different between supervise vs preside

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin supervisus, from supervidere, from Latin super + videre. Doublet of survey.

Verb

supervise (third-person singular simple present supervises, present participle supervising, simple past and past participle supervised)

1. (transitive) To oversee or direct a task or organization.
2. (transitive, obsolete) To look over so as to read; to peruse.
   • 1700, Tom Brown, Amusements Serious and Comical, calculated for the Meridian of London, page 10:

     If any Man for that rea?on has an Inclination to divert him?elf, and Sail with me round the Globe, to ?upervi?e almo?t all the Conditions of Humane Life, without being infected with the Vanities, and Vices that attend such a Whim?ical Perambulation; let him follow me, who am going to Relate it in a Stile, and Language, proper to the Variety of the Subject: For as the Caprichio came Naturally into my Pericranium, I am re?olv’d to pur?ue it through Thick and Thin, to enlarge my Capacity for a Man of Bu?ine?s.

Related terms

Translations

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sy.p??.viz/

Verb

supervise

1. first/third-person singular present indicative of superviser
2. first/third-person singular present subjunctive of superviser
3. second-person singular imperative of superviser

Portuguese

Verb

supervise

1. first-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of supervisar
2. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present subjunctive of supervisar
3. third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of supervisar
4. third-person singular (você) negative imperative of supervisar

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /supe??bise/, [su.pe????i.se]

Verb

supervise

1. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of supervisar.
2. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of supervisar.
3. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of supervisar.
4. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of supervisar.

English

Alternative forms

• præside (archaic)

Etymology

From Old French presider, from Latin praesid?re (“preside”), from pre- (“before”) + sedere (“to sit”). Displaced native Old English foresittan.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -a?d

Verb

preside (third-person singular simple present presides, present participle presiding, simple past and past participle presided)

1. (intransitive) To act as president or chairperson.
2. (intransitive) To exercise authority or control, oversit.
3. (intransitive, music) To be a featured solo performer.

Translations

• Hindi: ??????? (p??h?s?n)

Anagrams

• Perseid, perseid

Italian

Noun

preside m or f (plural presidi)

1. (education) headmaster m, headmistress f, headteacher, schoolmaster
2. (education) dean, principal

Derived terms

• vicepreside

Related terms

• presidenza

Anagrams

• spedire, sperdei

Portuguese

Verb

preside

1. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present indicative of presidir
2. second-person singular (tu, sometimes used with você) affirmative imperative of presidir

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /p?e?side/, [p?e?si.ð?e]

Verb

preside

1. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present indicative form of presidir.
2. Informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of presidir.