vice-presidency en · NOUN
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *weyk-der. Latin viceder. English vice- English presidency English vice-presidency From vice- + presidency.
Meanings
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The office or role of vice-president.
Richardson stressed that the war which had erupted in the Middle East the previous day made it doubly imperative to move me out of the vice-presidency.
1980, Spiro Agnew, Go Quietly . . . Or Else, New York: William Morrow and Company, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 194:
- The bureaucratic organization and governmental initiatives devolving directly from the vice-president.
- The time during which one is vice-president; a vice-president's term of office.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| vice-presidencies | Number=Plur | lexicographic | |
| vice presidency | alternative | lexicographic |
Translations (7)
ru вице-президе́нтство (time during which one is vice-president) · ka ვიცე-პრეზიდენტობა (office or role of vice-president) · sw umakamu wa rais (office or role of vice-president) · ru вице-президе́нтство (office or role of vice-president) · fr vice-présidence (time during which one is vice-president) · fr vice-présidence (office or role of vice-president) · hu alelnökség (office or role of vice-president)