vice-presidency
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- noun
- /ˈvaɪsˈprɛzɪdənsi/
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vicepresidencia
- By nature, the vice-presidency is neither a happy nor a rewarding office.
- vacancy in the vice-presidency
initiative that had been going on during the last two years of Joe Biden's vice presidency.
- initiative that had been going on during the last two years of Joe Biden's vice presidency.
- This was shortly after Joe Biden and Kamala Harris were sworn in to the presidency and Vice Presidency.
Examples
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-Look, I just gave up a vice presidency.
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Wilson had expressed a low opinion of the vice presidency.
Academic text (2014) -
To discuss the vice presidency.
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However... the vice presidency is also defined by the president.
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The president and I discussed several issues, including the vice presidency.
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Uh, the vice presidency is mostly a symbolic job.
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Who could bring... more integrity to the office of the vice presidency.
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You're running for the vice presidency.
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Since the early days of the American republic, the vice presidency has long been the target of profound contempt.
Academic text (1998) -
She is campaigning for the vice-presidency in the upcoming election.
Surface Forms
Morphology
vice-presidency = presidency (transparent) = vice + presidency
The meaning is a direct combination of 'vice' (deputy) and 'presidency' (office of a president), so learners can derive the role from its parts.
Etymology
Vice-presidency begins with vice-, an old Latin part meaning 'in the place of', joined to presidency from president, the leader. So a vice-presidency is the office of someone who stands in that place or helps the president, often a step before the top role.