Chair
31chair — In the sense of presiding over a meeting, chair is widely used as a verb: The delegate was asked to chair the first session. Some linguists feel that chair may be used only informally in this function. They argue that if one can chair a meeting,… …
32chair — n 1. seat, bench, stool, sofa; armchair, fau teuil, Morris chair, easy chair, wing chair, rocking chair, Inf. rocker, Eames chair, (in ancient Greece) klismos; chairbed, chaise longue; wheelchair. See also bench, stool, sofa, seat . 2. pew, box,… …
33Chair — Cette page d’homonymie répertorie les différents sujets et articles partageant un même nom. Sur les autres projets Wikimedia : « Chair », sur le Wiktionnaire (dictionnaire universel) Biologie La chair est le tissu biologique du… …
34chair — {{11}}chair (n.) early 13c., chaere, from O.Fr. chaiere chair (12c.; Mod.Fr. chaire pulpit, throne; the more modest sense having gone since 16c. with variant form chaise), from L. cathedra seat (see CATHEDRAL (Cf. cathedral)). Figurative sense of …
35chair — chairman, chairwoman, chairperson, chair The term chairman, which combines connotations of power with grammatical gender bias, has been a keyword in feminist sensitivities about language. Chairwoman dates from the 17c, but (as the OED notes) it… …
36chair — I. noun Etymology: Middle English chaiere, from Anglo French, from Latin cathedra, from Greek kathedra, from kata cata + hedra seat more at sit Date: 13th century 1. a. a seat typically having four legs and a back for one person b. electric chair …
37chair — [13] Chair comes ultimately from Greek kathédrā ‘seat’ (source also of cathedral, of course), which was a compound originally meaning literally ‘something for sitting down chalice 102 on’ – it was formed from katá ‘down’ and *hed ‘sit’. It… …
38chair — noun 1》 a separate seat for one person, typically with a back and four legs. 2》 the person in charge of a meeting or an organization (used as a neutral alternative to chairman or chairwoman). ↘the role of a chairperson. 3》 a professorship. 4》 …
39chair — 1. noun he sat down on a chair Syn: seat; armchair, easy chair, rocking chair; stool, bench 2. verb she chairs the economic committee Syn: preside over, take the chair of; lead, direct, run, manage, control …
40chair — [[t]tʃɛər[/t]] n. 1) fur a seat, esp. for one person having four legs for support, a rest for the back, and often rests for the arms 2) a seat of office or authority 3) a position of authority, as of a judge or professor 4) the person occupying a …
