preside

C1 Topic:Actions & Processes

US /pɹɪˈzaɪd/ See IPA manual

Freq #33437

Meanings

1

verb
To be in charge of a meeting, ceremony, or organization.

The mayor presided over the opening ceremony.
2

verb
To be in a position of authority or control during a period or event.

She presided over a decade of remarkable growth at the company.

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Multiword verbs with preside

preside over Prepositional verb C1

to lead or hold authority over an organization or activity

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preside over
to lead or hold authority over an organization or activity

Verb + preposition/particle

Etymology

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.

*sed- Proto-Indo-European presider Old French praesideo Latin

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# preside

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C1
**Part of speech:** verb
**IPA (US):** /pɹɪˈzaɪd/
**Frequency rank:** 33437

## Meanings
1. To be in charge of a meeting, ceremony, or organization.
2. To be in a position of authority or control during a period or event.

## Examples
- The mayor presided over the opening ceremony.
- She presided over a decade of remarkable growth at the company.

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: *sed-
- Root: presider
- Root: praesideo

## Etymology
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.

## AI Etymology
Preside comes 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. The historical chain includes *sed- (Proto-Indo-European), presider (Old French), and praesideo (Latin). In present use it covers to be in charge of a meeting, ceremony, or organization and to be in a position of authority or control during a period or event.

## Topics
- Actions & Processes

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