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Meaning ofchairin English

chair

Pluralchairs
Past Tensechaired
Participle Verbchairing
Third Person Singularchairs

Definitions

Noun
1. a single-person seating furniture; legs, back, and armrests
2. a person presiding over a meeting; chairman, chairwoman
3. a position of authority; judge, bishop, etc
  The chair of the committee made the final decision.
4. a seating position in an orchestra
  The violinist occupied the first chair in the orchestra.
5. a designated workstation; beauty salon, barbershop
  The stylist worked from her own chair at the beauty salon.
6. to preside over or act as leader
  She was asked to chair the meeting in the absence of the director.
7. a high-ranking university position; professorship
  The university offered him a chair in computer science.
Verb
1. a person presiding over a meeting
  She will chair the conference on environmental issues.
2. to carry someone on shoulders (in celebration)
  The crowd began to chair the winning team's captain on their shoulders.

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