Слово англійською: chair

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Переклад chair українською: стіле́ць, крі́сло, крі́сельний підйо́мник, крі́сло-го́йдалка

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chair

noun
/tʃer/
  1. [countable] a piece of furniture for one person to sit on, with a back, a seat and four legs
    • a table and chairs
    • on a chair Sit on your chair!
    • in a chair an old man asleep in a chair (= an armchair)
    • She was sitting in her favourite chair.
    • He sighed and leaned back in his chair.
    • ‘Sit down,’ she said, pointing to the empty chair next to her.
    • a comfortable chair
    • a wooden/leather/plastic chair
    • a folding/reclining/swivel chair
    • an office/a desk chair
    see also armchair, bath chair, deckchair, director’s chair, easy chair, electric chair, high chair, lawn chair, lounge chair, musical chairs, rocking chair, sedan chair, wheelchair, wing chair
  2. the chair
    [countable, usually singular] the position of being in charge of a meeting or committee; the person who holds this position
    • in the chair Who is in the chair today?
    • All remarks should be addressed to the chair.
    • She takes the chair in all our meetings.
    • chair of something the chair of the committee
    • He was elected chair of the city council.
    • The chairs of all the subcommittees will meet on Friday.
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    • AGM
    • the chair
    • club
    • hobby
    • member
    • newsletter
    • secretary
    • society
    • subscription
    • treasurer
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    • agenda
    • AGM
    • apology
    • brainstorming
    • breakout
    • the chair
    • committee
    • convene
    • meeting
    • the minutes
  3. [countable] the position of being in charge of a department in a university; a special position as a university professor
    • He holds the chair of philosophy at Oxford.
    • the department chair
    • She was awarded a personal chair in black history at Bath Spa University (= she was made a professor without being head of a department).
  4. the chair
     (US English, informal)
    (also electric chair British and North American English)
    [singular] (especially in the US) a chair in which criminals are killed by having a powerful electric current passed through their bodies; the method of execution that uses this chair
    5. Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French chaiere (modern chaire ‘bishop's throne, etc.’, chaise ‘chair’), from Latin cathedra ‘seat’, from Greek kathedra. Compare with cathedral.
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