Chair meanings. All definitions of Chair

countable noun chair A chair is a piece of furniture for one person to sit on. Chairs have a back and four legs. 3

countable noun chair At a university, a chair is the post of professor. 3

countable noun chair The person who is the chair of a committee or meeting is the person in charge of it. 3

verb chair If you chair a meeting or a committee, you are the person in charge of it. 3

singular noun chair The chair is the same as the electric chair. 3

noun chair a seat with a back on which one person sits, typically having four legs and often having arms 3

noun chair an official position of authority 3

noun chair the person chairing a debate or meeting 3

noun chair a professorship 3

noun chair an iron or steel cradle bolted to a sleeper in which the rail sits and is locked in position 3

verb chair to preside over (a meeting) 3

verb chair to carry aloft in a sitting position after a triumph or great achievement 3

verb chair to provide with a chair of office 3

verb chair to install in a chair 3

noun chair a piece of furniture for one person to sit on, having a back and, usually, four legs 3

noun chair a seat of authority or dignity 3

noun chair the position of a player in an instrumental section of a symphony orchestra 3

noun chair an important or official position, as a professorship or chairmanship 3

noun chair a person who presides over a meeting; chairman 3

noun chair sedan chair 3

verb transitive chair to place in a chair; seat 3

verb transitive chair to place in authority 3

verb transitive chair to preside over as chairman 3

verb transitive chair to carry (a person) aloft in public triumph on, or as though on, a chair 3

noun chair A chair is a piece of furniture for one person to sit on, with a back and four legs. 3

noun chair a seat, especially for one person, usually having four legs for support and a rest for the back and often having rests for the arms. 1

noun chair something that serves as a chair or supports like a chair: The two men clasped hands to make a chair for their injured companion. 1

noun chair a seat of office or authority. 1

noun chair a position of authority, as of a judge, professor, etc. 1

noun chair the person occupying a seat of office, especially the chairperson of a meeting: The speaker addressed the chair. 1

noun chair See chairperson. 1

noun chair (in an orchestra) the position of a player, assigned by rank; desk: first clarinet chair. 1

noun chair the chair, Informal. electric chair. 1

abbreviation CHAIR chairlift. 1

noun chair sedan chair. 1

noun chair (in reinforced-concrete construction) a device for maintaining the position of reinforcing rods or strands during the pouring operation. 1

noun chair a glassmaker's bench having extended arms on which a blowpipe is rolled in shaping glass. 1

noun chair British Railroads. a metal block for supporting a rail and securing it to a crosstie or the like. 1

verb with object chair to place or seat in a chair. 1

verb with object chair to install in office. 1

verb with object chair to preside over; act as chairperson of: to chair a committee. 1

verb with object chair British. to carry (a hero or victor) aloft in triumph. 1

verb without object chair to preside over a meeting, committee, etc. 1

idioms chair get the chair, to be sentenced to die in the electric chair. 1

idioms chair take the chair, to begin or open a meeting. to preside at a meeting; act as chairperson. 1

noun chair Act as chairperson of or preside over (an organization, meeting, or public event). 1

noun chair seat 1

abbreviation CHAIR chairperson 1

noun chair seat of authority 1

noun chair professorship 1

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