presiding
presiding is the present participle and gerund of preside.
Meaning of preside
Verb
preside (third-person singular simple present presides, present participle presiding, simple past and past participle presided)
- To act as president or chairperson.
- To exercise authority or control.
- The firſt day of November was dedicated to the angel preſiding over fruits, ſeeds, &c. and was therefore named la mas ubhal, that is, the day of the apple fruit, and being pronounced lamasool, the English have corrupted the name to lambswool, a name they give to a compoſition made on this eve of...1786, “Of Allhallow Eve, Named by the Irish Oidhche Shamhna”, in Charles Vallancey, editor, Collectanea de Rebus Hibernicis, volume III, Dublin: Luke White, pages 444-445
- To be a featured solo performer.
- I’ll preside at the organ.
Adjective
presiding (not comparable)
Words that rhyme with presiding
- riding
- confiding
- abiding
- biding
- gliding
- guiding
- hiding
- paragliding
- sliding
- striding
- backsliding
- bestriding
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- betiding
- blindsiding
- briding
- broadsiding
- chiding
- coinciding
- colliding
- coresiding
- deciding
- deriding
- disciding
- dividing
- eliding
- griding
- hagriding
- joyriding
- misguiding
- niding
- nondividing
- outriding
- overriding
- overstriding
- peroxiding
- priding
- providing
- redeciding
- redividing
- residing
- siding
- subsiding
- suiciding
Questions about presiding
- What does presiding mean?
- Presiding means having authority over; vested with the authority to preside over.
- What is presiding the present participle and gerund of?
- Presiding is the present participle and gerund of preside.
- What part of speech is presiding?
- Presiding is an adjective.
Words near presiding in the dictionary
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