noun
Meaning 1
The office or role of vice-president.
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vice-presidency
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noun
Meaning 2
The bureaucratic organization and governmental initiatives devolving directly from the vice-president.
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noun
Meaning 3
The time during which one is vice-president; a vice-president's term of office.
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noun
Meaning 4
the office and function of a vice president
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Broader terms: position, post, berth, office, spot, billet, place, situation
noun
Meaning 5
the tenure of a vice president
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: vice-presidential term
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Broader terms: tenure, term of office, incumbency
History
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *weyk-der. Latin viceder. English vice- English presidency English vice-presidency From vice- + presidency.
Across languages
Translations
7 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- French: vice-présidence — office or role of vice-president
- Georgian: ვიცე-პრეზიდენტობა (vice-ṗrezidenṭoba) — office or role of vice-president
- Hungarian: alelnökség — office or role of vice-president
- Russian: вице-президе́нтство (vice-prezidéntstvo) — office or role of vice-president
- Swahili: umakamu wa rais — office or role of vice-president
- French: vice-présidence — time during which one is vice-president
- Russian: вице-президе́нтство (vice-prezidéntstvo) — time during which one is vice-president
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