preside
IPA: prɪzˈaɪd
verb
- (intransitive) To act as president or chairperson.
- (intransitive) To exercise authority or control.
- (intransitive, music) To be a featured solo performer.
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Examples of "preside" in Sentences
- He is the son of the president.
- He was reelected for president.
- The Headmaster is the President.
- It was the work of the presidency.
- Lester was the President of the for the.
- The president appoints Petty as the vice president.
- The power of the President to convene joint sittings of Congress
- The state is headed by the President of the Presidency of Croatia.
- The president will preside over the Kegalle District Progress review.
- Penn served as pollster to the president for President Clinton for 6 years.
- Though she might not have actually used the word preside; it doesn’t sound much like Summer, to be fair.
- How many Dade County judges (UM Law grads) now "preside" over Jerry Springer-style daytime "courtroom" shows?
- My exclusive interview with the House speaker, Nancy Pelosi, calling preside Bush -- and I'm quoting now -- "a total failure."
- On the other hand, isn't that "preside" "preside" approach what Alberto Gonzales thought the Attorney General was supposed to do for the DOJ?
- Examples are zilu 'who presides' to zil- 'preside', zilaχnu 'who has occupied the presidency, president' to zilaχ 'presidency, magistracy' and lupu 'who dies, is dead, dead man' to lup- 'die'.
- The effect may be considerable, as male drinkers do undoubtedly take a delight in the pleasant looks and bright talk of the young ladies who, as the French say, "preside" at these establishments.
- The object of the Royal Commission, over which I have the honour to preside, is to strengthen the foundations and pillars of justice by drawing blueprints for im provement of the laws of Ontario as they express the power of the state in its relation to the individual.
- Neapolis, [1358] which is near Zarbus, [1359] and Eulogius, and Sobelus the presbyter, be sent to us, that we be not destitute of such as preside over the divine word as Moses also says, "Let the Lord God look out a man who shall guide this people, and the congregation of the Lord shall not be as sheep which have no shepherd."