Meaning

1 senses

  1. To emcee, to act as compere.

    I will be compering for next week's Village Fete.

    act as a master of ceremonies

Origin

A borrowing of French compère (“partner, accomplice”), from Old French comper, from Late L

A borrowing of French compère (“partner, accomplice”), from Old French comper, from Late Latin compater (“godfather”), from Latin com- (“with”) + pater (“father”). Doublet of compeer, compadre, and goombah.

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Forms

comperes, compering, compered, compered
Base formcompere · to compere
3rd person singularcomperes
Present participlecompering
Past simplecompered
Past participlecompered

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theycompere
he, she, itcomperes

Past simpleLesson

all personscompered

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave compered
he, she, ithas compered

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill compere

Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • act as a master of ceremonies:emcee

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
compelC1compensateB2compensationB2compensatorycompeteB1competenceB2competentB2competitionA2
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