chair
US /tʃɛr/
Definition
a seat for one person, with a support for the back
Tested in TOEIC business and workplace contexts.
Examples
Please bring an extra chair to the meeting room for our guest.
Synonyms
- seata space reserved for sitting (as in a theater or on a train or airplane)
- chairpersonthe officer who presides at the meetings of an organization
- leadera person who rules or guides or inspires others
Collocations
- Easy sit comfortably in armchair desk chairto sit comfortably in armchair desk chair, meaning to be seated
- Medium chair the weekly departmental sync meetingto chair the weekly departmental sync meeting, meaning to act or preside as chair, as of an academic department in a university
- Hard hold an endowed academic research chairto organize, conduct, or retain regarding an endowed academic research chair
- Very Hard occupy the chair of judicial inquiryto occupy the chair of judicial inquiry, meaning to keep busy with
Learner's English edition · Curated definitions for TOEIC learners.