president-elect
/ˌpɹɛzɪdənt ɪˈlɛkt/
president-elect noun: a person who has been elected to a presidency but has not yet been inducted into office.
Noun (1)
president-elect (plural presidents-elect)
- A person who has been elected to a presidency but has not yet been inducted into office.
- If, at the time fixed for the beginning of the term of the President, the President-elect shall have died, the Vice President-elect shall become President. If a President shall not have been chosen before the time fixed for the beginning of his term, or if the President-elect shall have failed to...
- Late on the evening of the 3d of March Congress rose, but in point of fact, the change of Executive power was not made until the President elect took the oath of Office.1828, [James Fenimore Cooper], “To the Professor Jansen, &c. &c.”, in Notions of the Americans: Picked Up by a Travelling Bachelor. In Two Volumes, volume II, Philadelphia, Pa.: Carey, Lea & Carey...
Noun (2) capitalized: President-elect
President-elect (plural Presidents-elect)
- Alternative letter-case form of president-elect.
president-elect meaning in Indonesian and Vietnamese
president-elect in Indonesian
- person who has been elected to a presidency but has not yet been inducted into office
- presiden terpilih
president-elect in Vietnamese
- person who has been elected to a presidency but has not yet been inducted into office
- tân cử tổng thống, tổng thống tân cử
Forms of president-elect
| plural | presidents-elect |
|---|---|
| plural | Presidents-elect |
Origin of president-elect
From president + -elect.
Questions about president-elect
- What does president-elect mean?
- President-elect means a person who has been elected to a presidency but has not yet been inducted into office.
- What is president-elect in Indonesian?
- President-elect in Indonesian is presiden terpilih. See President-elect meaning in Indonesian.
- What part of speech is president-elect?
- President-elect is a noun.
- How do you pronounce president-elect?
- President-elect is pronounced /ˌpɹɛzɪdənt ɪˈlɛkt/.
- What is the plural of president-elect?
- The plural of president-elect is presidents-elect.
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