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 Definitions of chair  [ʃɛər]  

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Definition of 'chair' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) chair
a seat, esp. for one person having four legs for support, a rest for the back, and often rests for the arms.

2.  chair
a seat of office or authority.

3.  chair
a position of authority, as of a judge or professor.

4.  chair
the person occupying a seat of office or authority, esp. the chairperson of a meeting.

5.  chair
(in an orchestra) the position of a player, assigned by rank.

6.  chair
Informal.

7. (v.t.) chair
to place or seat in a chair.

8.  chair
to install in office.

9.  chair
to preside over; act as chairperson of.

10.  chair
Brit. to carry (a hero or victor) aloft in triumph.

11. (v.i.) chair
to preside over a meeting, committee, etc.

Etymology:  (1250–1300; ME chaiere < OF < L cathedra; see cathedra)

Definition of 'chair' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) chair
a seat for one person, with a support for the back
"he put his coat over the back of the chair and sat down"

2. (noun) professorship, chair
the position of professor
"he was awarded an endowed chair in economics"

3. (noun) president, chairman, chairwoman, chair, chairperson
the officer who presides at the meetings of an organization
"address your remarks to the chairperson"

4. (noun) electric chair, chair, death chair, hot seat
an instrument of execution by electrocution; resembles an ordinary seat for one person
"the murderer was sentenced to die in the chair"

5. (verb) chair
a particular seat in an orchestra
"he is second chair violin"

6. (verb) chair, chairman
act or preside as chair, as of an academic department in a university
"She chaired the department for many years"

7. (verb) moderate, chair, lead
preside over
"John moderated the discussion"


Definition of 'chair' Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary 

1. (noun) chair
a piece of furniture to sit on
She sat down in the chair.

2.  chair
a chairman or chairwoman
the chair of the committee

3. (verb) chair
to be a leader of a committee or a meeting


Definition of 'chair' Webster Dictionary 

1. (noun) chair
a movable single seat with a back

2. (noun) chair
an official seat, as of a chief magistrate or a judge, but esp. that of a professor; hence, the office itself

3. (noun) chair
the presiding officer of an assembly; a chairman; as, to address the chair

4. (noun) chair
a vehicle for one person; either a sedan borne upon poles, or two-wheeled carriage, drawn by one horse; a gig

5. (noun) chair
an iron block used on railways to support the rails and secure them to the sleepers

6. (verb) chair
to place in a chair

7. (verb) chair
to carry publicly in a chair in triumph


Translation of 'chair' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: a movable seat for one person, with a back to it
a table and four chairs.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: stoel Arabic flag Arabic: كُرْسي Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: стол
Brazilian flag Brazilian: cadeira Czech flag Czech: židle German flag German: der Stuhl
Danish flag Danish: stol Greek flag Greek: καρέκλα Spanish flag Spanish: silla
Estonian flag Estonian: tool Farsi flag Farsi: صندلی Finnish flag Finnish: tuoli
French flag French: chaise Hebrew flag Hebrew: כִּסֵא Hindi flag Hindi: कुर्सी
Croatian flag Croatian: stolac Hungarian flag Hungarian: szék Indonesian flag Indonesian: kursi
Icelandic flag Icelandic: stóll Italian flag Italian: sedia Japanese flag Japanese: 椅子
Korean flag Korean: 등받이가 있는 의자 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: kėdė Latvian flag Latvian: krēsls
Malay flag Malay: kerusi Dutch flag Dutch: stoel Norwegian flag Norwegian: stol
Polish flag Polish: krzesło Persian flag Persian: صندلی Pashto flag Pashto: چوكۍ: كرسۍ: رئيس (دغونډى
Portuguese flag Portuguese: cadeira Romanian flag Romanian: scaun Russian flag Russian: стул
Slovak flag Slovak: stolička Slovenian flag Slovenian: stol Serbian flag Serbian: stolica
Swedish flag Swedish: stol Thai flag Thai: เก้าอี้ Turkish flag Turkish: sandalye, iskemle
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 椅子 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: стілець Urdu flag Urdu: کرسی
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: ghế Chinese flag Chinese: 椅子

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