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Definition: Presidential |
PresidentialAdjective1. Relating to a president or presidency; "presidential aides"; "presidential veto". 2. Befitting a president; "criticized the candidate for not looking presidential". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "presidential" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1785. (references) |
| Antonym: unpresidential (adj). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Presidential |
| English words defined with "presidential": barnstorm, Bull Moose Party ♦ decide, despond ♦ electioneer ♦ Jackson, Jesse Jackson, Jesse Louis Jackson ♦ Mugwump ♦ off the cuff ♦ Progressive Party ♦ rail, rail off ♦ spew, spew out ♦ unpresidential ♦ work in. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "presidential": BRYAN ♦ Export Administration Act of 1979 ♦ Federal Energy Management Program, Federal Register ♦ Most-favored-nation treatment ♦ National Archives and Records Administration, National forest ♦ occasional satellite time ♦ pivotal state ♦ right ♦ SILVER, Spellbinders ♦ UNDERWOOD. (references) |
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Screenplays | You've just seen me do the least presidential thing I do. (The American President; writing credit: Aaron Sorkin) This whack-behind Presidential song! (Cedric the Entertainer Presents; writing credit: Charles Peattie; Mark Warren) You mean besides a 747 falling out of the sky and a threat on a presidential candidate's life? (24; writing credit: Mark Clompus; Marvin Close) I've survived two avalanches, three blizzards, five Indian uprisings and seven Presidential elections but I've never been owned by no woman nor dog. (Great Scout and Cathouse Thursday; writing credit: Richard Shapiro) | |
Lyrics | I'm up on the Presidential Podium (Loves Me Like a Rock; performing artist: Paul Simon; writing credit: Paul Simon) Presidential chipped out canary rock sizzlin' (Love Is All We Need; performing artist: Mary J. Blige) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Crisis: Behind a Presidential Commitment (1963) Presidential Timber (1952) Some Presidential Possibilities (1915) The Presidential Chair (1915) | |
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 | Police massed to stop potential demonstrations near the Presidential Palace in downtown Lima, Peru. Credit: Small World. |  | The Presidential Palace at Lima, Peru. Credit: Small World. |
 | Receives the Medal of Honor from President Calvin Coolidge, in ceremonies at the White House, Washington, D.C., on 8 March 1924. Captain Adolphus Andrews, Presidential Naval Aide, is at left. Breault was awarded the Medal of Honor for "heroism and devotion to duty" during the sinking of USS O-5 (SS-66) on 28 October 1923. Credit: NAVY. |  | Visiting USS Saratoga (CVA-60) on 6 June 1957. Between and behind them is the Presidential Naval Aide, Captain Evan P. Aurand, USN. Credit: NAVY. |
 | Present Presidential position. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Honest old Abe on the Stump. Springfield 1858. Honest old Abe on the Stump, at the ratification Meeting of Presidential Nominations. Springfield 1860. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Old time presidential campaign. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Presidential scandals. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Season for Presidential costumes. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | The presidential train at Girdwood, Alaska. Credit: Library of Congress. |
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James A. Garfield | When the shadow of the Presidential and Congressional election is lifted we shall, I hope be in a better temper to legislate. |
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Business | The banking system is regulated by laws and Presidential Decrees. (references) | |
This restriction may be waived upon a Presidential national interest determination. (references) | ||
Recessions in most sectors during a six to nine month period prior to presidential elections have become a predictable phenomenon. (references) | ||
Children | Tunisia | There is a Ministry for Children and Youth and a Presidential Delegate to Safeguard the Rights and Welfare of Children. (references) |
Kyrgyz Republic | Jetkinchek, a Presidential Educational Program created in 1999, provides assistance such as pens, books, and clothes to low-income children. (references) | |
Civil Liberties | Chad | At the same time, members of the Presidential Guard sued Didama for defamation after Le Temps printed a communique released by an armed rebel group, listing those killed in a December 2000 skirmish between rebels and loyalists in the Tibesti. (references) |
Economic History | El Salvador | Periodic presidential elections were seldom free or fair. (references) |
El Salvador | In 1989, ARENA's Alfredo Cristiani won the presidential election with 54% of the vote. (references) | |
Republic of Congo | A convention has drafted a new constitution, which would provide for a 7-year presidential term. (references) | |
Human Rights | Cote d'Ivoire | No action was taken against the members of the security forces responsible for torturing, raping, beating, or otherwise abusing the persons in the following cases from 2000: The December beating of Traore Fousseni, his wives, and his brother-in-law; the December beating of Muslims in a mosque; the December violent dispersal of an RDR demonstration against the invalidation of Ouattara's candidacy; the December severe beating of Jean Philippe Kabore, the son of RDR Secretary General Henriette Dagri Diabate; the December rape of at least 10 arrested female protestors during RDR protests; the December beating death by presidential guards of Abou Coulibaly, RDR president Ouattara's private Secretary; the December reported torture of several persons following RDR demonstrations; the November shooting of a minibus driver and union leader; the November severe beating of a minibus driver; the October killing and injuring of hundreds of persons following the presidential elections; the October beatings of Raphael Lakpe, the publisher of the pro-RDR newspaper Le Populaire, his bodyguard, and Bakary Nimaga, chief editor of the pro-RDR newspaper Le Liberal; the September torture of 13 soldiers who allegedly participated in the attack on General Guei's residence; the September beating of students from the Federation of Students' and Schoolchildren's Organization (FESCI) on the Cocody campus; the September forcible dispersal of an RDR meeting; the July beating and torture of Soumbiala Doumbia; the May abuse of a judge; the July beatings of civilians following a military mutiny; the July forcible dispersal of demonstrators supporting statements by the French Government on candidate participation in the presidential election; the March beating in Man of a gendarme who was mistaken for a robbery suspect; the February beating of nurse Boua Keke; the February beating of singer Honore Djoman; the February beating of a university student by "Dozos" (traditional northern hunters); the February case in which police used tear gas to disperse striking workers at the Commune of Cocody City Hall; the January beating of Daoukro residents; and the January beating and kicking of students on a bus. (references) |
Gambia | Roberts, who was Johnson's predecessor, had been accused of misconduct in the 1996 presidential election, which the international community did not recognize as free and fair. (references) | |
Gambia | Charges levied on other UDP supporters included assault causing injuries, public disorder, and willful damage to properties of ruling APRC supporters allegedly resulting from clashes between supporters of the two parties during the presidential campaign. (references) | |
Indigenous People | Venezuela | At year's end, the Government still had taken no action on President Chavez's 1999 pledge to enact a new law to regulate the use of the Imataca forest reserve in Bolivar state and annul a 1997 Presidential decree permitting the expansion of legal mining activities there. (references) |
Minorities | Kenya | In 1999 a presidential Commission on Ethnic Clashes, a government-appointed panel of three judges formed in 1998, submitted to President Moi its report on the cause of ethnic clashes that occurred in the Rift Valley in 1992 and 1997, the Coast province in 1997, and the areas of Molo and Laikipia in 1998. Many of the hearings were public, and witnesses often directly accused local politicians of abetting the combatants, although they rarely provided other than hearsay evidence. (references) |
Ukraine | In response President Kuchma created a Presidential Tatar advisory committee that included all members of the Mejlis. (references) | |
Political Economy | Cote D'ivoire | The outcome of the presidential elections became suspicious when vote counting was suspended midday with Gbagbo leading in returns. (references) |
Kyrgyz Republic | In 2000 serious irregularities marred parliamentary and presidential elections. (references) | |
Ecuador | In 1998, the MPD polled only 2 percent of the presidential vote, but MPD candidates in the May 2000 local elections fared better than in 1996, helped by the profound economic crisis. (references) | |
Political Rights | Ukraine | Many opposition presidential candidates credibly complained that the SBU overstepped its mandate and interfered in the campaign to the benefit of President Kuchma. (references) |
Azerbaijan | The November 2000 parliamentary elections showed some improvement over the 1998 presidential and 1999 municipal elections, according to OSCE/ODIHR; however, they did not meet international standards due to numerous serious irregularities. (references) | |
Turkmenistan | The 50-member Parliament (Mejilis) routinely supports presidential decrees and has no real independence. (references) | |
Trade | Taiwan | On April 16, 1997, the Legislative Yuan passed these new regulations, which became effective upon presidential promulgation on May 8, 1997. Industries accommodated in the zones have been expanded from manufacturing to include large warehouses, transshipment firms, loading, unloading, and repair services. (references) |
Kazakhstan | The current governmental organization scheme is set out in a Presidential Decree "On the Structure of the Government of Republic of Kazakhstan" signed on October 12, 1999. (references) | |
Croatia | On April 8, 1999, President Clinton signed a Presidential Determination permitting the supply of defense items and services to the Government of the Republic of Croatia. (references) | |
Travel | Cote D'ivoire | They should stop for a presidential motorcade, stand for the national anthem, and under no circumstances destroy or deface a portrait of the President. (references) |
Lebanon | TRANSPORTATION: Although many international airlines serve Beirut, a 1984 Presidential Determination prohibits direct air links between the U.S. and Lebanon. (references) | |
Women | Tunisia | A 1998 presidential decree created a national fund to protect the rights of divorced women, ensuring that the State would provide financial support to women whose former husbands refused to make child support and alimony payments regularly. (references) |
Worker Rights | Philippines | Several Cabinet departments, presidential commissions, and legislators also are involved in vigorous public awareness campaigns. (references) |
Guatemala | The workers began a hunger strike on the doorstep of the Presidential Offices in late November, which continued at year's end. (references) | |
Venezuela | Total take-home pay in the private sector, the product of a presidential decree, was at least equal to that received by public sector minimum wage workers. (references) | |
Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | RIGHT, n. Legitimate authority to be, to do or to have; as the right to be a king, the right to do one's neighbor, the right to have measles, and the like. The first of these rights was once universally believed to be derived directly from the will of God; and this is still sometimes affirmed in partibus infidelium outside the enlightened realms of Democracy; as the well known lines of Sir Abednego Bink, following: By what right, then, do royal rulers rule? Whose is the sanction of their state and pow'r? He surely were as stubborn as a mule Who, God unwilling, could maintain an hour His uninvited session on the throne, or air His pride securely in the Presidential chair. Whatever is is so by Right Divine; Whate'er occurs, God wills it so. Good land! It were a wondrous thing if His design A fool could baffle or a rogue withstand! If so, then God, I say (intending no offence) Is guilty of contributory negligence. |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| Speaker | Phrase(s) |
Ann Richards | Here's what I suspect. I suspect it's going to energize the Democratic vote. It's just a reminder of what occurred in counting votes in a presidential election. |
Don Hewitt | Yeah, but I got to tell you, in a nutshell, that night of the presidential debate was the worst night that ever happened in American politics. |
John McCain | Maybe they'll be most surprised about the part of the presidential campaign where I described my failure in standing up for what I believed in, as far as the confederate flag is concerned. |
Rush Limbaugh | In the upcoming edition of The Limbaugh Letter, I endorse Reverend Al Sharpton for the Democratic presidential nomination. |
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| Speaker | Term | Phrase(s) |
Rutherford Hayes | 1877-1881 | In furtherance of the reform we seek, and in other important respects a change of great importance, I recommend an amendment to the Constitution prescribing a term of six years for the Presidential office and forbidding a reelection. |
Benjamin Harrison | 1889-1893 | This occasion derives peculiar interest from the fact that the Presidential term which begins this day is the twenty-sixth under our Constitution. |
Harry S. Truman | 1945-1953 | When Franklin Roosevelt died, I thought there must be a million men more qualified than I to take up the Presidential task. |
John F. Kennedy | 1961-1963 | On the Presidential Coat of Arms, the American eagle holds in his right talon the olive branch, while in his left he holds a bundle of arrows. |
Lyndon B. Johnson | 1963-1969 | A Presidential commission composed of distinguished congressional fiscal leaders and other prominent Americans recommended this year that we adopt a new budget approach. |
Gerald Ford | 1974-1977 | I am prepared to use Presidential authority to limit imports, as necessary, to guarantee success. |
Ronald Reagan | 1981-1989 | Over the years, I've addressed this convention as a private citizen, as a governor, as a presidential candidate, as a president and now, once again tonight, as private citizen Ronald Reagan. |
Bill Clinton | 1993-2001 | We know that our continuing racial problems are aggravated, as the Presidential Initiative said, by opportunity gaps. |
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| "Presidential" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 98.13% of the time. "Presidential" is used about 2,133 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 98.13% | 2,093 | 4,155 |
| Noun (proper) | 1.87% | 40 | 54,274 |
| Total | 100.00% | 2,133 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Country | Name |
| USA | Presidential Life Corporation |
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Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.
Expressions using "presidential": presidential candidate ♦ presidential chair ♦ presidential elections ♦ presidential envoy ♦ Presidential Lakes Estates ♦ Presidential Medal of Freedom ♦ presidential message ♦ presidential palace ♦ presidential primary ♦ presidential suite ♦ presidential system ♦ presidential term ♦ presidential year ♦ Presidential Young Investigator. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "presidential": presidential-level, presidential-parliamentary, presidential-style, presidential-type. | |
Ending with "presidential": semi-presidential, vice-presidential. | |
Containing "presidential": vice-presidential candidate. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "presidential"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | presidencial, i presidentit. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | إنتخابات الرئاسية, رئاسي. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | президентски, председателски. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 总统 (President, Presidents). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | presidentský, předsednický. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | presidentdekret (Presidential Decree), præsidentens forordning (presidential decree). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | presidentieel besluit (presidential decree), presidentiële gratie (presidential pardon). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | presidenttiehdokas (presidential candidate), presidentinvaali (presidential election), presidentinlinna (presidential residence). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | présidentiel. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | vorsitzend (presiding). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | προεδρικόσ. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | שיאותי. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | elnökválasztási, elnöki. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | presidenziale. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 総統選挙 (presidential election), 大統 選挙 (presidential election), 大統 選 (presidential election). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | そうとうせ"きょ (presidential election), いとうりょうせ"きょ (presidential election), いとうりょうせ" (presidential election). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 대통 (President, Presidents). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | eaghtyraneagh. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | esidentialpray presidencial. (various references) prezidenţial, de preşedinte. (various references) президентский. (various references) predsednički. (various references) presidencial. (various references) president-, ordförande-. (various references) başkanlık (chairmanship, chieftainsy, headship, presidency, presidentship), başkanlığa ait, başkana ait. (various references) президентський. (various references) llywyddol. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | RM:Departament presidial da l'interpresa svizra da posta,telefon e telegraf. (various references) |
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Derivations | |
Words beginning with "presidential": presidentially. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "presidential": postpresidential, prepresidential. (additional references) | |
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"Presidential" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: precedential, precidential, presidentiable, Presidentialism, presidentialist, presidentials, Previdencia. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "presidential" (pronounced pre'zude"nkhul or pre'zude"nshul) |
| 10 | -r e' z u d e" n kh u l | residential. |
| 7 | -u d e" n kh u l | credential, providential. |
| 6 | -d e" n kh u l | prudential. |
| 5 | -e" n kh u l | consequential, deferential, differential, existential, exponential, inconsequential, influential, nonessential, preferential, reverential, sequential, tangential, torrential. |
| 4 | -n kh u l | circumstantial, insubstantial, substantial. |
| 3 | -kh u l | bestial, celestial, hatchel, nuptial. |
| 10 | -r e' z u d e" n sh u l | nonresidential. |
| 7 | -u d e" n sh u l | confidential. |
| 6 | -d e" n sh u l | jurisprudential. |
| 5 | -e" n sh u l | essential, experiential, potential, quintessential. |
| 4 | -n sh u l | financial, interprovincial, nonfinancial, provincial. |
| 3 | -sh u l | antisocial, artificial, beneficial, biracial, bushel, commercial, controversial, crucial, facial, glacial, impartial, inertial, infomercial, initial, interracial, judicial, Marshal, Marshall, martial, multiracial, noncommercial, noncontroversial, nonracial, official, palatial, partial, Paschal, prejudicial, prenuptial, racial, sacrificial, social, spatial, special, superficial, uncontroversial, unofficial. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-d-e-e-i-i-l-n-p-r-s-t" | |
-1 letter: interpleads, residential. | |
-2 letters: interplead, linearised, pedantries, pedestrian, penalities, plaistered, pteridines, reptilians, septenarii, splintered, tailenders. | |
-3 letters: antisleep, aperients, datelines, depilates, detailers, detainers, dietaries, dipterans, disentail, elaterids, elaterins, endplates, entailers, interlaid, interlaps, interpled, linearise, nearliest, pearliest, pearlites, pedaliers, pedlaries, penalised, penalties, pertained, pistareen, plastered, president, presidial, pteridine, realities, repainted, replanted, reptilian, resilient, resinated, saintlier, sideliner. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-d-e-e-i-i-l-n-p-r-s-t" | |
+2 letters: presidentially. | |
+3 letters: prepresidential, proletarianised. | |
+4 letters: postpresidential, radiotelephonies. | |
+5 letters: depersonalization, depolymerizations, imponderabilities. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)50 72 65 73 69 64 65 6E 74 69 61 6C |
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Morse Code (1836) (references).--. .-. . ... .. -.. . -. - .. .- .-.. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010000 01110010 01100101 01110011 01101001 01100100 01100101 01101110 01110100 01101001 01100001 01101100 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)P r e s i d e n t i a l |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0050 0072 0065 0073 0069 0064 0065 006E 0074 0069 0061 006C |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)508471857570718086756778 |
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