{
    "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."
}