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chair

English

  1. 🔊 a seat for one person, with a support for the back
    “he put his coat over the back of the chair and sat down”
  2. 🔊 a particular seat in an orchestra
    “he is second chair violin”
  3. 🔊 the position of professor
    “he was awarded an endowed chair in economics”
  4. 🔊 an instrument of execution by electrocution
    “the murderer was sentenced to die in the chair”
  5. 🔊 the officer who presides at the meetings of an organization
    “address your remarks to the chairperson”
  6. 🔊 act or preside as chair, as of an academic department in a university
    “She chaired the department for many years”
  7. 🔊 preside over
    “John moderated the discussion”

Spanish

  1. 🔊 cadera chair
  2. 🔊 silla chair

Similar words

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