preside

intr.v., -sid·ed, -sid·ing, -sides.

1. To hold the position of authority; act as chairperson or president.
2. To possess or exercise authority or control.
3. Music. To be the featured instrumental performer: presided at the keyboard.

[French présider, from Old French, from Latin praesidēre : prae-, pre- + sedēre, to sit.]

presider pre·sid'er n.

v

Definition: be in authority
Antonyms: follow, serve

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A cynical view of the world by Ambrose Bierce

v.

To guide the action of a deliberative body to a desirable result. In Journalese, to perform upon a musical instrument; as, "He presided at the piccolo."

    The Headliner, holding the copy in hand,
        Read with a solemn face:
    "The music was very uncommonly grand --
            The best that was every provided,
            For our townsman Brown presided
        At the organ with skill and grace."
    The Headliner discontinued to read,
        And, spread the paper down
    On the desk, he dashed in at the top of the screed:
        "Great playing by President Brown."
                                                         Orpheus Bowen

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The verb has one meaning:

Meaning #1: act as president

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Dansk (Danish)
v. intr. - være ordstyrer

idioms:

• preside over    lede

Nederlands (Dutch)
voorzitten, leiden, hoofdrol spelen

Français (French)
v. intr. - présider

idioms:

• preside over    présider à

Deutsch (German)
v. - den Vorsitz haben

idioms:

• preside over    leiten

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - προεδρεύω, (μτφ.) διέπω

idioms:

• preside over    προεδρεύω σε

Italiano (Italian)
presiedere, dirigere, presiedere a

idioms:

• preside over    presiedere

Português (Portuguese)
v. - presidir

idioms:

• preside over    presidir sobre

Русский (Russian)
председатель- ствовать

idioms:

• preside over    председательствовать на

Español (Spanish)
v. intr. - presidir, dirigir

idioms:

• preside over    presidir, encabezar

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - presidera, vara ordförande, ha uppsikt

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
任主席, 当主人, 统辖

idioms:

• preside over    主持, 负责

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
v. intr. - 任主席, 當主人, 統轄

idioms:

• preside over    主持, 負責

한국어 (Korean)
v. intr. - 의장노릇 하다

idioms:

• preside over    사회를 보다

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 議長を務める, 司会をする, 主人役を務める, 管理する, 主宰する

idioms:

• preside over    司会する, 議長をする

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) يترأس, , يشرف‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. intr. - ‮ישב בראש, ניהל‬

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