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Is preside a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word preside is a Scrabble US word. The word preside is worth 10 points in Scrabble:

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Is preside a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word preside is a Scrabble UK word and has 10 points:

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7-letter words (4 found)

PREDIES,PRESIDE,SPEIRED,SPIERED,

6-letter words (15 found)

DESIRE,EIDERS,EPRISE,ESPIED,ESPIER,PEISED,PERDIE,PRIDES,PRISED,REDIPS,RESIDE,RISPED,SPIDER,SPIRED,SPREED,

5-letter words (46 found)

DEEPS,DEERS,DERES,DREES,DRIES,DRIPS,EIDER,EPRIS,IDEES,PEDES,PEDIS,PEERS,PEISE,PERES,PERIS,PERSE,PIERS,PREED,PREES,PRESE,PRIDE,PRIED,PRIES,PRISE,REDES,REDIP,REEDS,RESID,RIDES,RIPED,RIPES,SEDER,SERED,SIDER,SIPED,SIRED,SIREE,SPEED,SPEER,SPEIR,SPIDE,SPIED,SPIER,SPIRE,SPRED,SPREE,

4-letter words (53 found)

DEEP,DEER,DEES,DEPS,DERE,DESI,DIES,DIPS,DIRE,DREE,DRIP,EIDE,ERED,ERES,IDEE,IDES,IRED,IRES,PEDI,PEDS,PEED,PEER,PEES,PERE,PERI,PIED,PIER,PIES,PIRS,PISE,PREE,REDE,REDS,REED,REES,REIS,REPS,RIDE,RIDS,RIPE,RIPS,RISE,RISP,SEED,SEEP,SEER,SEIR,SERE,SIDE,SIPE,SIRE,SPED,SPIE,

3-letter words (35 found)

DEE,DEI,DEP,DIE,DIP,DIS,EDS,ERE,ERS,IDE,IDS,IRE,PED,PEE,PER,PES,PIE,PIR,PIS,PRE,PSI,RED,REE,REI,REP,RES,RID,RIP,SED,SEE,SEI,SER,SIP,SIR,SRI,

2-letter words (12 found)

DE,DI,ED,EE,ER,ES,ID,IS,PE,PI,RE,SI,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 166 words from preside according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of preside

preside

Alternative forms

  • præside (archaic)

Etymology

From Old French presider, from Latin praesidēre (“preside”), from pre- (“before”) + sedere (“to sit”). Displaced Old English foresittan, which might have been a calque of the Latin.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pɹɪˈzaɪd/
  • Rhymes: -aɪd

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.
    Synonym: oversit
  3. (intransitive, music) To be a featured solo performer.

Translations

Anagrams

  • Perseid, perseid

Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈprɛ.si.de/, /ˈprɛ.zi.de/
  • Rhymes: -ɛside, -ɛzide
  • Hyphenation: prè‧si‧de

Noun

preside m or f by sense (plural presidi)

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

Derived terms

  • vicepreside

Related terms

  • presidenza

References

Further reading

  • preside in Collins Italian-English Dictionary
  • preside in Aldo Gabrielli, Grandi Dizionario Italiano (Hoepli)
  • preside in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa
  • preside in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
  • preside in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams

  • di per sé, spedire, sperdei

Portuguese

Verb

preside

  1. inflection of presidir:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pɾeˈside/ [pɾeˈsi.ð̞e]
  • Rhymes: -ide
  • Syllabification: pre‧si‧de

Verb

preside

  1. inflection of presidir:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Source: wiktionary.org