Meaning

4 senses

  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.

    Präsident, Präsidentin

    президе́нтprezidént

    президе́нтprezydént, президе́нткаprezydéntka

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

  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.

    президе́нтprezidént, генера́льный дире́кторgenerálʹnyj diréktor

    an executive officer of a firm or corporation

  3. A person presiding over a meeting.

    Vorsitzender, Vorsitzende, Vorsitzer

    председа́тельpredsedátelʹ, председа́тельницаpredsedátelʹnica

    голова́holová

  4. A person presiding over a dinner or similar informal conversation.

Examples

1409 sentences

  1. Who's the president of this company?

    Хто президент цієї компанії? — deniko

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  2. Tom will be our next class president.

    Том буде наступним старостою класу. — deniko

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  3. Tom is the president of the club.

    Том президент клубу. — deniko

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  4. Tom definitely doesn't want to be class president.

    Том однозначно не хоче бути старостою класу. — deniko

    deTom will auf keinen Fall Jahrgangssprecher werden. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

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  5. He became the company president when he was thirty.

    Він став президентом компанії в тридцять років. — JeNNeR

    ruОн стал президентом компании в тридцать лет. — ae5s

    deEr wurde Präsident der Firma im Alter von 30 Jahren. — Haehnchenpaella

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 2
the head of state of a republic:
a person presiding over a meeting:
Русский
By meaning 3
the head of state of a republic:
the primary leader of a corporation:
a person presiding over a meeting:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
the head of state of a republic:
a person presiding over a meeting:

Origin

From Old French president, from Latin praesidēns (“presiding over; president, leader”) (ac

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'.

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Forms

plural: presidents

Synonyms

13 synonyms
head of a meeting:chairA1presiderpresiding officer
various:prexprexyprez
head of an institution:provostprepositus
head of state of a republic:POTUS
Close in meaning
  • the head administrative officer of a college or university:prexy
  • the officer who presides at the meetings of an organization:chairchairperson
  • the office of the United States head of state:President of the United StatesChief Executive
  • the person who holds the office of head of state of the United States government:President of the United StatesUnited States PresidentChief Executive

Word family

20 related words
RelatedpresidencyB2presidepresidentepresidentiablepresidentialpresidentship
Derivedvice presidentB1copresidentdead presidentex-presidentminister-presidentmunicipal presidentpresident-electpresidentesspresidenthoodpresidentiarypresidentlesspresidentresspresidentrixpresident's professor

Collocations

12 patterns
  • for class president
  • class president
  • the president of
  • president of the
  • run for president
  • elected class president
  • was elected president
  • elected president
  • is the president
  • the president is
  • president of this
  • next president

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
presetpresidepresidencyB2presidentialB2pressB1pressureA2
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