chair
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(verb) act or preside as chair, as of an academic department in a university; "She chaired the department for many years" |
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Synonyms: chairman |
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Related Words: head, lead |
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(noun) a seat for one person, with a support for the back |
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Related Words: armchair, barber chair, chaise, chaise longue, daybed, feeding chair, folding chair, garden chair, highchair, ladder-back, ladder-back chair, lawn chair, rocker, rocking chair, seat, side chair, straight chair, swivel chair, tablet-armed chair, throne, wheelchair |
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(noun) the position of professor |
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Synonyms: professorship |
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Related Words: berth, office, place, position, post, situation, slot, spot |
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(verb) preside over; "John moderated the discussion" |
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Synonyms: lead, moderate |
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Related Words: discuss, talk over |
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(verb) of meetings |
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Synonyms: preside |
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(noun) an instrument of death by electrocution that resembles a chair |
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Synonyms: death chair, electric chair, hot seat |
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Related Words: instrument of execution |
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(noun) the officer who presides at the meetings of an organization |
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Synonyms: chairman, chairperson, chairwoman, president |
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Related Words: presiding officer, vice chairman |
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