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- pronunciation:
- prih
zaId
- features:
- Word Combinations (verb), Word Parts
| part of speech: |
intransitive verb |
| inflections: |
presides, presiding, presided |
| definition: |
to act as directing or controlling authority, esp. in a meeting or within an organization.
- synonyms:
- lead, moderate
- similar words:
- boss, direct, govern, manage
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| related words: |
administer, command, hold, officiate, rule |
adverb + (v.)preside
allegedly, happily, personally
(v.)preside
+ noun
assembly,
baptism,
bishop,
boom,
burial,
cabinet,
cardinal,
case,
celebration,
ceremony,
chamber,
circuit,
collapse,
council,
court,
courtroom,
decline,
demise,
dismantling,
dissolution,
divorce,
downsizing,
elder,
empire,
era,
execution,
expansion,
fate,
festivity,
forum,
funeral,
gathering,
hearing,
impeachment,
juror,
kingdom,
lawsuit,
magistrate,
mass,
meeting,
memorial,
nuptials,
officer,
opening,
ordination,
parish,
prayer,
prosperity,
rally,
renaissance,
ritual,
robe,
salon,
session,
summit,
surrender,
tea,
transformation,
transition,
trial,
vice,
wedding,
worship
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The word preside
contains the following parts:
pre-
Latin
prefix
that means before
  Example words:
preamble, prearrange, precaution, precede, preclude, preconceive, precook, precursor, predate, predetermine, predict, predictable, prediction, preface, prefect, prefer, preferable, preference, prefix, preheat, prejudice, premonition, prescriptible, present1, preside, president
- synonyms:
- pro-2, ante-
- antonyms:
- post-
sed, sid, sess
Latin
root
that means sit; settle
Example words:
dissident, obsess, obsession, obsessive, preside, president, reside, residue, sedentary, sediment, sedimentary, sessile, session
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