preside

See also: préside and présidé

English

Alternative forms

• præside (archaic)

Etymology

From Old French presider, from Latin praesidēre (“preside”), from pre- (“before”) + sedere (“to sit”). Displaced native Old English foresittan.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -aɪd

Verb

preside (third-person singular simple present presides, present participle presiding, simple past and past participle presided)

1. (intransitive) To act as president or chairperson.
2. (intransitive) To exercise authority or control, oversit.
3. (intransitive, music) To be a featured solo performer.

Translations

to act as a president or chairperson

• Bulgarian: председателствам (predsedatelstvam)
• Dutch: voorzitten (nl)
• French: présider (fr)
• German: den Vorsitz haben, präsidieren
• Greek:

  Ancient: προστατέω (prostatéō)

• Irish: dul sa chathaoir

• Latin: praesum (la), sedeō
• Old English: foresittan
• Polish: prezydować impf, przewodniczyć (pl) impf
• Romanian: prezida (ro)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: предсје́дати

  Roman: predsjédati (sh)

• Spanish: presidir (es)

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Translations to be checked

• Esperanto: prezidi

• Ido: prezidar (io)

• Hindi: पीठासीन (pīṭhāsīn)

Anagrams

• Perseid, perseid

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Italian

Noun

preside m or f (plural presidi)

1. (education) headmaster m, headmistress f, headteacher, schoolmaster
2. (education) dean, principal

Derived terms

• vicepreside

Related terms

• presidenza

Anagrams

• spedire, sperdei

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Portuguese

Verb

preside

1. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present indicative of presidir
2. second-person singular (tu, sometimes used with você) affirmative imperative of presidir

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Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɾeˈside/, [pɾeˈsi.ð̞e]

Verb

preside

1. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present indicative form of presidir.
2. Informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of presidir.