Meaning of president | Babel Free

Definitions

1. The head of state of a republic.
2. An honorific for the head of state of a republic
3. An honorific for the head of state of a republic.
4. A surname.
5. to be the chairman of a meeting etc. The prime minister presided at/over the meeting. voorsitter wees يَرأس، يَتَرأس председателствам presidir předsedat den Vorsitz haben præsidere over; lede προεδρεύωpresidir (koosolekut) juhatama ریاست جلسه یا چیز دیگری را عهده دار شدن toimia puheenjohtajana présider לְנָהֵל संचालन करना predsjedati, sjediti na čelu elnököl memimpin stjórna; vera í forsæti presiedere 司会する 사회를 하다 pirmininkauti vadīt (sapulci), būt par priekšsēdētāju menjadi pengerusi voorzitt...
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6. In presidential republics, the head of government and head of state.
7. A surname
8. a presidential election. presidensieel رِئاسي، مُخْتَص بالرِّئاسَه президентски presidencial prezidentský Präsidentschafts-... præsident- προεδρικόςpresidencial presidendi- وابسته به رئیس جمهور presidentin- présidentielנשיאות अध्यक्षीय predsjednički elnöki presiden forseta- presidenziale 大統領の 대통령의 prezidento prezidenta- presiden presidents-president-, leder- prezydencki په ولسمشر باندى مربوط presidencial prezidenţial президентский prezidentský predsedniški predsednički president- เกี่ยวกับประ...
9. 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.
10. One appointed or elected to preside over an organized body of people, such as an assembly or meeting.
11. A person presiding over a meeting; a chair, presiding officer, presider.
12. The chief executive of a republic.
13. The chief officer of a branch of government, corporation, board of trustees, university, or similar body.
14. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) (often capital) the chief executive or head of state of a republic, esp of the US
    often capital
15. (Commerce) (in the US) the chief executive officer of a company, corporation, etc
16. a person who presides over an assembly, meeting, etc
17. (Education) the chief executive officer of certain establishments of higher education
18. (often cap.) the chief of state and often the chief executive officer of a modern republic, as the United States.

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Examples

“The vast majority of presidents have been male.”

“Well, nobody else can make a decision but me because I was the President and the final decision comes to the President, you know. I used to have a sign on my desk that said, "The Buck Stops Here." The buck stops at the president's desk when he's president of the United States, and he either makes the decisions or he lets them go by default, and you can't afford to do that when you're president.”

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

“The call, which is the first known conversation between the presidents since Trump assumed office last month, came as as^([sic]) Trump makes clear to his advisers he wants to bring the Ukraine conflict to a swift end. […] The last US president to visit Russia was Barack Obama in 2013, when he attended a G20 summit.”

“The President of the Senate shall, in the presence of the Senate and House of Representatives, open all the certificates and the votes shall then be counted; The person having the greatest number of votes for President, shall be the President,[…]”

“The thirſt of raigne and ſweetnes of a crowne, That cauſd the eldeſt ſonne of heauenly Ops, To thruſt his doting father from his chaire, And place himſelfe in the Emperiall heauen, Moou’d me to menage armes againſt thy ſtate. What better preſident than mightie Ioue?”

“the President of the United States”

“I was not just the President of Southern Americans or white Americans. I was the President of all Americans. I believed that a huge injustice had been perpetrated for hundreds of years on every black man, woman, and child in the United States. I did not think that our nation could endure much longer as a viable democracy if that injustice were allowed to continue.”

“Bill Clinton was elected on an untenable premise: that it is the job of the President to manage the economy. Yes, that is what we have come to expect of Presidents; but this expectation, the author argues, is punishingly at variance with anything any President can credibly deliver[.]”

“In the past, this has been true for Presidents who notified NARA before leaving office that they intended to build a presidential library – something Trump did not do.”

““We agreed to work together, very closely, including visiting each other’s Nations. We have also agreed to have our respective teams start negotiations immediately, and we will begin by calling President Zelenskyy, of Ukraine, to inform him of the conversation, something which I will be doing right now,” Trump wrote.”

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