officiate

Word family  noun office officer official officialdom officialese officiousness adjective official ≠ unofficial officious verb officiate adverb officially ≠ unofficially officiously

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of·fi·ci·ate /əˈfɪʃieɪt/ verb [intransitive]  PGRRto perform official duties, especially at a religious ceremony 行使职责；〔尤指〕主持宗教仪式→ See Verb table

Examples from the Corpus

officiate• For the same reason, though, Stern would not let unqualified women officiate.• Mayor Willie Brown and most members of the Board of Supervisors officiated.• Before that the rector of Worth travelled the four miles along the Priest's Way to officiate at Swanage.• He said the officiating in 1995 was excellent, despite several questionable calls in the playoffs.• Family solidarity ends game Stories of a father officiating in a game in which a son is playing can be rather salutary.• I have seen 13 Premier League games this season and only one was officiated with any degree of competence.

of·fi·ci·ate verbChineseSyllable  

duties, perform at especially religious official Corpus a ceremony to

officiate
of‧fi‧ci‧ate /əˈfɪʃieɪt/ verb [intransitive]to perform official duties, especially at a religious ceremony

of·fi·ci·ateBrE /əˈfɪʃieɪt/ 🔊NAmE /əˈfɪʃieɪt/ 🔊 verbpresent simple - I / you / we / they officiate BrE /əˈfɪʃieɪt/ 🔊 NAmE /əˈfɪʃieɪt/ 🔊present simple - he / she / it officiates BrE /əˈfɪʃieɪts/ 🔊 NAmE /əˈfɪʃieɪts/ 🔊past simple officiated BrE /əˈfɪʃieɪtɪd/ 🔊 NAmE /əˈfɪʃieɪtɪd/ 🔊past participle officiated BrE /əˈfɪʃieɪtɪd/ 🔊 NAmE /əˈfɪʃieɪtɪd/ 🔊 -ing form officiating BrE /əˈfɪʃieɪtɪŋ/ 🔊 NAmE /əˈfɪʃieɪtɪŋ/ 🔊 [intransitive, transitive] ~ (at sth) | ~ sth to act as an official in charge of sth, especially a sports event 主持（工作）；（尤指体育比赛）担任裁判◆A referee from a neutral country will officiate (at) the game.一名来自中立国的裁判将担任这场比赛的裁判。 [intransitive] ~ (at sth) (formal) to do the official duties at a public or religious ceremony 主持（仪式）；履行职务