chair

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA ^(key): /ʧɛə(r)/
• (US) IPA ^(key): /ʧɐr/

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Noun

Singular chair

Plural chairs

A chair

1. (countable) 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. (countable) The person who is in charge of a meeting is the chair of the meeting.
   • Synonyms: chairperson, chairman and chairwoman

   The chair opened the floor to questions.

3. (countable) A chair is a position of professor in a university.

   A chair of Mathematics has opened at London University.

Related words

• chairman
• chairwoman
• chairperson

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.