Chair
noun
A piece of furniture with a raised surface to sit on. It usually has a back and often has four legs.
Please take a chair and sit down.
Often appears as...
- sit down on a chair
- stand up from a chair
noun
The role or position of the person in charge of a meeting or organization.
He was elected chair of the committee.
Often appears as...
- chair a meeting
- chair of a committee
verb
To be the person in charge of a meeting or organization.
She was asked to chair the next meeting.
Often appears as...
- chair a meeting
- chair a discussion
noun
A professorship at a university.
She holds the chair of Physics at the university.
Often appears as...
- hold a chair
- be appointed to a chair
noun
A piece of furniture with a raised surface to sit on. It usually has a back and often has four legs.
Please take a chair and sit down.
Often appears as...
- sit down on a chair
- stand up from a chair
noun
The role or position of the person in charge of a meeting or organization.
He was elected chair of the committee.
Often appears as...
- chair a meeting
- chair of a committee
verb
To be the person in charge of a meeting or organization.
She was asked to chair the next meeting.
Often appears as...
- chair a meeting
- chair a discussion
noun
A professorship at a university.
She holds the chair of Physics at the university.
Often appears as...
- hold a chair
- be appointed to a chair
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Pro Tip 1/3Variety of Styles
Chairs vary in design. Some are plain, others decorative. Know the context when describing a chair.
The ornate chair with velvet cushions stood out.
Pro Tip 2/3Physical Positions
Chairs are associated with many body movements, useful in describing activities.
She leaned back in the chair stretching her arms.
Pro Tip 3/3Cultural Symbol
In some cultures, the chair implies comfort or status, used metaphorically.
He finally earned a seat at the table, not just any chair.
Pro Tip 1/3Variety of Styles
Chairs vary in design. Some are plain, others decorative. Know the context when describing a chair.
The ornate chair with velvet cushions stood out.
Pro Tip 2/3Physical Positions
Chairs are associated with many body movements, useful in describing activities.
She leaned back in the chair stretching her arms.
Pro Tip 3/3Cultural Symbol
In some cultures, the chair implies comfort or status, used metaphorically.
He finally earned a seat at the table, not just any chair.
Pro Tip 1/3Variety of Styles
Chairs vary in design. Some are plain, others decorative. Know the context when describing a chair.
The ornate chair with velvet cushions stood out.
Pro Tip 2/3Physical Positions
Chairs are associated with many body movements, useful in describing activities.
She leaned back in the chair stretching her arms.
Pro Tip 3/3Cultural Symbol
In some cultures, the chair implies comfort or status, used metaphorically.
He finally earned a seat at the table, not just any chair.
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The design genius of...
he was doing this film. So my point is that this scope of vision, this holistic vision of design, was with them from the beginning. It wasn't like "Oh, we made some chairs and got successful. Now we're going to do some movies." It was always part of how they looked at the world. And that's what's really powerful. And I think that all of us in this room, as you move design forward,
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Your body language may...
They raise their hands like this. You have other people who are virtually collapsing when they come in. As soon they come in, you see it. You see it on their faces and their bodies, and they sit in their chair and they make themselves tiny, and they go like this when they raise their hand. I notice a couple of things about this. One, you're not going to be surprised.
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Computing with fluids PIPE...
musical chair game you switch to the next closest chair you find and you move to the next chair and you move to the next chair and so forth now you can make it a little bit more interesting what if I turn and arrange the chairs around to turn an infinite loop and you'll actually be stuck in this loop forever
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Scared Willie PIPE Dog...
fear base versus aggressive behavior that as Cesar was working with him in his worst behavior under the chair Cesar said this dog isn't aggressive he's afraid and I don't know what it came from it you know he's he's really afraid of firecrackers and thunder and it could have been something like back to that
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The power of introverts...
and partly because it was filled with books. I mean literally every table, every chair in this apartment had yielded its original function to now serve as a surface for swaying stacks of books. Just like the rest of my family, my grandfather's favorite thing to do in the whole world was to read.
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Your brain hallucinates...
There's one last thing I want to draw your attention to, which is that experiences of the body from the inside are very different from experiences of the world around us. When I look around me, the world seems full of objects -- tables, chairs, rubber hands, people, you lot --
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Why do cats act so...
Sharpening their claws on nearby surfaces kept them conditioned and ready, helped stretch their back and leg muscles, and relieve some stress, too. So, it's not that Grizmo hates your couch, chair, ottoman, pillows, curtains, and everything else you put in her environment.
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Water Discovered In...
close flyby because if we hadn't seen anything, no one would ever have believed anything I said again. So, but what we found was spectacular. This image made me nearly fall off my chair, because here we see dozens of jets, big and small, coming off the south polar region.
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Niels Diffrient:...
But the compromise, I felt, was in my favor because most people don't adjust their chairs. They will sit in them forever. I had somebody on the bus out to the racetrack tell me about his sister calling him.
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What I learned from...
into your chair and plunk yourself down on your back. And the hatch is closed, and suddenly, what has been a lifetime of both dreams and denial is becoming real,
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The design genius of...
he was doing this film. So my point is that this scope of vision, this holistic vision of design, was with them from the beginning. It wasn't like "Oh, we made some chairs and got successful. Now we're going to do some movies." It was always part of how they looked at the world. And that's what's really powerful. And I think that all of us in this room, as you move design forward,
Video examples
Your body language may...
They raise their hands like this. You have other people who are virtually collapsing when they come in. As soon they come in, you see it. You see it on their faces and their bodies, and they sit in their chair and they make themselves tiny, and they go like this when they raise their hand. I notice a couple of things about this. One, you're not going to be surprised.
Video examples
Computing with fluids PIPE...
musical chair game you switch to the next closest chair you find and you move to the next chair and you move to the next chair and so forth now you can make it a little bit more interesting what if I turn and arrange the chairs around to turn an infinite loop and you'll actually be stuck in this loop forever
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Scared Willie PIPE Dog...
fear base versus aggressive behavior that as Cesar was working with him in his worst behavior under the chair Cesar said this dog isn't aggressive he's afraid and I don't know what it came from it you know he's he's really afraid of firecrackers and thunder and it could have been something like back to that
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The power of introverts...
and partly because it was filled with books. I mean literally every table, every chair in this apartment had yielded its original function to now serve as a surface for swaying stacks of books. Just like the rest of my family, my grandfather's favorite thing to do in the whole world was to read.
Video examples
Your brain hallucinates...
There's one last thing I want to draw your attention to, which is that experiences of the body from the inside are very different from experiences of the world around us. When I look around me, the world seems full of objects -- tables, chairs, rubber hands, people, you lot --
Video examples
Why do cats act so...
Sharpening their claws on nearby surfaces kept them conditioned and ready, helped stretch their back and leg muscles, and relieve some stress, too. So, it's not that Grizmo hates your couch, chair, ottoman, pillows, curtains, and everything else you put in her environment.
Video examples
Water Discovered In...
close flyby because if we hadn't seen anything, no one would ever have believed anything I said again. So, but what we found was spectacular. This image made me nearly fall off my chair, because here we see dozens of jets, big and small, coming off the south polar region.
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Niels Diffrient:...
But the compromise, I felt, was in my favor because most people don't adjust their chairs. They will sit in them forever. I had somebody on the bus out to the racetrack tell me about his sister calling him.
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What I learned from...
into your chair and plunk yourself down on your back. And the hatch is closed, and suddenly, what has been a lifetime of both dreams and denial is becoming real,
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Barry Manilow
American Musician
To write a love song that might be able to make it on the radio, that is something that is terrifying to me. But I can definitely write a song about that chair over there. That I can do, but to sit and write a pop song out of the clear blue sky, that is very difficult and I admire the people that can do it.
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Scarlett Bordeaux
American Wrestler
I wasn't allowed to watch it as a little kid but I went with some friends who were some big independent wrestling fans and I saw it, I fell in love with it. Very quickly, I asked if I could help set up the ring, set up chairs, just be around it.
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Taya Kyle
American Author
With a warm drink, in a rocking chair and family and friends around, I am working on finding peace and joy in the moments we have been given. It doesn't have to all make sense. I don't have all the answers.
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John M. Grunsfeld
American Astronaut
A lot of people get home from work and sink into a good chair, the place in their life where they feel most comfortable. I get that comfort in space, the place where I most feel like I belong.
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Big Show
American Wrestler
No man can knock me out. I've been hitting my head with steel chairs in the WWE. I've never been knocked out in my life. And nobody can knock me out.
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Mercedes McCambridge
American Actress
I have reached a state in life where I can buy a whole house full of chairs and can bump into them until they are black and blue.
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Victoria Arlen
American Journalist
When my doctors said I would never walk, I didn't believe them. I knew I wasn't meant to spend my life in a chair.
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Alberto Giacometti
Swiss Sculptor
Only reality interests me now and I know I could spend the rest of my life in copying a chair.
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Rachel Shelley
English Actress
Opening doors for us, helping us with our jackets and chairs - we love all that.
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Steve Ballmer
American Businessman
I have never, honestly, thrown a chair in my life.
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Barry Manilow
American Musician
To write a love song that might be able to make it on the radio, that is something that is terrifying to me. But I can definitely write a song about that chair over there. That I can do, but to sit and write a pop song out of the clear blue sky, that is very difficult and I admire the people that can do it.
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Scarlett Bordeaux
American Wrestler
I wasn't allowed to watch it as a little kid but I went with some friends who were some big independent wrestling fans and I saw it, I fell in love with it. Very quickly, I asked if I could help set up the ring, set up chairs, just be around it.
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Taya Kyle
American Author
With a warm drink, in a rocking chair and family and friends around, I am working on finding peace and joy in the moments we have been given. It doesn't have to all make sense. I don't have all the answers.
Quote examples
John M. Grunsfeld
American Astronaut
A lot of people get home from work and sink into a good chair, the place in their life where they feel most comfortable. I get that comfort in space, the place where I most feel like I belong.
Quote examples
Big Show
American Wrestler
No man can knock me out. I've been hitting my head with steel chairs in the WWE. I've never been knocked out in my life. And nobody can knock me out.
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Mercedes McCambridge
American Actress
I have reached a state in life where I can buy a whole house full of chairs and can bump into them until they are black and blue.
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Victoria Arlen
American Journalist
When my doctors said I would never walk, I didn't believe them. I knew I wasn't meant to spend my life in a chair.
Quote examples
Alberto Giacometti
Swiss Sculptor
Only reality interests me now and I know I could spend the rest of my life in copying a chair.
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Rachel Shelley
English Actress
Opening doors for us, helping us with our jackets and chairs - we love all that.
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Steve Ballmer
American Businessman
I have never, honestly, thrown a chair in my life.
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