chair

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Contents 1 Pronunciation 2 Noun 2.1 See also 3 Verb

[change] Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ʧɛə(r)/
• (US) IPA: /ʧɐɹ/
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[change] Noun

Singular chair

Plural chairs

1. A chair is a piece of furniture for one person to sit on.

   Please, pull up a chair and sit down.

   There were six chairs around the table.

2. The person who is in charge of a meeting is the chair of the meeting.

   The chair opened the floor to questions.

3. A chair is a position of professor in a university.

   A chair of Mathematics has opened at London University.

[change] See also

• chairman, chairwoman, chairperson

[change] Verb

Plain form chair

Third-person singular chairs

Past tense chaired

Past participle chaired

Present participle chairing

1. If you chair a meeting, you are in charge of controlling it.

   The meeting was chaired by the head teacher.