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presidential

presidential

∞ 4.4
Being calm and confident like a country's leader
  • adjective
  • /ˌprɛzɪˈdɛnʃəl/
translation icon : presidencial
  • Two of the most notable cases in recent years occurred in the presidential election year of 2004.
  • a presidential election
  • a presidential candidate
  • a presidential campaign

As you say, you just can't move for presidential election ads.

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Examples

  • The upcoming presidential election has sparked a lot of public interest among voters.

  • The presidential limousine is arriving.

    Jane Austen's Mafia! (1998)

  • Because this was done in a presidential year.

  • And then they just announced the presidential debate yesterday.

  • This attack occurred right before a presidential election.

    Alene B. Duerk: The First Woman Admiral (2020)

  • So, we'll move on now to the presidential race with 3 candidates running.

    Election (1999)

  • I am saying the president is prepared to be presidential.

    The Siege (1998)

  • That's why we're tracking the presidential election with Ground News.

  • Ladies and gentlemen... please welcome presidential candidate Mays Gilliam.

    Head of State (2003)

  • Even more notable is the fact that Reagan has become a model for presidential governance for Barack Obama.

    Academic text (2011)

Antonyms

unpresidential
  • Literature
3 7.7

Behavior that is not suitable for a president, lacking respect or calm

Compounds

presidential term
3 3.5

The time a president is in office

Presidential Directive
  • Formal
1 7.3

An official order that the President of the United States gives to federal departments and agencies

vice-presidential term
5.1

The time during which a vice president holds office

How Presidential

statesmanlike
  • Formal
4 8.6
presidential
∞ 4.4
official
∞ 2.3
formal
  • Formal
394 3.0
casual
194 2.8

Surface Forms

presidential positive

Morphology

presidential = president (transparent) = president + ial

Standard adjective formation from the noun 'president' using the productive suffix '-ial', meaning 'relating to or characteristic of a president'.

Etymology

Presidential comes from preside, which originally meant 'to sit in front', from Latin parts prae- 'before' and sedere 'to sit'. So something presidential relates to the person who 'sits in front' to lead and to the calm, leading style expected of a president.