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How to pronounce officiate in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms function
Type of serve
Derivation officiating, office, officiation


His wife officiated as his private secretary.
Type Words
Type of perform
Has types marry, splice, tie, wed
Derivation office, officiant, officiation


Who officiated at your wedding?.

Examples of officiate

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The bankruptcy code is well suited to officiate in a contest for limited assets.
From the businessweek.com
However, it is only a great band that is asked to officiate a marriage proposal.
From the guardian.co.uk
So he and Margie decided that he would officiate at a monument dedication later.
From the stltoday.com
The latest example is the league's attempt to officiate emotion out of the game.
From the sacbee.com
The SEC said the crew will not be assigned to officiate together until Nov. 14.
From the stltoday.com
His daughter, Amy, has started to officiate high school girls basketball games.
From the sacbee.com
Hayes will officiate a game, stopping action to explain the calls she's making.
From the jsonline.com
Terri Valenti is believed to be the first woman to officiate a professional game.
From the dailyherald.com
Toms was the first female to officiate in the Premier League, as a lineswoman.
From the omaha.com
More examples
  • Act in an official capacity in a ceremony or religious ritual, such as a wedding; "Who officiated at your wedding?"
  • Perform duties attached to a particular office or place or function; "His wife officiated as his private secretary"
  • (officiation) umpirage: the act of umpiring; "the officiating was excellent"
  • (officiation) the performance of a religious or ceremonial or public duty
  • An official is someone who holds an office (function or mandate, regardless whether it carries an actual working space with it) in an organization or government and participates in the exercise of authority (either his own or that of his superior and/or employer, public or legally private).
  • To perform the functions of some office; To serve as umpire or referee
  • (OFFICIATES) [exercitus, p. 508, b.]
  • To officiate over a train, said of a driver, is to be assigned to a train.