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 Old English foresittan, which might have been a calque of the Latin.
Pronunciation[edit]
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.
- Synonym: oversit
- 1944 September and October, A Former Pupil, “Some Memories of Crewe Works—I”, in Railway Magazine, page 283:
- When all this was sailed through, there still remained the toolroom—a most efficient department presided over by a quiet man who was an expert on astronomy as well as jigs, tools and fixtures.
- (intransitive, music) To be a featured solo performer.
Translations[edit]
to act as a president or chairperson
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Anagrams[edit]
Italian[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
preside m or f by sense (plural presidi)
Derived terms[edit]
Related terms[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ preside in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
Further reading[edit]
- preside in Collins Italian-English Dictionary
- preside in Aldo Gabrielli, Grandi Dizionario Italiano (Hoepli)
- preside in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa
- preside in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
- preside in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Anagrams[edit]
Portuguese[edit]
Verb[edit]
preside
- inflection of presidir:
Spanish[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
preside
- inflection of presidir:
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