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# presidential

«presidential» in Mova's school dictionary: **to do with a president, the elected leader of a country…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adjective (presidential; more presidential)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Presidential means to do with a president, the elected leader of a country such as the USA, France or Ireland, or the head of a club or company («a presidential election»). [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/presidential/#m1)

2) Presidential can mean looking or acting serious and important, like a president should. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/presidential/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In politics lessons, «presidential elections» in the USA happen every four years; the winner lives in the White House. In Ireland, the President is head of state and is chosen in a presidential election, but the Taoiseach leads the government. In the news, «presidential candidates» debate on TV.

### examples

- The USA has a presidential election every four years. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/presidential/#x1)
- The presidential candidates debated on TV. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/presidential/#x2)
- The presidential palace is guarded day and night. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/presidential/#x3)
- France has a presidential system. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/presidential/#x4)
- Ireland held a presidential election. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/presidential/#x5)
- He looked very presidential in his suit. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/presidential/#x6)
- The presidential plane is called Air Force One. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/presidential/#x7)

### note

Adjective from «president»; spelt «-tial». Capital P only in names like «the Presidential Medal». Trap: in the UK, Canada and Australia there is a Prime Minister, not a president.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «presidential» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/presidential/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.