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{ "term": "chair", "partOfSpeech": "noun", "ox3000": true, "cefr": "a1", "image": "data/images/ch/chairs.png", "definitions": [ { "senseNumber": 1, "definition": "a piece of furniture for one person to sit on, with a back, a seat and four legs", "sensetop": "on a chairin a chair", "cefr": "a1", "ox3000": true, "examples": [ { "text": "a **table and chairs**" }, { "text": "**Sit on** your **chair**!", "contextForm": "on a chair" }, { "text": "an old man asleep in a chair *(= an )", "contextForm": "in a chair" }, { "text": "She was **sitting in** her favourite **chair**." }, { "text": "He sighed and **leaned back in his chair**." }, { "text": "‘Sit down,’ she said, pointing to the empty chair next to her." }, { "text": "a comfortable chair" }, { "text": "a wooden/leather/plastic chair" }, { "text": "a folding/reclining/swivel chair" }, { "text": "an office/a desk chair" }, { "text": "‘Please, be my guest.’ He gestured towards an empty chair." }, { "text": "A cat was asleep on the chair." }, { "text": "His tall figure was slumped in his chair." }, { "text": "Rising slowly from his chair he went to a bookcase." }, { "text": "A chair stood facing the window." }, { "text": "Come in and take a chair (= sit down)." }, { "text": "She gave me her chair." }, { "text": "She got up from her chair to address the meeting." }, { "text": "He lay back in the reclining chair and went to sleep." }, { "text": "I gestured to an empty chair." }, { "text": "He pulled out a chair for me." }, { "text": "She pushed back her chair and got to her feet." }, { "text": "He put his feet up on the desk and lay back in his chair." }, { "text": "She sank into her chair and opened the letter." }, { "text": "He sat nervously on the edge of his chair." }, { "text": "She was shifting about uneasily in her chair." }, { "text": "Lisa heard a chair scraping the floor." }, { "text": "a set of antique dining chairs" }, { "text": "a dining table and four matching chairs" }, { "text": "They straightened in their chairs when the manager burst in." }, { "text": "The chair creaked every time I moved." }, { "text": "She tipped her chair back and fixed her gaze full upon him." }, { "text": "I swivelled round in my chair and picked up my phone." }, { "text": "She leaned back in her chair and yawned." }, { "text": "He gripped the arm of his chair as she spoke." }, { "text": "I dropped my bags and flopped down into the nearest chair." }, { "text": "She returned to the swivel chair (= one on which the seat turns around without moving the base) behind her desk." }, { "text": "He always swivels around in his chair." }, { "text": "dining/kitchen chairs" } ], "topics": ["Houses and homes"], "collocations": { "adjective": ["comfortable", "comfy", "cushioned"], "… of chairs": ["row", "set"], "verb + chair": ["draw up", "pull up", "pull out"], "chair + verb": ["be placed", "stand", "swivel"], "chair + noun": ["arm", "back", "leg"], "preposition": ["into a/the chair", "in a/the chair", "on a/the chair"], "phrases": [ "the arm of a chair", "the back of a chair", "the edge of a chair" ] } }, { "senseNumber": 2, "definition": "the position of being in charge of a meeting or committee; the person who holds this position", "sensetop": "in the chairchair of something", "cefr": "b2", "ox3000": true, "examples": [ { "text": "Who is in the chair today?", "contextForm": "in the chair" }, { "text": "All remarks should be addressed to the chair." }, { "text": "She takes the chair in all our meetings." }, { "text": "the **chair of the committee**", "contextForm": "chair of something" }, { "text": "He was elected chair of the city council." }, { "text": "The chairs of all the subcommittees will meet on Friday." }, { "text": "Anne took the chair in Carol's absence." }, { "text": "Paul Ryan was in the chair at today's meeting." }, { "text": "Please address your questions to the chair." } ], "topics": ["Working life"], "collocations": { "adjective": ["acting", "deputy", "honorary"], "verb + chair": ["occupy", "take", "address (something to)"], "preposition": ["in the chair"] } }, { "senseNumber": 3, "definition": "the position of being in charge of a department in a university; a special position as a university professor", "cefr": "c1", "examples": [ { "text": "He holds the chair of philosophy at Oxford." }, { "text": "the department chair" }, { "text": "She was awarded a **personal chair** in black history at Bath Spa University *(= she was made a professor without being head of a department)*." }, { "text": "She held the Chair of Psychology at Yale." }, { "text": "He held the Chair of Botany at Cambridge University for thirty years." }, { "text": "A private benefactor endowed the new Chair of Japanese Literature." } ], "topics": ["Education"], "collocations": { "adjective": ["professorial"], "verb + chair": ["hold", "occupy", "appoint somebody to"] } }, { "senseNumber": 4, "definition": "(especially in the US) a chair in which criminals are killed by having a powerful electric current passed through their bodies; the method of execution that uses this chair", "labels": "(US English, informal)British and North American English", "examples": [] } ], "pronunciations": { "uk": [ { "pronunciation": "/tʃeə(r)/", "audio": "ch/chair/chair__gb_3.mp3" } ], "us": [ { "pronunciation": "/tʃer/", "audio": "ch/chair/chair__us_1.mp3" } ] }, "wordOrigin": "Middle English: from Old French chaiere (modern chaire ‘bishop's throne, etc.’, chaise ‘chair’), from Latin cathedra ‘seat’, from Greek kathedra. Compare with cathedral." }