(~s, ~ing, ~ed)
Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English.
1.
A ~ is a piece of furniture for one person to sit on. Chairs have a back and four legs.
He rose from his ~ and walked to the window.
N-COUNT
2.
At a university, a ~ is the post of professor.
He has been appointed to the ~ of sociology at Southampton University...
N-COUNT: usu sing, oft N of/in n
3.
The person who is the ~ of a committee or meeting is the person in charge of it.
She is the ~ of the Defense Advisory Committee on Women in the Military.
= ~person
N-COUNT: usu sing, oft N of n
4.
If you ~ a meeting or a committee, you are the person in charge of it.
He was about to ~ a meeting in Venice of EU foreign ministers...
VERB: V n
5.
The ~ is the same as the electric ~ . (AM)
N-SING: the N