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{
"term": "preside",
"partOfSpeech": "verb",
"ox5000": true,
"cefr": "c1",
"verbForms": {
"presentSimple": {
"iYouWeThey": "preside",
"heSheIt": "presides"
},
"pastSimple": "presided",
"pastParticiple": "presided",
"ingForm": "presiding"
},
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "to lead or be in charge of a meeting, ceremony, etc.",
"sensetop": "preside at/over something",
"labels": "(figurative)",
"examples": [
{
"text": "the presiding judge"
},
{
"text": "They asked if I would preside at the committee meeting.",
"contextForm": "preside at/over something"
},
{
"text": "The party presided over one of the worst economic declines in the country's history *(= it was in power when the decline happened)*."
},
{
"text": "Judge Charles Watkins presided over the appeal hearing."
},
{
"text": "The Archbishop presided at a special mass in the city's cathedral."
}
]
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/prɪˈzaɪd/",
"audio": "pr/preside/preside__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/prɪˈzaɪdz/",
"audio": "pr/preside/presides__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/prɪˈzaɪdɪd/",
"audio": "pr/preside/presided__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/prɪˈzaɪdɪŋ/",
"audio": "pr/preside/presiding__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/prɪˈzaɪd/",
"audio": "pr/preside/preside__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/prɪˈzaɪdz/",
"audio": "pr/preside/presides__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/prɪˈzaɪdɪd/",
"audio": "pr/preside/presided__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/prɪˈzaɪdɪŋ/",
"audio": "pr/preside/presiding__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "early 17th cent.: from French présider, from Latin praesidere, from prae ‘before’ + sedere ‘sit’."
}