presiding officer
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6.1
- noun
- Formal
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presidente
- To ensure that a large number of bills were considered and acted upon in a relatively short period of time, the presiding officers had to keep an eye on the clock and monitor the situation closely.
Examples
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If the presiding officer is satisfied that, due to disability, a person with a disability is unable to recognize the symbols or to record a vote without assistance, the presiding officer shall permit the elector to take a companion of not less than eighteen years of age to the voting compartment for recording or casting the vote.
Blog text (34) -
The presiding officer would read an item of discussion in Mandarin, followed by open discussion in either Mandarin or Cantonese.
Academic text (2005) -
The Lord Speaker is the presiding officer of the House of Lords.
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I was elected class president, student government presiding officer, and attained Eagle Scout when I was a senior in high school.
Academic text (1990) -
In the Vice President's place, the Senate elects a President pro tempore to act as the Presiding Officer.
Academic text (2004) -
After cloture fails, if no senator seeks recognition, the presiding officer must announce that cloture is considered invoked.
Blog text (25) -
Under Senate Rule XX, points of order not referred to the Senate are not debatable except at the sufferance of the Presiding Officer, although debate may generally be had on appeals.
Academic text (2004) -
The principal criticism of the commission's procedures concerned the power of the appointing authority or the presiding officer to exclude the accused from hearings and deny him access to evidence presented against him.
Academic text (2007) -
Rios Montt, however, also won his congressional seat and eventually became presiding officer of that body, leaving observers to wonder whether the old right-wing populist's antidemocratic past portended future problems.
Academic text (2000) -
The Lord Speaker is the presiding officer of the House of Lords, ensuring meetings are conducted fairly.
Synonyms
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1.9
A person who leads a group or community
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2.2
A person who is in charge of a group or organization
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6.4
A person who leads debates and keeps order in a parliament or house of representatives
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3.1
A person who leads a meeting or committee
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2.5
A person who leads meetings of an organization or committee
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3.9
A person who leads a discussion to keep it fair
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3.5
A jury member chosen to lead and speak for the jury
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3.2
A woman who leads a meeting, committee, or organization
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3.5
A person who leads a meeting, committee, or organization
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7.3
A person who leads a meeting, ceremony, or event
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3.7
A person who shares the job of leading a group with another person
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4.0
A person who leads a group at work and gives tasks
Antonyms
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Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly compositional: 'presiding' (leading/overseeing a formal gathering) modifies 'officer' (a person in an official role), so a learner who knows both words can infer the person who leads a meeting. This is a common, cross-linguistic construction (verb/adjective + agent noun) and therefore immediately interpretable by a B1 learner.
Etymology
Presiding officer comes from the image of an official sitting at the front of a meeting to guide the talk and keep order. Because presiding means 'leading' and officer shows an official role, the phrase means 'in charge' of a meeting.