President of the United States
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2.4
- noun
- /ˈprɛzɪdənt əv ðə juˈnaɪtɪd steɪts/
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presidente de los Estados Unidos
- As the President of the United States, he is responsible for making important decisions.
- vice President of the United States
- elected President of the United States
- become President of the United States
The former president of the United States, Donald Trump.
- The former president of the United States, Donald Trump.
- You can be the president of the United States of America.
- And thank God Donald Trump is president of the United States.
- Then he says this is the final word from the president of the United States.
- A very unserious, unhinged person was just elected president of the United States.
- And then we have in this coup attempt the first seditious president of the United States.
- We organize and we must organize to make sure that he is the next president of the United States.
- And so it was a big honor when I got the call that they the the president of the United States was going to speak to me in the White House.
- I think we were essentially lucky to have that president of the United States and that leader of the Soviet Union at that time.
- Dorsey, you know, this nerd, and Zuckerberg, another nerd, and Bezos, another nerd, can take down the president of the United States.
Examples
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Sir, this plane carries the president of the United States.
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Do you know who the candidates are for the President of the United States?
Academic text (2004) -
You can be the president of the United States of America.
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We're talking about the President of the United States here.
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Ladies and gentlemen, the President of the United States.
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The President of the United States would like to say a few words to you.
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Now, the real good thing about meeting the President of the United States is the food.
Fiction book (1994) -
We're en route to your location with the President of the United States.
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In 2004, George W. Bush was running for a second term as president of the United States.
Academic text (2011) -
In 1980, Ronald Reagan was elected president of the United States.
Academic text (2007)
Synonyms
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2.3
The elected leader of the United States who runs the national government
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5.5
An official title for the US President as the leader who runs the government
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6.5
The office of the President of the United States, meaning the job and powers
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8.6
A person who leads a group, like a club or council
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3.5
An elected leader of the United States who runs the national government and speaks for the country
Surface Forms
Morphology
President + of + the + united + state
The phrase is fully compositional: 'President' (chief executive) combined with the locative/genitive phrase 'of the United States' specifies which country. The 'X of Y' possession/association pattern and the transparent compound 'United' + 'States' to name a country are cross-linguistically common, so a B1 learner who knows the parts will readily infer the meaning.
Etymology
President of the United States comes from the old idea of a person who 'presides' — someone who sits in front of a meeting to lead it. Imagine a person at the head of a long table speaking for the group of states; that's why the phrase means the elected leader of the country.