chair
noun
a seat, especially for one person, usually having four legs for support and a rest for the back and often having rests for the arms.
chaired
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past participleof chair.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof chair.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
chairnouna seat, especially for one person, usually having four legs for support and a rest for the back and often having rests for the arms.
Example Sentences
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At his request on Tuesday, Central Bank president Carlos Carvallo, who previously chaired Ueno, stepped down.
From Barron's ● Nov. 4, 2026
Lon Johnson grew up Downriver and chaired the Michigan Democratic Party until 2015.
From Slate ● Nov. 3, 2026
Colm Kelleher, the former Morgan Stanley president who has chaired UBS’s board since 2022, is increasingly in favor of exploring a deal, some of the people said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026
At Columbia University, he chaired the statistics department before spending five years as dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 30, 2026
Later that day—in a talk chaired by George Gey—Hayflick delivered a paper, on the “facts and theories” of spontaneous transformation of cells in culture.
From "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" by Rebecca Skloot
