Pronunciation: châr
1.A movable single seat with a back.
The chair of a philosophical school.
- Whewell.
A chair of philology.
- M. Arnold.
3.The presiding officer of an assembly; a chairman; as, to address the chair.
Chair days
days of repose and age.
To put into the chair
to elect as president, or as chairman of a meeting.
To take the chair
to assume the position of president, or of chairman of a meeting.
- Macaulay
v. t.1.To place in a chair.
[imp. & p. p. Chaired ; p. pr. & vb. n. Chairing.]
2.To carry publicly in a chair in triumph.
3.To function as chairperson of (a meeting, committee, etc.); as, he chaired the meeting.
Noun1.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.chair - the position of professor; "he was awarded an endowed chair in economics"
Synonyms: professorship
3.chair - the officer who presides at the meetings of an organization; "address your remarks to the chairperson"
4.chair - an instrument of execution by electrocution; resembles a chair; "the murderer was sentenced to die in the chair"
Synonyms: chairman
2.chair - preside over; "John moderated the discussion"
Synonyms: moderate, lead
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