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chair

US /tʃɛr/

noun Core · B1 Văn phòng

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 chair
    to sit comfortably in armchair desk chair, meaning to be seated
  • Medium chair the weekly departmental sync meeting
    to 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 chair
    to organize, conduct, or retain regarding an endowed academic research chair
  • Very Hard occupy the chair of judicial inquiry
    to occupy the chair of judicial inquiry, meaning to keep busy with

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