- 1to lead or be in charge of a meeting, ceremony, etc. the presiding judge preside at/over something They asked if I would preside at the committee meeting.
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- 2(figurative) His administration presided over one of the worst economic declines in the country's history (= he was in power when the decline happened).
preside
verbNAmE//prɪˈzaɪd//
[intransitive]Verb Forms present simple I / you / we / they preside he / she / it presides
past simple presided
-ing form presiding
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