preside

See also: préside and présidé

English

Alternative forms

• præside (archaic)

Etymology

From Old French presider, from Latin praesidere ‎(“to preside”), from pre- ‎(“before”) + sedere ‎(“to sit”).

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

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

• Latin: sedeo
• Romanian: prezida (ro)
• Serbo-Croatian: predsjédati (sh)

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• Esperanto: prezidi

• Ido: prezidar (io)

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Italian

Noun

preside m, f ‎(plural presidi)

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

Related terms

• presidenza

Anagrams

• spedire, sperdei

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Portuguese

Verb

preside

1. third-person singular present indicative of presidir
2. second-person singular imperative of presidir

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Spanish

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.