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# chair

noun (chair, chairs); verb (chair, chairs, chaired, chairing)

«chair» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A chair is a seat for one person, with a back and usually four legs. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chair/#m1)
2. The chair (chairperson) is the person who runs a meeting. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chair/#m2)
3. To chair a meeting is to lead it. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chair/#m3)

### In the lessons

things counted, often in rows; seats for people; in everyday life, tidying chairs, musical chairs; phrases «armchair», «wheelchair», «high chair», «musical chairs», «take a chair»

### Examples

- There are 6 rows of 8 chairs. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chair/#x1)
- Each table has 4 chairs. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chair/#x2)
- 30 people and 25 chairs: how many must stand? [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chair/#x3)
- A chair costs 20 dollars. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chair/#x4)
- Push your chair in when you leave. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chair/#x5)
- We played musical chairs at the party. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chair/#x6)
- Grandpa sat in his armchair. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chair/#x7)
- She uses a wheelchair to get around. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chair/#x8)
- The baby ate in her high chair. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chair/#x9)
- Don't lean back on your chair. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chair/#x10)
- ‘Who’s been sitting on my little chair?’ [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chair/#x11)

### Note

Rows × chairs per row gives the total. Trap: people more than chairs means some stand; chairs more than people means empty seats. In musical chairs there is always one chair fewer than players.

## In Jewish tradition

things counted, often in rows; seats for people; in everyday life, tidying chairs, musical chairs; phrases «armchair», «wheelchair», «high chair», «musical chairs», «take a chair»

### Examples

- Lecture before the Hermetic Society of London in the summer of 1886, Dr. Anna Kingsford, President, in the chair. (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/chair/#x1)
- The substance of this little volume was read as a \[p. 13\] Lecture before the Hermetic Society of London in the summer of 1886, Dr. Anna Kingsford, President, in the chair. (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/chair/#x2)

### Note

Rows × chairs per row gives the total. Trap: people more than chairs means some stand; chairs more than people means empty seats. In musical chairs there is always one chair fewer than players.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «chair» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chair/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«chair» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/chair.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «chair» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/chair/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«chair» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/chair.html) on Mova free.