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chair
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[ noun ] a seat for one person, with a support for the back
Examples "he put his coat over the back of the chair and sat down" Used in print (Bonnie Prudden, "The Dancer and the Gymnast"...)It should be installed over a door that is in_full_view of everyone , and a chair should be placed under it , a_little to one side . Those who are too weak , should climb_on the chair and , starting at the top of the chin , let themselves slowly down . (Edwin L. Bigelow and Nancy H. Otis,...)At about the time the Marsden enterprise was getting under_way , the Vail_Light_and_Lumber_Company started construction of a chair stock factory on the site of the present Bennington_Co-operative_Creamery , intending to use its surplus power for generating electricity . (Christopher Davis, First Family....)Scotty 's father sat sprawled in his chair , angular , alert as a cricket , looking about at the huge stainless-steel appointments of the room with an expression of proprietorship . He was able , now , to sit for hours in a chair in the living_room and stare out at the bleak yard without moving . |
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[ noun ] (work) the position of professor
Synonyms Examples "he was awarded an endowed chair in economics" Used in print (Bern Dibner, "Oerstad and the Discovery of Electro...)In 1803 Oersted returned to Copenhagen and applied for the university 's chair in physics but was rejected because he was probably considered more a philosopher than a physicist . He was , however , fortunate in his contact with Prof._J._G._L._Manthey ( 1769 - 1842 ) , teacher of chemistry , who , in_addition to his academic chair , was also proprietor of the `` Lion_Pharmacy '' in Copenhagen where Oersted assisted him . Related terms |
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[ noun ] the officer who presides at the meetings of an organization
Synonyms Examples "address your remarks to the chairperson" Related terms |
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[ verb ] act as president
Synonyms Examples "preside over companies and corporations" |
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[ noun ] an instrument of execution by electrocution; resembles a chair
Synonyms Examples "the murderer was sentenced to die in the chair" Related terms |
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