presidencies
SayPREZ-i-duhn-seez/ˈpɹɛzɪdənsiz/
- 1Plural of presidency.
Historians often rank the presidencies of the twentieth century by their economic outcomes.
Several short-lived presidencies followed the collapse of the old regime.
Note
A plural that reaches every meaning of presidency, since each one can be counted. It covers successive terms of office (the presidencies of the twentieth century), the three original provinces of British India in historical writing, and, in Mormon usage, local councils of three persons. The spelling follows the consonant-plus-y rule: final -y becomes -ies.
presidencies is a form of presidency
presidency, noun: The office or role held by a president. Full entry
- Forms
- presidencypresidencies plural
- Spelling
- presidency → presidencies: change y to i, add -es
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /z/.
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