preside over

phrasal verb

presided over; presiding over; presides over

1

: to be in charge of something (such as a meeting or organization)

The vice president presided over the meeting.

The Chief Justice presides over the Supreme Court.

He has presided over the company for 15 years.

2

: to be in charge of a country, company, etc., during (a particular time or activity)

She presided over a period of relative peace and prosperity.

Examples of preside over in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Johnson leveraged Bennett’s wish to see Vice President Richard Nixon, who was presiding over the Senate, become president by convincing the Utahn that forcing Nixon to break the tie would damage his chances in the 1960 election. —Time, 14 Nov. 2025

The oversight panel’s investigation focused on Miller’s hundreds of text messages to Fernandez Rundle while Miami-Dade Circuit Court Judge Andrea Ricker Wolfson was presiding over hearings last year for the resentencing of Corey Smith. —Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 14 Nov. 2025

His attorney asked the judge presiding over his case to throw out the citation. —Landon Mion, FOXNews.com, 13 Nov. 2025

Guests at Copping’s first runway show earlier this year received archival postcards from the 1925 International Exposition of Modern Decorative and Industrial Arts in Paris that Jeanne Lanvin presided over that occurred in the year that marked the start of Art Deco. —Rosemary Feitelberg, Footwear News, 13 Nov. 2025

Rhymes for preside over

• carryover
• changeover
• crossover
• cutover
• flashover
• hangover
• holdover
• layover
• leftover
• makeover
• moreover
• passover