A deputy to a president, often empowered to assume the position of president on their death or absence. / An executive in a business in charge of a department or branch.

A performance of or skill in performing magic or conjuring tricks with the hands. / (by extension) A show of skill or deceitful cleverness.

(grammar) A perfect tense that expresses action in the past (usually completed) with consequences in the present time.

Focused alertness, quick-thinking resourcefulness, stability of thought and feeling, or good sense, especially in spite of circumstances which are distracting, stressful, or otherwise challenging.

(physics, chemistry) The international, standard conditions used to aid reproducibility; a temperature of 0 °C (273.15 K) and a pressure of 1 atmosphere (101.325 kPa). Abbreviated as STP.

(countable) Any agent, natural or artificial that acts to preserve, especially when added to food.

Tending to preserve.

The fact or condition of being present, or of being within sight or call, or at hand. / The part of space within one's immediate vicinity.

(philosophy, transitive, intransitive) To make or become present.

(UK, journalism) The event or news article important enough to delay or interrupt the print, or require a reprint, of a publication, particularly of a newspaper edition.