chair
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- (countable) A chair is a piece of furniture for one person to sit on.
- Please, pull up a chair and sit down.
- There were six chairs around the table.
- (countable) The person who is in charge of a meeting is the chair of the meeting.
- Synonyms: chairperson, chairman and chairwoman
- The chair opened the floor to questions.
- (countable) A chair is a position of professor in a university.
- A chair of Mathematics has opened at London University.
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- If you chair a meeting, you are in charge of controlling it.
- The meeting was chaired by the head teacher.