单词 | preside |
释义 | pre·side ![]() intr.v. pre·sid·ed, pre·sid·ing, pre·sides 1. To hold the position of authority; act as chairperson or president: presided over the department for a year. 2. To possess or exercise authority or control: preside at a meeting. 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; see sed- in the Appendix of Indo-European roots.] pre·sider n. |
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