chair
A1Frequent NGSL-2UK /tʃeə(r)/US /tʃer/
Meaning
noun
a piece of furniture for one person to sit on, with a back, a seat and four legs
“a table and chairs”
verb
to act as the chairman or chairwoman of a meeting, discussion, etc.
“to chair a committee”
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“guest visiting uh called Joe Sai chair”
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“So, this oak-paneled room, and she was there with her mother, and she was led and sat on this chair at the end, and she sat on her hands for 20 minutes,”
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“President Healey, Chair Capozzi, Provost Rice, Dean Rollag, members of the governing boards, parents, spouses, friends, and babies, and my fellow graduates, it is my extreme honor to speak to you today”
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