noun · 8 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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/ˈpɹɛzɪdənsi/
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1
noun
Meaning 1
The office or role of president.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Examples
After many years as a party leader, she finally ascended to the presidency.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
The bureaucratic organization and governmental initiatives devolving directly from the president.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Examples
Because of the president's lame duck status, the presidency was often hampered by congressional actions.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
3
noun
Meaning 3
The time during which one is president; a president's term of office.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Examples
In France, a presidency lasts for five years.
Ernest was a historian specializing in the presidency of Herbert Hoover.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
4
noun
Meaning 4
A supreme local council made up of three persons; (usually capitalized; also First Presidency) the highest authority.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Mormonism, countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
5
noun
Meaning 5
One of the three original provinces of British India.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: India, UK, countable, historical, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
6
noun
Meaning 6
The role of ordained clergy in the celebration of the Eucharist in some denominations.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: Christianity
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
7
noun
Meaning 7
the office and function of president
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
Andrew Jackson expanded the power of the presidency beyond what was customary before his time
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: presidentship
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: position, post, berth, office, spot, billet, place, situation
Narrower terms: President of the United States, President, Chief Executive
8
noun
Meaning 8
the tenure of a president
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
things were quiet during the Eisenhower administration
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: presidential term, administration
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: tenure, term of office, incumbency
History
Etymology
From Medieval Latin praesidentia. By surface analysis, president + -cy.
Across languages
Translations
70 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Armenian:
նախագահություն
(naxagahutʻyun)
— office or role of president
Belarusian:
прэзідэ́нцтва
(prezidénctva)
— office or role of president
Bulgarian:
президентство
(prezidentstvo)
— office or role of president
Catalan:
presidència
— office or role of president
Chinese Mandarin:
主席席位
— office or role of president
Czech:
prezidentství
— office or role of president
Czech:
prezidentování
— office or role of president
Danish:
formandsskab
— office or role of president
Danish:
præsidentembede
— office or role of president
Dutch:
voorzitterschap
— office or role of president
Finnish:
presidentintoimi
— office or role of president
Finnish:
presidentinvirka
— office or role of president
Finnish:
presidenttiys
— office or role of president
French:
présidence
— office or role of president
Georgian:
პრეზიდენტობა
(ṗrezidenṭoba)
— office or role of president
German:
Präsidentschaft
— office or role of president
Hebrew:
נְשִׂיאוּת
(n'si'út)
— office or role of president
Hungarian:
elnökség
— office or role of president
Irish:
uachtaránacht
— office or role of president
Italian:
presidenza
— office or role of president
Japanese:
大統領職
(daitōryōshoku)
— office or role of president
Japanese:
社長職
(shachōshoku)
— office or role of president
Kapampangan:
pangapamuntuk
— office or role of president
Kapampangan:
panga-pamuntuk
— office or role of president
Kazakh:
президенттік
(prezidenttık)
— office or role of president
Māori:
perehitinitanga
— office or role of president
Norwegian:
formannskap
— office or role of president
Norwegian:
presidentembete
— office or role of president
Polish:
prezydentura
— office or role of president
Portuguese:
presidência
— office or role of president
Romanian:
președinție
— office or role of president
Russian:
президе́нтство
(prezidéntstvo)
— office or role of president
Russian:
председа́тельство
(predsedátelʹstvo)
— office or role of president
Serbo-Croatian:
predsedništvo
— office or role of president
Spanish:
presidencia
— office or role of president
Swahili:
urais
— office or role of president
Swedish:
presidentskap
— office or role of president
Swedish:
presidentpost
— office or role of president
Swedish:
presidentämbete
— office or role of president
Tagalog:
pagkapangulo
— office or role of president
Turkish:
baskanlik
— office or role of president
Turkish:
bașkanlik
— office or role of president
Ukrainian:
президе́нтство
(prezydéntstvo)
— office or role of president
Dutch:
praesidium
— bureaucratic organization and governmental initiatives
Dutch:
college van bestuur
— bureaucratic organization and governmental initiatives
Finnish:
presidentti
— bureaucratic organization and governmental initiatives
Armenian:
նախագահություն
(naxagahutʻyun)
— time during which one is president
Belarusian:
прэзідэ́нцтва
(prezidénctva)
— time during which one is president
Bulgarian:
президентство
(prezidentstvo)
— time during which one is president
Catalan:
presidència
— time during which one is president
Chinese Mandarin:
任期
(rènqī)
— time during which one is president
Danish:
formandsperiode
— time during which one is president
Danish:
præsidenttid
— time during which one is president
Dutch:
presidentschap
— time during which one is president
Finnish:
presidenttikausi
— time during which one is president
French:
présidence
— time during which one is president
Georgian:
პრეზიდენტობა
(ṗrezidenṭoba)
— time during which one is president
German:
Präsidentschaft
— time during which one is president
Hungarian:
elnökség
— time during which one is president
Italian:
presidenza
— time during which one is president
Japanese:
大統領就任期間
(daitōryō shūnin kikan)
— time during which one is president
Japanese:
社長在任期間
(shachō zainin kikan)
— time during which one is president
Māori:
perehitinitanga
— time during which one is president
Norwegian:
presidentperiode
— time during which one is president
Polish:
przewodnictwo
— time during which one is president
Polish:
prezydentura
— time during which one is president
Portuguese:
presidência
— time during which one is president
Spanish:
presidencia
— time during which one is president
Swedish:
presidentperiod
— time during which one is president
Ukrainian:
президе́нтство
(prezydéntstvo)
— time during which one is president
