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Definition of presidency noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

presidency

noun
 
/ˈprezɪdənsi/
 
/ˈprezɪdənsi/
[usually singular]
(plural presidencies)
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  1. 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 Biden presidency.
    Extra Examples
    • She held the presidency of the association for three years.
    • He became a candidate for the 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 Barack Obama
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • executive
    • vice
    • rotating
    verb + presidency
    • be nominated for
    • run for
    • stand for
    preposition
    • into somebody’s presidency
    • under somebody’s presidency
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    Word Originlate 16th cent.: from medieval Latin praesidentia, from praesidere ‘sit before’, from prae ‘before’ + sedere ‘sit’.
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