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# officiate

«officiate» in Mova's school dictionary: **To officiate at a wedding, funeral or service is to lead…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

verb (officiate, officiates, officiated, officiating)

### meaning for a pupil

1) (church) To officiate at a wedding, funeral or service is to lead it as a priest, minister or official. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/officiate/#m1)

2) (sport) To officiate a match is to be the referee, umpire or judge. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/officiate/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In church life: «The vicar officiated at my cousin's wedding.» In sport: referees and umpires officiate games. It tells the reader who is in charge of a ceremony or game.

### examples

- The minister officiated at the funeral. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/officiate/#x1)
- Father Michael will officiate at the wedding. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/officiate/#x2)
- Two referees officiated the basketball game. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/officiate/#x3)
- A registrar officiated at the town hall wedding. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/officiate/#x4)
- Who is officiating today's match? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/officiate/#x5)
- The bishop officiated at the confirmation service. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/officiate/#x6)
- The officiating priests wore black robes, and were crowned with cypress. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/officiate/#x7)

### note

Formal word. Usually «officiate at» a ceremony; in sport «officiate» or «officiate at» a match. Person who officiates: an official (referee, priest, registrar).

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «officiate» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/officiate/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.