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PRESIDENCY
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The office and function of president
Example:
Andrew Jackson expanded the power of the presidency beyond what was customary before his time
Synonyms:
presidency; presidentship
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("presidency" is a kind of...):
berth; billet; office; place; position; post; situation; spot (a job in an organization)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "presidency"):
Chief Executive; President; President of the United States (the office of the United States head of state)
Derivation:
President (the office of the United States head of state)
president (the chief executive of a republic)
President (the person who holds the office of head of state of the United States government)
president (an executive officer of a firm or corporation)
president (the head administrative officer of a college or university)
president (the officer who presides at the meetings of an organization)
presidential (relating to a president or presidency)
Sense 2
Meaning:
The tenure of a president
Example:
things were quiet during the Eisenhower administration
Synonyms:
administration; presidency; presidential term
Classified under:
Nouns denoting time and temporal relations
Hypernyms ("presidency" is a kind of...):
incumbency; tenure; term of office (the term during which some position is held)
Derivation:
President (the office of the United States head of state)
president (the chief executive of a republic)
President (the person who holds the office of head of state of the United States government)
president (an executive officer of a firm or corporation)
president (the head administrative officer of a college or university)
president (the officer who presides at the meetings of an organization)
