, society, or the like

   Etymology: [F. prsident, L. praesidens, -entis, p. pr. of praesidere. See Preside.]

5. Presidentnoun

   the chief executive officer of the government in certain republics; as, the president of the United States

   Etymology: [F. prsident, L. praesidens, -entis, p. pr. of praesidere. See Preside.]

6. Presidentnoun

   a protector; a guardian; a presiding genius

   Etymology: [F. prsident, L. praesidens, -entis, p. pr. of praesidere. See Preside.]

Freebase(5.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. President

   A president is a leader of an organization, company, community, club, trade union, university, country, a division or part of any of these, or, more generally, anything else. Etymologically, a president is one who presides. Originally, the term referred to the presiding officer of a ceremony or meeting, but today it most commonly refers to an official. Among other things, "President" today is a common title for the heads of state of most republics, whether popularly elected, chosen by the legislature or by a special electoral college.

Dictionary of Nautical Terms(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. president

   At a general court-martial it is usual for the authority ordering it to name the president, and the office usually falls upon the second in command.

Military Dictionary and Gazetteer(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. president

   The President of the United States is commander-in-chief of the army, navy, and militia, called into service. His functions as such are assigned by Congress, but embrace of course whatever authority may be assigned to any military commander, on the principle that the authority of the greater includes that of the less. For the command, government, and regulation of the army, however, Congress has created a military hierarchy or range of subordination in the army with rights and duties regulated by Congress, and the commander-in-chief cannot make use of any other agents in exercising his command; and all orders issued by him must be according to the rules and articles made by Congress for the government of the army. In his capacity of chief magistrate of the Union, Congress has also invested the President with many administrative functions relating to military affairs; and for the performance of the latter duties the secretary of the department of war has been made his minister, upon matters connected with matériel, accounts, returns, the support of troops, and the raising of troops.

2. president

   The president of a court-martial is the senior member. He preserves order in court; administers the oath taken by the judge-advocate, and the proceedings of the court are authenticated by his signature and that of the judge-advocate.

Editors Contribution(5.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. president

   A socialist person with the accurate and just ability, empathy, experience, knowledge, qualifications, sense of fairness and justness, skills, training, understanding of socialism and know this is their soul purpose within their soul agreement for a specific period of time and is elected to the position of president as a member of unity government as a facet of a constitution or a position within a form of unity government with this title that has a specific role, responsibilities and socialist objectives defined within the law or legislation of a country and is elected to their position through a transparent democratic process and voting system by the electorate of a country, through just and transparent elections. This person is focused on working with others cocreating optimum health, human rights, right to life, socialism, shared prosperity for all, stability, socialist unity government, solidarity, cohesion, animal rights, right to housing, right to free education, right to parent, right to free preschool education, right to a standard of living, equal and identical pay for all, cocreation of a universal living income system, right to internet access, economic stability, financial stability, civil rights, equal rights, equal opportunities, employment rights, childrens rights, sustainable development, sustainable development goals, united partnership, multi-party working, community empowerment systems, equal redistribution of wealth, fairness and justness across society, the country, europe and the world and contribute to the cocreation of international and national peace agreements, peace treaties, the universes truth and a fair, just and transparent system of checks and balances

   The role of president is an important role and human beings request and support a being that is fair, transparent, empathetic and passionate about empowerment of the people.

   Submitted by MaryC on August 13, 2016  

2. president

   A socialist person with the accurate and specific ability, experience, skills, knowledge, knowledge of socialism. training and qualifications who is elected to this position through a democratic process by a just, transparent and fair voting system and the rules of the organization

   Some countries around the world have the position of president within their unity governmental structure.

   Submitted by MaryC on July 17, 2016  

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1. • Corporate Executive
   • Head Of State

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'president' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #570

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'president' in Written Corpus Frequency: #998

3. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'president' in Nouns Frequency: #226

How to pronounce president?

1. Alex

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   David

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   Mark

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   Daniel

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   Libby

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   Mia

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   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

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   Natasha

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   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

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   Zira

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   Oliver

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   Wendy

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   Fred

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   Tessa

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of president in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of president in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of president in a Sentence

1. Lisa Manheim:

   To the extent that a president tries to use his own authority to pressure executive branch officials to be loyal to him rather than to the law, that undermines on a fundamental level the governmental level the structure that we've set up.

2. Jeb Bush:

   The policies of the Obama administration have left the Veterans Administration in an utter mess and one of my first priorities as president will be to fix this broken system and give our veterans the care they deserve. I ’m thankful for Senator Dole’s valued advice.

3. Vladimir Putin:

   We think it is an enormous mistake to refuse to cooperate with the Syrian government and its armed forces who are valiantly fighting terrorism face to face, we should finally acknowledge that no one but President Assad’s armed forces and (Kurdish) militia are truly fighting the Islamic State and other terrorist organizations in Syria.

4. Alberto Gonzales:

   Sometimes I think this President in particular says things out of frustration but nothing comes of it, and so long as we have good people serving in these senior positions, both in White House and in the Department of Justice, I have to be confident the rule of law is going to be respected.

5. The Mayor:

   Here’s my message to President Trump, and it’s a message I can say on behalf of the people of his hometown. President Trump and his policies simply wo n’t stand for this. President Trump and his policies wo n’t stand for a policy that separates children from their parents. I wo n’t stand for it. This is the ultimate city of immigrants.

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