presideverb [ I ]
usuk/prɪˈzaɪd/to be in charge of a formal meeting, ceremony, or trial:
Who would be the best person to preside at/over the public enquiry?
Judge Langdale is to preside over the official enquiry into the case.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Controlling and being in charge
- aggrandize
- assume
- assumption
- authoritative
- balance of power
- divide
- dominant
- have sb by the balls idiom
- have sb eating out of your hand idiom
- have sb in the palm of your hand idiom
- have sth in hand idiom
- have/hold the whip hand idiom
- heel
- hook
- pull
- pull rank idiom
- pull the strings idiom
- putty
- regimentation
- rein
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presiding
adjective usuk/-ˈzaɪ.dɪŋ/
the presiding judge
Phrasal verb(s)
preside over sth