preside
verb /prɪˈzaɪd/
/prɪˈzaɪd/
[intransitive] (formal)Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they preside | /prɪˈzaɪd/ /prɪˈzaɪd/ |
| he / she / it presides | /prɪˈzaɪdz/ /prɪˈzaɪdz/ |
| past simple presided | /prɪˈzaɪdɪd/ /prɪˈzaɪdɪd/ |
| past participle presided | /prɪˈzaɪdɪd/ /prɪˈzaɪdɪd/ |
| -ing form presiding | /prɪˈzaɪdɪŋ/ /prɪˈzaɪdɪŋ/ |
- to lead or be in charge of a meeting, ceremony, etc.
- the presiding judge
- preside at/over something They asked if I would preside at the committee meeting.
- (figurative) The party presided over one of the worst economic declines in the country's history (= it was in power when the decline happened).
Extra Examples- Judge Charles Watkins presided over the appeal hearing.
- The Archbishop presided at a special mass in the city's cathedral.
Oxford Collocations DictionaryPreside is used with these nouns as the subject:- judge
Word Originearly 17th cent.: from French présider, from Latin praesidere, from prae ‘before’ + sedere ‘sit’.