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- pronunciation:
- pre
zih
d
 nt
- features:
- Word Combinations (noun), Word Explorer, Word Parts
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noun |
| definition 1: |
an officer elected to preside over a group or organization.
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| definition 2: |
(often cap.) the chief executive officer of a republic wherein supreme political power is exercised by elected representatives acting in the name of the people.
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| definition 3: |
the chief executive, either elected or appointed, of a nation whose government is not a hereditary monarchy.
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| related words: |
head, leader |
adjective + (n.)president
acting, elected, executive, founding, incoming, incumbent, interim, outgoing, senior, unpopular, vice
verb + (n.)president
appoint, assassinate, brief, elect, embarrass, impeach, inaugurate, nominate, oust, re-elect
(n.)president
+ verb
campaign, resign, veto
noun + (n.)president
borough, candidacy, candidate, executive, founder, impeachment, inauguration, nominee, resignation, sitting, wartime
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The word president
contains the following parts:
pre-
Latin
prefix
that means before
  Example words:
preamble, prearrange, precaution, precede, preclude, preconceive, precook, precursor, predate, predetermine, predict, predictable, prediction, preface, prefect, prefer, preferable, preference, prefix, preheat, prejudice, premonition, prescriptible, present1, preside, president
- synonyms:
- pro-2, ante-
- antonyms:
- post-
sed, sid, sess
Latin
root
that means sit; settle
Example words:
dissident, obsess, obsession, obsessive, preside, president, reside, residue, sedentary, sediment, sedimentary, sessile, session
-ant, -ent
Latin
adjective- and noun-forming suffix
that means (in adjectives) doing the action denoted by the verb root; (in nouns) one who or that which does the action denoted by the verb root.
More about this word part:
The suffix -ant
, -ent
forms adjectives and, to a much lesser extent, nouns from Latin verb stems such as fid in confident
and stud in student
. This suffix is the equivalent in Latin of the "-ing" inflection in English. Many adjectives ending in -ant
, -ent
have a corresponding noun ending in -ance, -ence, -ancy, -ency.
Example words:
aberrant, accident, accidental, adherent, adjacent, affluent, agent, alterant, ambient, antecedent, applicant, arrogant, benevolent, coherent, combatant, complacent, confidant, confident, consequent, consultant, continent, conversant, current, defoliant, dependent, different, disinfectant, dissonant, dominant, efficient, eloquent, equilibrant, exorbitant, extravagant, fluent, hydrant, ignorant, important, inadvertent, incessant, incognizant, inconsonant, indignant, informant, itinerant, malevolent, miscreant, parent, participant, patient, precedent, predominant, president, prudent, pungent, recreant, reluctant, repugnant, resident, resonant, servant, significant, student, tenant, transcendent, vacant, vagrant, variant, verdant
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