preside
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English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- præside (archaic)
Etymology[edit]
From Old French presider, from Latin praesidēre (“preside”), from pre- (“before”) + sedere (“to sit”). Displaced native Old English foresittan.
Pronunciation[edit]
- Rhymes: -aɪd
Verb[edit]
preside (third-person singular simple present presides, present participle presiding, simple past and past participle presided)
- (intransitive) To act as president or chairperson.
- (intransitive) To exercise authority or control, oversit.
- (intransitive, music) To be a featured solo performer.
Translations[edit]
to act as a president or chairperson
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- Hindi: पीठासीन (pīṭhāsīn)
Anagrams[edit]
Italian[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
preside m or f (plural presidi)
- (education) headmaster m, headmistress f, headteacher, schoolmaster
- (education) dean, principal
Derived terms[edit]
Related terms[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ preside in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
Anagrams[edit]
Portuguese[edit]
Verb[edit]
preside
- third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present indicative of presidir
- second-person singular (tu, sometimes used with você) affirmative imperative of presidir
Spanish[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
preside
Categories:
- English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *sed-
- English terms derived from Old French
- English terms derived from Latin
- Rhymes:English/aɪd
- Rhymes:English/aɪd/2 syllables
- English lemmas
- English verbs
- English intransitive verbs
- en:Music
- Italian 3-syllable words
- Italian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Italian/ɛside
- Rhymes:Italian/ɛside/3 syllables
- Rhymes:Italian/ɛzide
- Rhymes:Italian/ɛzide/3 syllables
- Italian lemmas
- Italian nouns
- Italian countable nouns
- Italian masculine nouns
- Italian feminine nouns
- Italian nouns with multiple genders
- it:Education
- Portuguese non-lemma forms
- Portuguese verb forms
- Spanish 3-syllable words
- Spanish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Spanish non-lemma forms
- Spanish verb forms
- Spanish forms of verbs ending in -ir