Word

officiate, v.
(officiated, officiates, officiating)
freq. cnt. 5

act in an official capacity in a ceremony or religious ritual, such as a wedding
<verb.social> freq. cnt.: 4 freq. cnt.: 4

officiate

sample sentences

"Who officiated at your wedding?"

verb frames

Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

officiation office office officiant

semantic pointers

hypernym

perform

hyponym

marry, wed, tie, splice

perform duties attached to a particular office or place or function
<verb.competition> freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

function officiate

sample sentences

"His wife officiated as his private secretary"

verb frames

Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP

verb frames

Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

officiation office office office officiating officiation office

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

function functionary

semantic pointers

hypernym

serve