PRESIDENCY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does presidency mean? 

• PRESIDENCY (noun)
  The noun PRESIDENCY has 2 senses:

1. the tenure of a president

2. the office and function of president

  Familiarity information: PRESIDENCY used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PRESIDENCY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The tenure of a president

Classified under:

Nouns denoting time and temporal relations

Synonyms:

administration; presidency; presidential term

Context example:

things were quiet during the Eisenhower administration

Hypernyms ("presidency" is a kind of...):

incumbency; tenure; term of office (the term during which some position is held)

Derivation:

President (the office of the United States head of state)

president (the chief executive of a republic)

President (the person who holds the office of head of state of the United States government)

president (an executive officer of a firm or corporation)

president (the head administrative officer of a college or university)

president (the officer who presides at the meetings of an organization)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The office and function of president

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

presidency; presidentship

Context example:

Andrew Jackson expanded the power of the presidency beyond what was customary before his time

Hypernyms ("presidency" is a kind of...):

berth; billet; office; place; position; post; situation; spot (a job in an organization)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "presidency"):

Chief Executive; President; President of the United States (the office of the United States head of state)

Derivation:

President (the office of the United States head of state)

president (the chief executive of a republic)

President (the person who holds the office of head of state of the United States government)

president (an executive officer of a firm or corporation)

president (the head administrative officer of a college or university)

president (the officer who presides at the meetings of an organization)

presidential (relating to a president or presidency)