officiate
verb /əˈfɪʃieɪt/
/əˈfɪʃieɪt/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they officiate | /əˈfɪʃieɪt/ /əˈfɪʃieɪt/ |
| he / she / it officiates | /əˈfɪʃieɪts/ /əˈfɪʃieɪts/ |
| past simple officiated | /əˈfɪʃieɪtɪd/ /əˈfɪʃieɪtɪd/ |
| past participle officiated | /əˈfɪʃieɪtɪd/ /əˈfɪʃieɪtɪd/ |
| -ing form officiating | /əˈfɪʃieɪtɪŋ/ /əˈfɪʃieɪtɪŋ/ |
- [intransitive, transitive] officiate (at) something to act as an official in charge of something, especially a sports event
- A referee from a neutral country will officiate (at) the game.
- [intransitive] officiate (at something) (formal) to do the official duties at a public or religious ceremony
- He baptized children and officiated at weddings.
Word Originmid 17th cent.: from medieval Latin officiare ‘perform divine service’, from officium ‘performance of a task’ (in medieval Latin also ‘office, divine service’), based on opus ‘work’ + facere ‘do’.