chair Definition
chair (c̸her)
noun
- a piece of furniture for one person to sit on, having a back and, usually, four legs
- a seat of authority or dignity
- the position of a player in an instrumental section of a symphony orchestra
- an important or official position, as a professorship or chairmanship
- a person who presides over a meeting; chairman address your remarks to the chair
- sedan chair
- ☆ electric chair
Etymology: ME & OFr chaire < L cathedra: see cathedra
transitive verb
- to place in a chair; seat
- to place in authority
- to preside over as chairman
- Brit. to carry (a person) aloft in public triumph on, or as though on, a chair
chair Idioms
take the chair
to preside as chairman
chair Synonyms
chair
n.
A single seat
seat, stool, bench, armchair, place, room, space, throne, cathedra; see also bench 1, couch, furniture, seat 1.Types of chairs include: stool, taboret, throne, faldstool, footstool, rocker, recliner, ottoman, wing chair, armchair, easy chair, wheel chair, highchair, roundabout; curule, bath, occasional, dining-room, desk, office, kitchen, lounge, beach, deck, lawn, period, portable, sedan, reclining, rocking, captain's, swivel, folding, bentwood, cane-seated, split-bottom; Duncan Phyfe, Hepplewhite, Breuer, Cromwell, Windsor, Morris, Queen Anne, X-legged Barcelona, Eames, S-squared Tugend hat, S-curved Brno.
A position of authority
seat, chairmanship, directorship, headship, throne, bench, position, endowed chair, professorship, tutorage, instructorship, readership, professorate, fellowship, tutorship; see also authority 3.A person who presides
chairman, chairwoman, chairperson, president, director, head, presiding officer, presider, administrator, toastmaster, speaker, moderator, prolocutor, monitor, leader, principal, captain, master of ceremonies, MC, emcee*; see also administrator.A death sentence; usually used with the
execution, electric chair, electrocution, death chair, hot seat*, hot squat*, a burning*, Sing Sing siesta*; see also execution 2.
take the chair
chair Usage Examples
Converse of object
- recline: You will then be able to sit in a reclining chair in the sitting room.
- appoint: Nigel Burton, Chairman Nigel was appointed chair on 1 April 2004.
- elect: RESOLVED THAT Peter Wright be elected Chair of Holborn District Management Committee for the 2006 2007 municipal year.
- upholster: There were large, upholstered chairs on the stage, arranged in rows.
Adjective modifier
- comfy: Comfy Chair: Very important if you want to be comfortable all day.
- beach-themed: There's a breezy cabana, beach-themed butterfly chair and personal watercraft with a removable doll-sized life vest.
- deputy: Kearns did this in his then capacity as deputy chair of Social Services!
- comfortable: Keep the room warm and choose a comfortable bed to sleep in or a comfortable chair to sit in before you retire.
- folding: Steel folding picnic chairs cost £ 7. Standard delivery is £ 5, and items normally arrive within two working days.
- wooden: Am I really sitting in this little wooden chair?
Modifies a noun
lift: To the right a heap of bricks remained where once stood the chair lift station.
Noun used with modifier
- vise: Vise chair of House of Commons Human Rights Committee.
- wheel: Many elderly & disabled folk need to cross here, often in electric wheel chairs.
- wicker: She would sit in a wicker chair that had a shoulder high back and secured her in a bolt upright position.
- deck: The Palm lined Pedestrian Boulevard leads to the sizeable Swimming Pool and adjacent Terrace of deck chair and sun beds.
- leather: Randy's also foaming at the mouth over this leather chair for $ 40.
- butterfly: There's a breezy cabana, beach-themed butterfly chair and personal watercraft with a removable doll-sized life vest.
Possessives
dentist: Two good things happened within the dentist's chair.
Preposition: of
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