presidency
noun /ˈprezɪdənsi/
/ˈprezɪdənsi/
[usually singular] (plural presidencies)
- the job of being president of a country or an organization; the period of time somebody holds this job
- the current holder of the EU presidency
- She hopes to be the first woman elected to the presidency of the United States.
- He was a White House official during the Bush presidency.
Extra Examples- She held the presidency of the association for three years.
- He became a candidate for the vice presidency.
- That year he resigned his presidency of the Academy.
- Three years into his presidency, he is more popular than ever.
- under the presidency of Gerald Ford
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- executive
- vice
- rotating
- …
- be nominated for
- run for
- stand for
- …
- into somebody’s presidency
- under somebody’s presidency
Word Originlate 16th cent.: from medieval Latin praesidentia, from praesidere ‘sit before’, from prae ‘before’ + sedere ‘sit’.