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# preside

«preside» in Mova's school dictionary: **To be in charge of a meeting, ceremony, court or event:…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

verb (preside, presides, presided, presiding)

### meaning for a pupil

1) To be in charge of a meeting, ceremony, court or event: «The judge presided over the trial.» [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/preside/#m1)

2) To be in control of a situation or period: «He presided over a time of peace.» [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/preside/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In law and civics lessons: a judge presides over a court; a chairperson presides over a meeting. In Alice in Wonderland the King of Hearts presides over the trial of the Knave of Hearts, with the Queen shouting «Off with his head!» In church, a priest or minister may preside at communion.

### examples

- The judge presided over the trial. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/preside/#x1)
- The head teacher presided at the prize-giving. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/preside/#x2)
- The King of Hearts presided over the trial in Wonderland. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/preside/#x3)
- The mayor presided over the meeting. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/preside/#x4)
- The priest presided at the wedding. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/preside/#x5)
- Gran presided over the Christmas dinner table. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/preside/#x6)
- Terminus was the god who presided over all boundaries and landmarks. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/preside/#x7)

### note

Usually followed by «over» or «at». Related: president (the person who presides), presidency. Regular verb: presided.

### Trees and pragmatics

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