[verb] [I] - to be in charge of or to control a meeting or eventWho would be the best person to preside at the public enquiry?Tony will be presiding over the meeting.(legal) Judge Wood is presiding over the criminal case.The government has presided over some of the most significant changes in education this century.(humorous) Mother and Grandma were presiding over lunch, telling everyone else what to do.
PRESIDE
Meaning of PRESIDE in English
Cambridge English vocab. Кембриджский английский словарь. 2012