1 [C] a piece of furniture for one person to sit on, with a back, a seat and four legs:
a table and chairs * Sit on your chair! * an old man asleep in a chair (= an armchair) * dining / kitchen chairs
seealsoARMCHAIR, BATHCHAIR, DECKCHAIR, EASYCHAIR, HIGHCHAIR, MUSICALCHAIRS, ROCKINGCHAIR, WHEELCHAIR
2 (the chair) [sing.] the position of being in charge of a meeting or committee; the person who holds this position:
She takes the chair in all our meetings. * Who is in the chair today? * He was elected chair of the city council. * All remarks should be addressed to the chair.
3 [C] the position of being in charge of a department in a university:
He holds the chair of philosophy at Oxford.
4 (the chair) [sing.] (AmE, informal) = THEELECTRICCHAIR
verb [VN] to act as the CHAIRPERSON of a meeting, discussion, etc:
Who's chairing the meeting?
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Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
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Is chair a noun, verb, or something else?
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