preside
pronunciation
How to pronounce preside in British English:
UK [prɪˈzaɪd]
How to pronounce preside in American English:
US [prɪˈzaɪd]
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- Verb:
- act as president
Word Origin
- preside (v.)
- 1610s, from French présider "preside over, govern" (15c.), from Latin praesidere "stand guard; superintend," literally "sit in front of," from prae "before" (see pre-) + sedere "to sit" (see sedentary).
Synonym
Example
- 1. That dream is why someone who began by sweeping the floors of his father 's cincinnati bar can preside as speaker of the house in the greatest nation on earth . ( Applause . )
- 2. Even more challenging are isolated regime strongholds like sirte , dominated by the colonel qaddafi 's own qadadfa tribe , or the oasis town of sebha , where the qadadfa preside over a coalition of other clans .