chair

Everyday

1. A chair is a seat for one person, with a back and usually four legs. tree →
2. The chair (chairperson) is the person who runs a meeting. tree →
3. To chair a meeting is to lead it. tree →

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 →
• Each table has 4 chairs. tree →
• 30 people and 25 chairs: how many must stand? tree →
• A chair costs 20 dollars. tree →
• Push your chair in when you leave. tree →
• We played musical chairs at the party. tree →
• Grandpa sat in his armchair. tree →
• She uses a wheelchair to get around. tree →
• The baby ate in her high chair. tree →
• Don't lean back on your chair. tree →
• ‘Who’s been sitting on my little chair?’ tree →

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 →
• 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 →

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.