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preside
[ pri-zahyd ]
verb (used without object)
- to occupy the place of authority or control, as in an assembly or meeting; act as president or chairperson.
- to exercise management or control (usually followed by over ):
The lawyer presided over the estate.
preside
/ prɪˈzaɪd /
verb
- to sit in or hold a position of authority, as over a meeting
- to exercise authority; control
- to occupy a position as an instrumentalist
he presided at the organ
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Derived Forms
- preˈsider, noun
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Other Words From
- pre·sider noun
- unpre·siding adjective
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of preside1
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Example Sentences
Departments — notably, Los Angeles’ — have managed to climb back from riots and scandal with the help of a consent decree while presiding over a reduction in violence.
The presiding court in California’s Santa Clara County gave preliminary approval to the deal.
Nor will Abe realize his dream of presiding over the Summer Olympic Games in Tokyo.
In the case’s first court hearing Monday, the presiding judge said the decision wasn’t a “slam dunk” for either side.
Not since Franklin Roosevelt in the second world war has a US president presided over the deaths of so many Americans from a single cause.
Recall how Clinton returned to Arkansas from the campaign trail to preside over the execution of a mentally disabled man.
The convention only gains legitimacy when Washington agrees to not only attend it, but preside over it.
Héctor's older brothers Arturo and Alfredo were men with the right temperament to preside over a multinational crime syndicate.
The men preside over three display cases, each with three shelves, seven comic books per shelf.
They are happy to preside over a system where unions are political organizations first and economic ones second.
The table cover and napkins must be of snowy damask, the glass clear as crystal, and taste must preside over each detail.
By the end of the last reign it had become unusual that the king should preside at cabinet meetings.
She could right well preside over such a battle of the Cloud-Titans, and conduct the lightnings softly, without explosions.
If I can't be here this afternoon, whom do you want to preside?
We will continue until Senator Cooper comes and then he will preside the rest of the afternoon.
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