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語源

From Old French presider, from Latin praesidēre (“preside”), from pre- (“before”) + sedere (“to sit”). Displaced 古期英語 foresittan, which might have been a calque of the Latin.

発音

• IPA^(key): /pɹɪˈzaɪd/
• 韻: -aɪd

動詞

preside (三人称単数 現在形 presides, 現在分詞 presiding, 過去形および過去分詞形 presided)

1. (intransitive) To act as president or chairperson.
2. (intransitive) To exercise authority or control.

   Synonym: oversit

   • 1944 September and October, A Former Pupil, “Some Memories of Crewe Works—I”, in Railway Magazine, page 283:

     When all this was sailed through, there still remained the toolroom—a most efficient department presided over by a quiet man who was an expert on astronomy as well as jigs, tools and fixtures.

3. (intransitive, music) To be a featured solo performer.

アナグラム

• Perseid, perseid