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officiate

/əˈfɪ.ʃi.eɪt/

officiate verb: to perform the functions of some office.

Verb

officiate (third-person singular simple present officiates, present participle officiating, simple past and past participle officiated)

  1. (intransitive, transitive) To perform the functions of some office.
    • She officiated as registrar at the wedding.
    • She officiated the wedding as registrar.
  2. (intransitive, transitive) To serve as umpire or referee.
    • This is the second time he has officiated at a cup-final.
    • He's never officiated a cup-final before.

Noun

officiate (plural officiates)

  1. (rare) A person appointed to office, an official.

officiate meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Bengali and Malayalam

officiate in Tamil

அலுவல் முறைக்கடனாற்று, பணிசெய், பொறுப்பேற்று நடத்து

officiate in Urdu

قائم مقامی کرنا

officiate in Bengali

পুরোহিতের কাজ করা, অনুষ্ঠান পরিচালনা করা

officiate in Malayalam

പകരം ജോലി ചെയ്യുക, തത്കാലത്തേക്ക് ഉദ്യോഗം നോക്കുക, ഉദ്യോഗം നടത്തുക
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officiate in Kannada
ಬದಲಿಯಾಗಿ ಕಾರ್ಯವನ್ನು ನಿರ್ವಹಿಸು, ಅಳವು ನಡೆಸು, ಬದಲಿಯಾಗಿ ಕಾರ್ಯನಿರ್ವಹಿಸು, ಸ್ಥಾನಾಪನ್ನನಾಗು

Examples of officiate in a sentence

  • The Rev Charles Mitchell-Innes, Conduct of Eton College, officiated, assisted by Mr Ralph Allwood, Precentor.
  • Terumi Culmer, a Universal Life minister, officiated.
  • A County Fermanagh woman has officiated at the formal registration of the birth of Princess Charlotte at Kensington Palace.

All 23 example sentences with officiate

Forms of officiate

Verb
third-person singular presentofficiates
present participleofficiating
past participleofficiated
pastofficiated
Noun
pluralofficiates

Past tense of officiate: officiated

Origin of officiate

Borrowed from Latin officiātus, perfect participle of Late Latin officior (“to perform a function”) and of Medieval Latin officiō (“to officiate, say mass (9th cent.); to serve a church (13th cent.); to serve (early 13th c., 14th in British sources); to discharge an office (14th c.)”), from Latin officium (“official duty, service”), see -ate (verb-forming suffix). The noun is derived from Medieval Latin officiātus (“monk in charge of a monastic office, official (start of 12th c., 14th in British sources)”), substantivized from the participle, see -ate (noun-forming suffix).

Words formed from officiate

Questions about officiate

What does officiate mean?
Officiate means to perform the functions of some office.
What is officiate in Tamil?
Officiate in Tamil is அலுவல் முறைக்கடனாற்று, பணிசெய், பொறுப்பேற்று நடத்து. See Officiate meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is officiate?
Officiate can be a verb or a noun.
How do you pronounce officiate?
Officiate is pronounced /əˈfɪ.ʃi.eɪt/.
What is the past tense of officiate?
The past tense of officiate is officiated.

Words near officiate in the dictionary

  1. officialty
  2. officiant
  3. officiants
  4. officiaries
  5. officiary
  6. officiate
  7. officiated
  8. officiates
  9. officiating
  10. officiation
  11. officiations

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: officiate (page history and authors); officiate (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); officiate (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); officiate (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); officiate (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); officiate (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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