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Franklin D. Roosevelt

Franklin D. Roosevelt

3.4
The 32nd President of the United States who led the country during the Great Depression and World War II
  • proper noun
  • /ˈfræŋklɪn di ˈroʊzəvɛlt/
translation icon : Franklin D. Roosevelt
  • Many people regard Franklin D. Roosevelt as one of the greatest American presidents in history.

Examples

  • President Franklin D. Roosevelt issued Executive Order 9066.

    Academic text (1995)

  • Gjonbalaj was a two-year member of the boys' varsity basketball team at Franklin D. Roosevelt High School, where he averaged 17.4 points, 13.5 rebounds, and 5.7 assists per game as a senior.

    Blog text (21)

  • Abraham Lincoln did it, and Franklin D. Roosevelt also did it.

    Blog text (21)

  • At his death in 1939, he was well known as an American patriot and a friend of President Franklin D. Roosevelt, but he also had a Catholic conviction that no nation-state has been immaculately conceived.

    Blog text (21)

  • President Franklin D. Roosevelt led the United States through the Great Depression.

  • During his presidency, Franklin D. Roosevelt implemented the New Deal to help revive the economy.

Synonyms

Roosevelt
vsFranklin D. Roosevelt
146 3.8

A president who led the United States through the Great Depression and World War II

is the full personal name including middle initial rather than the family name
FDR
vsFranklin D. Roosevelt
80 4.6

Short form of Franklin D. Roosevelt, the United States president during the Great Depression and World War II

is the full formal name with middle initial rather than an abbreviation
Franklin Roosevelt
vsFranklin D. Roosevelt
8 3.6

The 32nd President of the United States who introduced the New Deal and led the country during World War II

is the full name including the middle initial rather than omitting it
President Roosevelt
vsFranklin D. Roosevelt
4 2.9

The 32nd United States president who led the country during the Great Depression and World War II

is the personal name including a middle initial rather than the office title
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
vsFranklin D. Roosevelt
4.0

An American president who led the country during the Great Depression and World War II

is the same but uses a middle initial instead of the full middle name
F. D. Roosevelt
vsFranklin D. Roosevelt
3.4

The 32nd President of the United States who led the country during the Great Depression and World War II

is the full given name plus a middle initial rather than initials only

Surface Forms

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Morphology

Franklin + D. + Roosevelt

This is a proper name referring to a specific historical individual; knowing the parts 'Franklin', 'D.' and 'Roosevelt' only signals a person’s name and does not allow a B1 learner to derive the biographical meaning (32nd U.S. President, New Deal leader, etc.). Proper names are referential and arbitrary across languages, so the full encyclopedic meaning is not compositionally predictable from the constituents.

Etymology

Franklin D. Roosevelt belongs to the 32nd U.S. president, often called FDR. He became famous for using the 'New Deal' to help people during the Great Depression and for leading the country in World War II, so his name now stands for strong leadership in hard times.