What does chair mean?
Definitions for chair
tʃɛərcha·ir
Here are all the possible meanings and translations of the word chair.
Princeton's WordNet
chairnoun
a seat for one person, with a support for the back
"he put his coat over the back of the chair and sat down"
professorship, chairnoun
the position of professor
"he was awarded an endowed chair in economics"
president, chairman, chairwoman, chair, chairpersonnoun
the officer who presides at the meetings of an organization
"address your remarks to the chairperson"
electric chair, chair, death chair, hot seatnoun
an instrument of execution by electrocution; resembles an ordinary seat for one person
"the murderer was sentenced to die in the chair"
chairverb
a particular seat in an orchestra
"he is second chair violin"
chair, chairmanverb
act or preside as chair, as of an academic department in a university
"She chaired the department for many years"
moderate, chair, leadverb
preside over
"John moderated the discussion"
GCIDE
Chairverb
To function as chairperson of (a meeting, committee, etc.); as, he chaired the meeting.
Wiktionary
chairnoun
An item of furniture used to sit on or in comprising a seat, legs, back, and sometimes arm rests, for use by one person. Compare stool, couch, sofa, settee, loveseat and bench.
All I need to weather a snowstorm is hot coffee, a warm fire, a good book and a comfortable chair.
chairnoun
Chairperson.
chairnoun
The seating position of a particular musician in an orchestra.
My violin teacher used to play first chair with the Boston Pops.
chairnoun
Blocks that support and hold railroad track in position, and similar devices.
chairnoun
One of two possible conformers of cyclohexane rings (the other being boat), shaped roughly like a chair.
chairnoun
The electric chair.
chairnoun
A professorship at a university
chairverb
To act as chairperson.
Bob will chair tomorrow's meeting.
chairverb
To carry someone in a seated position upon one's shoulders, especially in celebration or victory
Webster Dictionary
Chairnoun
a movable single seat with a back
Etymology: [OE. chaiere, chaere, OF. chaiere, chaere, F. chaire pulpit, fr. L. cathedra chair, armchair, a teacher's or professor's chair, Gr. down + seat, to sit, akin to E. sit. See Sit, and cf. Cathedral, chaise.]
Chairnoun
an official seat, as of a chief magistrate or a judge, but esp. that of a professor; hence, the office itself
Etymology: [OE. chaiere, chaere, OF. chaiere, chaere, F. chaire pulpit, fr. L. cathedra chair, armchair, a teacher's or professor's chair, Gr. down + seat, to sit, akin to E. sit. See Sit, and cf. Cathedral, chaise.]
Chairnoun
the presiding officer of an assembly; a chairman; as, to address the chair
Etymology: [OE. chaiere, chaere, OF. chaiere, chaere, F. chaire pulpit, fr. L. cathedra chair, armchair, a teacher's or professor's chair, Gr. down + seat, to sit, akin to E. sit. See Sit, and cf. Cathedral, chaise.]
Chairnoun
a vehicle for one person; either a sedan borne upon poles, or two-wheeled carriage, drawn by one horse; a gig
Etymology: [OE. chaiere, chaere, OF. chaiere, chaere, F. chaire pulpit, fr. L. cathedra chair, armchair, a teacher's or professor's chair, Gr. down + seat, to sit, akin to E. sit. See Sit, and cf. Cathedral, chaise.]
Chairnoun
an iron block used on railways to support the rails and secure them to the sleepers
Etymology: [OE. chaiere, chaere, OF. chaiere, chaere, F. chaire pulpit, fr. L. cathedra chair, armchair, a teacher's or professor's chair, Gr. down + seat, to sit, akin to E. sit. See Sit, and cf. Cathedral, chaise.]
Chairverb
to place in a chair
Etymology: [OE. chaiere, chaere, OF. chaiere, chaere, F. chaire pulpit, fr. L. cathedra chair, armchair, a teacher's or professor's chair, Gr. down + seat, to sit, akin to E. sit. See Sit, and cf. Cathedral, chaise.]
Chairverb
to carry publicly in a chair in triumph
Etymology: [OE. chaiere, chaere, OF. chaiere, chaere, F. chaire pulpit, fr. L. cathedra chair, armchair, a teacher's or professor's chair, Gr. down + seat, to sit, akin to E. sit. See Sit, and cf. Cathedral, chaise.]
Freebase
Chair
A chair is a piece of furniture with a raised surface used to sit on, commonly for use by one person. Chairs are most often supported by four legs and have a back; however, a chair can have three legs or could have a different shape. A chair without a back or arm rests is a stool, or when raised up, a bar stool. A chair with arms is an armchair and with folding action and inclining footrest, a recliner. A permanently fixed chair in a train or theater is a seat or, in an airplane, airline seat; when riding, it is a saddle and bicycle saddle, and for an automobile, a car seat or infant car seat. With wheels it is a wheelchair and when hung from above, a swing. A chair for more than one person is a couch, sofa, settee, or "loveseat"; or a bench. A separate footrest for a chair is known as an ottoman, hassock or pouffe.
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Chair
chār, n. a movable seat for one, with a back to it: a covered vehicle for one person, as a sedan-chair: the seat or office of one in authority, as a judge, a bishop, or the person presiding over any meeting—hence 'to take the chair' = to assume the place of president; 'to address the chair' = to direct one's speech to the chairman; 'to support the chair' = to uphold the authority of the chairman—often, when endangered in a public meeting, asserted by cries of 'Chair!': the seat from which a professor delivers his lectures, the office or function of a professor—'socialists of the chair' = mere doctrinaire or theoretical advocates of socialism: cast-iron supports for rails under the permanent way in a railway, held by wooden wedges, and spiked on to transverse wooden sleepers.—v.t. to place in a seat of authority: to carry publicly in triumph.—n. Chair′-bed, a kind of chair capable of being turned into a bed.—n.pl. Chair′-days (Shak.), used figuratively to denote the evening of life.—ns. Chair′man, the man who takes the chair, or presides at an assembly or meeting: one who carries a sedan or Bath chair; Chair′manship; Chair′-or′gan, a corruption of choir-organ (q.v.); Chair′woman. [Fr. chaire—L.—Gr. kathedra.]
The Foolish Dictionary, by Gideon Wurdz
CHAIR
Four-legged aid to the injured. CHARITY Forehanded aid to the indigent.
Military Dictionary and Gazetteer
chair
See Ordnance, Carriages for, Nomenclature of Artillery Carriage.
Editors Contribution
chair
A type of furniture created and designed in various colors, materials, mechanisms, shapes, sizes and styles.
We have chairs at our open space living room and kitchen with a beautiful table to match, we feel very grateful x
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Rank popularity for the word 'chair' in Written Corpus Frequency: #896
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Rank popularity for the word 'chair' in Nouns Frequency: #463
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of chair in Chaldean Numerology is: 3
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of chair in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3
Examples of chair in a Sentence
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I have vowed that rather than let Alzheimer's take me, I would take it, i would live my life as ever to the full and die, before the disease mounted its last attack, in my own home, in a chair on the lawn, with a brandy in my hand to wash down whatever modern version of the Brompton Cocktail some helpful medic could supply. And with Thomas Tallis on my iPod, I would shake hands with death.
Fed Chair Janet Yellen's speech earlier this week is still dragging the dollar down, sparking risk appetite globally.
I looked up and I found him in a standing position but faced down in the chair, his face was on the back of the seat and he was already passed away. I picked him up and his face was already blue and his nose was squished in.
She tried to climb back on the chair and then he shot her.
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Translations for chair
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- voorsitter, stoelAfrikaans
- ወንበርAmharic
- كُرْسيّ, مَقْعَدArabic
- stulAzerbaijani
- ултырғысBashkir
- стул, крэ́слаBelarusian
- стол, председа́тел, председателствувамBulgarian
- আসন, সভানেত্রী, কেদারা, সভাপতি, চেয়ার, চেয়ারপারসনBengali
- kadorBreton
- cadiraCatalan, Valencian
- židleCzech
- ystôl, cadairWelsh
- stolDanish
- Stuhl, Vorsitzender, führen, VorsitzGerman
- ގޮނޑިDivehi
- καρέκλα, πρόεδροςGreek
- seĝo, prezidantoEsperanto
- silla, asientoSpanish
- toolEstonian
- katedra, aulkiBasque
- کرسی, صندلیPersian
- puheenjohtaja, tuoli, [[johtaa]] [[puhetta]]Finnish
- fauteuil, chaise, présiderFrench
- cathaoir, cathaoirleachIrish
- cathairScottish Gaelic
- cadeiraGalician
- apyka'iGuaraní
- ખુરસી, આસંદીGujarati
- כיסא, יושב ראשHebrew
- कुरसीHindi
- székHungarian
- աթոռArmenian
- sedeInterlingua
- kursiIndonesian
- stuloIdo
- stóllIcelandic
- capo, sedia, presidente, presiedereItalian
- 椅子, ソファJapanese
- სკამიGeorgian
- geteKikuyu, Gikuyu
- орындықKazakh
- កៅអីKhmer
- 椅子, 의자Korean
- орундукKyrgyz
- cathedra, solium, sellaLatin
- StullLuxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- ຕັ່ງLao
- kėdėLithuanian
- krēsls, priekšsēdētājsLatvian
- tūru, nohoanga, heamanaMāori
- стол, сто́лица, претседавач, претседател, води, претседаваMacedonian
- сандал, суудалMongolian
- kerusiMalay
- siġġuMaltese
- ထိုင်ခုံBurmese
- stolNorwegian
- stoel, zetelDutch
- stolNorwegian Nynorsk
- formann, leder, stolNorwegian
- bikááʼ dah asdáhí, bikʼi dah asdáhíNavajo, Navaho
- cadièraOccitan
- krzesłoPolish
- cadeira, assento, presidente, dirigir, comandarPortuguese
- sutgaRomansh
- președinte, scaune, președinți, președintă, scaunRomanian
- стул, председа́тель, председа́тельницаRussian
- carida, cadrea, catrea, cadiraSardinian
- столац, столица, stolac, stolicaSerbo-Croatian
- පුටුවSinhala, Sinhalese
- stoličkaSlovak
- stolSlovene
- nofoaSamoan
- kursiSomali
- karrigeAlbanian
- setuloSouthern Sotho
- stol, ordförandeSwedish
- kitiSwahili
- கதிரைTamil
- కుర్చీTelugu
- курси, сандалиTajik
- เก้าอี้Thai
- oturgyçTurkmen
- silyaTagalog
- sandalye, koltuk, iskemleTurkish
- урындыкTatar
- стіле́ць, крі́слоUkrainian
- کرسیUrdu
- o`rindiqUzbek
- ghếVietnamese
- jädVolapük
- tchereye, sele, tcheyireWalloon
- שטול, בענקלYiddish
- isihlaloZulu
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