Conduct
Conduct verb - To look after and make decisions about.
Usage example: the company's president continues to conduct the everyday affairs of the software firm he founded many years ago
Preside
Preside verb - Act as president.
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Synonyms for Preside
Conduct is a synonym for preside in direct topic. You can use "Conduct" instead a verb "Preside", if it concerns topics such as be in authority.
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Preside and Conduct. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 16, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/conduct/preside
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