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preside

See also: préside and présidé

English

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Etymology

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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.

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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.
    Synonyms: oversit, moderate
    • 1786, “Of Allhallow Eve, Named by the Irish Oidhche Shamhna”, in Charles Vallancey, editor, Collectanea de Rebus Hibernicis, volume III, Dublin: Luke White, pages 444-445:
      The firſt day of November was dedicated to the angel preſiding over fruits, ſeeds, &c. and was therefore named la mas ubhal, that is, the day of the apple fruit, and being pronounced lamasool, the English have corrupted the name to lambswool, a name they give to a compoſition made on this eve of roaſted apples, ſugar, and ale.
    • 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.
  3. (intransitive, music) To be a featured solo performer.
    I’ll preside at the organ.

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Italian

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Noun

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preside m or f by sense (plural presidi)

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

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References

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  1. ^ preside in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

Further reading

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  • 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

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Verb

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preside

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

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /pɾeˈside/ [pɾeˈsi.ð̞e]
  • Rhymes: -ide
  • Syllabification: pre‧si‧de

Verb

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preside

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