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1[countable] a piece of furniture for one person to sit on, with a back, a seat, and four legs a table and chairs Sit on your chair! an old man asleep in a chair (= an armchair) dining/kitchen chairs see armchair, deck chair, easy chair, high chair, musical chairs, rocking chair, wheelchair
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- 2[countable] = chairman, chairperson
- 3[countable] the person in charge of a department in a university He is the chair of philosophy at Stanford.
- 4the chair [singular] (informal) = electric chair
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