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presidential

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pres·i·den·tial  (prz-dnshl)
adj.
1.
a. Of or relating to a president or presidency.
b. Befitting a president, especially the office of the President of the United States: criticized the candidate for not looking presidential.
2. Of or relating to a political system in which the chief officer is a president who is elected independently of the legislature for a fixed term: a presidential government.

presi·dential·ly adv.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.presidential - relating to a president or presidency; "presidential aides"; "presidential veto"
2.presidential - befitting a president; "criticized the candidate for not looking presidential"
statesmanlike, statesmanly - marked by the qualities of or befitting a statesman; "a man of statesmanlike judgment"; "a statesmanlike solution of the present perplexities"-V.L.Parrington
unpresidential - not presidential; "very unpresidential behavior"
Translations
presidential [ˌprezɪˈdenʃəl]
A. ADJ [palace, adviser, candidate] → presidencial
presidential election(s)elecciones fpl presidenciales
he will make his first presidential decision todayhoy tomará su primera decisión como presidente
his presidential hopessus esperanzas de convertirse en presidente
B. CPD presidential guard Nguardia f presidencial
presidential [ˌprɛzɪˈdɛnʃəl] adj [election, candidate, campaign, adviser, representative] → présidentiel(le)
Presidents' Day n (US) jour férié (troisième lundi de février), en souvenir des présidents Lincoln et Washington
presiding officer n
(British) (= speaker) (in Scottish and Welsh Parliaments)président(e) m/f
(US) (in the Senate or the House of Representatives)président(e) m/f
(at polling station)président(e) m/f
presidential
adj (Pol) decree, decision, spokesmandes Präsidenten; presidential debatePräsidentschaftsdebatte f; presidential guardWache fdes Präsidenten; presidential palacePräsidentenpalast m; his presidential dutiesseine Pflichten als Präsident

presidential (Pol):
presidential adviser
nBerater(in) m(f)des Präsidenten
presidential campaign
nPräsidentschaftskampagne f
presidential candidate
presidential election
presidential primary
nVorwahl ffür die Präsidentschaft
presidential year
nJahr ntder Präsidentschaft, Jahr ntals Präsident
presidential [ˌprɛzɪˈdɛnʃl] adj (Pol) → presidenziale
presidential [ˌprɛzɪˈdɛnʃl] adj (Pol) → presidenziale


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Fellow countrymen: At this second appearing to take the oath of the presidential office, there is less occasion for an extended address than there was at the first.
"The importance of this event," observed Grandfather, "was a thousand times greater than that of a Presidential election in our own days.
Stepan Arkadyevitch, with the same somewhat solemn expression with which he used to take his presidential chair at his board, walked into Alexey Alexandrovitch's room.
 
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