presided
Saypri-ZY-did/pɹɪˈzaɪdɪd/
- 1Simple past and past participle of preside.
The bishop presided over the ceremony with quiet authority.
For two decades he presided over the nation's highest court.
Note
One spelling does two jobs: the past tense (she presided over the inquiry) and the participle after have (she has presided over three inquiries). Preside takes no direct object, so what is being chaired or controlled arrives through over. That preposition still allows a passive, the meeting was presided over by the mayor, where over must stay attached to the verb.
presided is a form of preside
preside, verb: To act as the chairperson or president of a meeting, ceremony, or organized gathering. Full entry
- Spelling
- preside → presided: add -d
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /ɪd/, an extra syllable.
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