Collocations for "president"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "president" in context.
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president
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.n
- the President of [the United States, the U.S., America]
- the [tenth, twentieth, fiftieth] president (of the USA)
- the President of [France]
- the [American] President
- the President of the European [Council, Parliament]
- the [company, bank, organization, college] president
- was (voted) [class, school] president
- the [interim, future, vice, incoming, elected, previous] president
- the [recently, newly, officially] elected president
- the president elect
- the first [woman, female, gay, black] president
- a [good, bad, popular] president
- President [Lincoln]
- [elected, named, appointed, sworn in] as president
- was [elected] president (of)
- run for president
- the president [is to, will] [meet, travel, address, visit, negotiate]
- the president's [men, aides, advisors, plane, term, speech]
'president' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
CEO
- China
- France
- French
- German
- Greece
- Italy
- Lebanon
- Mexican
- Mexico
- Morocco
- Polish
- Portuguese
- Russian
- Spain
- Sweden
- Swedish
- Swiss
- Switzerland
- Wales
- absence
- accuse
- acting
- address
- advance
- advise
- advisor
- advisory
- advocate
- agency
- allege
- angle
- announcement
- appointment
- approach
- assignment
- assistant
- attack
- attempt
- audience
- backing
- ballot
- be
- bet
- buoyant
- burned out
- call
- camp
- candidate
- caution