chair
1. a seat for one person, with a support for the back (Freq. 35)
- he put his coat over the back of the chair and sat down
• Hypernyms:
seat
• Hyponyms:
armchair, barber chair, chair of state, chaise longue, chaise,
daybed, Eames chair, fighting chair, folding chair, highchair, feeding chair,
ladder-back, ladder-back chair, lawn chair, garden chair, rocking chair, rocker,
straight chair, side chair, swivel chair, tablet-armed chair, wheelchair
• Part Meronyms:
back, backrest, leg
2. the position of professor (Freq. 2)
- he was awarded an endowed chair in economics
• Syn:
professorship
• Derivationally related forms:
professor (for: professorship)
• Hypernyms:
position, post, berth, office, spot,
billet, place, situation
3. the officer who presides at the meetings of an organization
- address your remarks to the chairperson
• Syn:
president, chairman, chairwoman, chairperson
• Derivationally related forms:
chairmanship (for: chairman), chairman (for: chairman), presidentship (for: president), presidency (for: president), preside (for: president)
• Hypernyms:
presiding officer
• Hyponyms:
Kalon Tripa, vice chairman
4. an instrument of execution by electrocution;
resembles an ordinary seat for one person
- the murderer was sentenced to die in the chair
• Syn:
electric chair, death chair, hot seat
• Hypernyms:
instrument of execution
5. a particular seat in an orchestra
- he is second chair violin
• Hypernyms:
seat
1. act or preside as chair, as of an academic department in a university
- She chaired the department for many years
• Syn:
chairman
• Derivationally related forms:
chairman (for: chairman)
• Hypernyms:
head, lead
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
2. preside over
- John moderated the discussion
• Syn:
moderate, lead
• Derivationally related forms:
lead (for: lead), moderator (for: moderate)
• Hypernyms:
hash out, discuss, talk over
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s
- Somebody ----s something
- Sam and Sue chair
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