president

CEFRB1

/ˈpɹɛz.ɪ.dənt/

noun

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    The elected leader of a country or organization.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    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.

Examples

  • During the press conference, the President touched on foreign relations.

  • The president survived a number of assassination attempts.

At a glance

Sits at B1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
5
Synonyms
5

Also pronounced

  • /ˈpɹe̝z.ɘ.dɘnt/
  • /ˈpɹez.ɪ.dənt/

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. The head of state of a republic.

  2. 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.

  3. A person presiding over a meeting.

More examples

In context

  • The society made him president.

  • The vast majority of presidents have been male.

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

Synonyms

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Origin

noun

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”). 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 praesidēns means 'the presiding one on a meeting' or 'governor, commander'.