chair, English [t?e?(r)], American [t?er]
n. chair; chairman (of a meeting)
vt. to preside; to be the... chairing
Past tense: ?chaired?Past participle: ?chaired?Present participle: ?chairing?Third-person singular: ?chairs
Chair basically means "chair", referring to a single chair with a backrest, and sometimes armrests. By extension, it can refer to a conference chair, a university professorship, "sitting in a chair". In universities, chair is also used to set up, keep, get, or dismiss a chair.
Chair is used in conjunction with the and the initial letter is usually capitalized when it is used as the "chair of a meeting, a university professor," and so on. When used as a subject, the predicate verb is often singular.
Example sentence: Her hands rested on the arms of her chair.
Expanded:
English words of similar kind: table, English ['te?bl]. , US ['te?bl]
n. table; platform; dining table; table of people; table; table of contents; ranking list (of a competition)
vt. to set aside; to place ... put on the table; submit for discussion; include in a table
adj. of table
past tense:?tabled?past participle:?tabled?present participle:?tabling?third-person singular:?tables
Example sentence: He moved the table over to the center of the room.
He moved the table over to the center of the room.