Definitions for chair
tʃɛərcha·ir

Princeton's WordNet(1.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. 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"

2. professorship, chairnoun

   the position of professor

   "he was awarded an endowed chair in economics"

3. president, chairman, chairwoman, chair, chairpersonnoun

   the officer who presides at the meetings of an organization

   "address your remarks to the chairperson"

4. 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"

5. chairverb

   a particular seat in an orchestra

   "he is second chair violin"

6. chair, chairmanverb

   act or preside as chair, as of an academic department in a university

   "She chaired the department for many years"

7. moderate, chair, leadverb

   preside over

   "John moderated the discussion"

GCIDE(5.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. Chairverb

   To function as chairperson of (a meeting, committee, etc.); as, he chaired the meeting.

Wiktionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. 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.

2. chairnoun

   Chairperson.

3. chairnoun

   The seating position of a particular musician in an orchestra.

   My violin teacher used to play first chair with the Boston Pops.

4. chairnoun

   Blocks that support and hold railroad track in position, and similar devices.

5. chairnoun

   One of two possible conformers of cyclohexane rings (the other being boat), shaped roughly like a chair.

6. chairnoun

   The electric chair.

7. chairnoun

   A professorship at a university

8. chairverb

   To act as chairperson.

   Bob will chair tomorrow's meeting.

9. chairverb

   To carry someone in a seated position upon one's shoulders, especially in celebration or victory

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. CHAIRnoun

   Etymology: chair, Fr.

   1. A moveable seat.

   Whether thou choose Cervantes’ serious air,
   Or laugh and shake in Rab’lais’ easy chair,
   Or praise the court, or magnify mankind,
   Or thy griev’d country’s copper chains unbind. Alexander Pope.

   If a chair be defined a seat for a single person, with a back belonging to it, then a stool is a seat for a single person, without a back. Isaac Watts, Logick.

   2. A seat of justice, or of authority.

   He makes for England, here to claim the crown. ——
   —— Is the chair empty? Is the sword unsway’d?
   Is the king dead? William Shakespeare, Richard III.

   If thou be that princely eagle’s bird,
   Show thy descent by gazing ’gainst the sun;
   For chair and dukedom, throne and kingdom, say;
   Either that’s thine, or else thou wert not his. William Shakespeare, Henry VI. p. iii.

   The honour’d gods
   Keep Rome in safety, and the chairs of justice
   Supply with worthy men. William Shakespeare, Coriolanus.

   The committee of the commons appointed Mr. Pym to take the chair. Edward Hyde.

   Her grace sat down to rest a while,
   In a rich chair of state. William Shakespeare, Henry VIII.

   In this high temple, on a chair of state,
   The seat of audience, old Latinus sate. John Dryden, Æneid.

   3. A vehicle born by men; a sedan.

   Think what an equipage thou hast in air,
   And view with scorn two pages and a chair. Alexander Pope.

Webster Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Chairnoun

   a movable single seat with a back

2. Chairnoun

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

3. Chairnoun

   the presiding officer of an assembly; a chairman; as, to address the chair

4. Chairnoun

   a vehicle for one person; either a sedan borne upon poles, or two-wheeled carriage, drawn by one horse; a gig

5. Chairnoun

   an iron block used on railways to support the rails and secure them to the sleepers

6. Chairverb

   to place in a chair

7. Chairverb

   to carry publicly in a chair in triumph

8. 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(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. 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(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. 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(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. CHAIR

   Four-legged aid to the injured. CHARITY Forehanded aid to the indigent.

Military Dictionary and Gazetteer(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. chair

   See Ordnance, Carriages for, Nomenclature of Artillery Carriage.

Editors Contribution(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. 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

   
   

   Submitted by MaryC on April 8, 2020  

Matched Categories

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   • Instrument Of Execution
   • Position
   • Seat

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'chair' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #1441

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'chair' in Written Corpus Frequency: #896

3. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'chair' in Nouns Frequency: #463

4. Verbs Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'chair' in Verbs Frequency: #1068

Anagrams for chair »

1. Archi

2. chria

How to pronounce chair?

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of chair in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of chair in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of chair in a Sentence

1. Steny Hoyer:

   It is, however, irresponsible to take Chair Waters’ remarks out of context to just hold a ‘gotcha,’ partisan vote, if ‘confrontation’ is subject to sanction, then we’re going to have a lot of people on your side who we believe are confrontational every day.

2. House GOP:

   Elise has done an excellent job and will continue to be conference chair.

3. Shahrukh Khan:

   She was sitting on the chair with blood dripping from her body as she burned.

4. Representative Cheney:

   We will not be deterred by threats or attempted obstruction and we will not rest until our task is complete, every member of this committee is dedicated to conducting a non-partisan, professional, and thorough investigation of all the relevant facts regarding January 6th and the threat to our Constitution we faced that day. I have accepted the position of Vice-Chair of the committee to assure that we achieve that goal.

5. White House:

   Today, President Biden announced that Alondra Nelson will perform the duties of director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy( OSTP) and Francis Collins will perform the duties of Science Advisor to the President Biden and Co-Chair of the President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology until permanent leadership is nominated and confirmed, these appointments will allow OSTP and the President's Science and Technology agenda to move seamlessly forward under proven leadership.

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