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chair

[ chair ]
/ tʃɛər /
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noun
verb (used with object)
verb (used without object)
to preside over a meeting, committee, etc.
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Idioms about chair

    get the chair, to be sentenced to die in the electric chair.
    take the chair,
    1. to begin or open a meeting.
    2. to preside at a meeting; act as chairperson.

Origin of chair

First recorded in 1250–1300; Middle English chaiere, from Old French, from Latin cathedra; see cathedra

usage note for chair

5. Is it chair, chairman, chairwoman, or chairperson? See chairperson.

OTHER WORDS FROM chair

chair·less, adjectiveun·chair, verb (used with object)

WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH chair

chair , chairman, chairperson, chairwoman
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British Dictionary definitions for chair

chair
/ (tʃɛə) /

noun
verb (tr)

Word Origin for chair

C13: from Old French chaiere, from Latin cathedra, from Greek kathedra, from kata- down + hedra seat; compare cathedral
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Other Idioms and Phrases with chair

chair

see musical chairs.

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