(n.) An official seat, as of a chief magistrate or a judge, but esp. that of a professor; hence, the office itself.
(n.) The presiding officer of an assembly; a chairman; as, to address the chair.
(n.) A vehicle for one person; either a sedan borne upon poles, or two-wheeled carriage, drawn by one horse; a gig.
(n.) An iron block used on railways to support the rails and secure them to the sleepers.
(v. t.) To place in a chair.
(v. t.) To carry publicly in a chair in triumph.
Example Sentences:
(1) The key warning from the Fed chair A summary of Bernanke's hearing Earlier... MPs in London quizzed the Bank of England on Libor.
(2) Herman Van Rompuy, the European Council president chairing the summit, hoped to finesse an overall agreement on the banking supervisor.
(3) The Future Forum is a group of 57 health sector specialists chaired by the Professor Steve Field, the former chair of the Royal College of General Practitioners.
(4) The committee is chaired by John Thompson, the board's lead independent director, and includes Microsoft founder and chairman, Bill Gates, as well as other board members Chuck Noski and Steve Luczo.
(5) Animals were chronically implanted with epidural or deep recording electrodes and a cannula in one lateral ventricle, and tested whilst seated in a primate chair.
(6) Prof Bryan Williams, chair of the working party that developed the chart, said: "Many changes in healthcare are incremental but this new National Early Warning Score (News) has the potential to transform patient safety in our hospitals and improve patient outcomes.
(7) Terry Waite Chair, Benedict Birnberg Deputy chair, Antonio Ferrara CEO The Prisons Video Trust • If I want to build a bridge, I call in a firm of civil engineers who specialise in bridge-building.
(8) Enright said: “We call on the home secretary and chair of IICSA [the independent inquiry into child sexual abuse] to engage actively and urgently to find a way forward that secures the confidence of survivors and provides the inquiry’s legal team with the resources and support they need to deliver justice and truth that survivors deserve.” Stein said his clients were “deeply disatisfied” with aspects of how the inquiry had been conducted but called for Emmerson to stay, adding: “I urge the home secretary to seek to find a way in which his valuable contribution can be maintained”.
(9) They’re putting on a heavy sales job as one would expect,” Texas representative Mac Thornberry, the Republican who chairs the House armed services committee, told reporters upon leaving one of the briefings.
(10) They include Andrew Bennett, who chairs the Commons local government and regions committee, which monitors Mr Prescott's department.
(11) This will not be helped by the fact that the AU still accommodates the likes of Equatorial Guinea's Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasago, who was until January its chair despite having been accused of serious human rights abuses.
(12) Just by adding a sofa, table and chairs and some plants, we have turned this house into a home, and solved the housing crisis for one of the 6,500 rough sleepers or thousands of other homeless people in London.
(13) We are effectively in funding limbo Professor Barney Glover, Universities Australia chair Glover was also set to emphasise the need for affordability because “cost must not deter any capable student from pursuing a university education”.
(14) This has "nothing to do with any of our businesses," Koch spokespeople were quoted as telling the congressman's staff members in a May 20 letter that Waxman sent to Reps. Fred Upton (R-Mich.), the Energy and Commerce Committee chair, and Ed Whitfield (R-Ky.), who chairs the Energy and Power Subcommittee.
(15) Nick Clegg, who chairs the cabinet's home affairs committee, is said to have backed May's proposed package.
(16) Alternatively, they were provided with a small foveal target, either fixed with respect to earth (earth-fixed target: EFT condition), or moving with them (chair-fixed-target: CFT condition).
(17) "When people don't feel they have a reason to stay out of trouble, the consequences for communities can be devastating – as we saw last August," said Darra Singh, chair of the panel.
(18) Herman Van Rompuy , who would chair meetings to discuss if an independent Scotland could join the EU, believes the move for separatism is a thing of the past, it has emerged.
(19) When last week’s scandal broke, Tesco chair Sir Richard Broadbent airily opined: “Things are always unnoticed until they are noticed.” He forgot to mention that that goes double if people are paid to turn a blind eye.
(20) It’s a huge crisis,” added Allan, who is a director of Premier Oil in addition to chairing Brindex.
Sedan
Definition:
(n.) A portable chair or covered vehicle for carrying a single person, -- usually borne on poles by two men. Called also sedan chair.
Example Sentences:
(1) Car sales are expected to drop across the industry this year: Fiat Chrysler has canceled all of its compact and midsize sedans and American automakers are bracing for a leaner 2017 after setting records in 2016.
(2) I'd rather have a sedan chair carried by four greased Egyptians.
(3) Having changed out of the white tracksuit he was wearing when he left Scotland into a dark suit and burgundy tie, Megrahi left the plane with the Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi's son Saif, who raised his hand to the crowd before they sped off in a convoy of white sedans.
(4) Photograph: wepods Several trials of autonomous vehicles are under way in the automotive and technology industries, from Tesla’s Model S sedan, which can change lanes with minimal driver input , to plans by Google and Daimler to introduce driverless vehicles.
(5) Aston Martin is planning to raise up to £150m from investors to move into new models such as crossover SUVs, luxury sedans and electric cars.
(6) The Palo Alto, California-based company currently makes one vehicle – the $70,000 Model S sedan – and is developing two others.
(7) Herbert Diess, chairman of the VW brand’s management board, and Heinz-Jakob Neusser, VW’s board member in charge of technical development, had planned to attend the event to introduce the latest version of the Passat mid-size sedan.
(8) Crossover SUVs – a cross between a family car and a sports car – sedans and hybrid models all feature in its plans.
(9) The driver of the sedan called 911 and California highway patrol officers responded.
(10) Oliver also suggests that Sedan have been led out at two recent Coupe de France finals by boars, while "FC Cologne has always employed a (real) goat as a mascot, I kid you not," chuckles Robert Sleigh.
(11) However, the gates were knocked down during the fighting for the capital and touring it in family sedans has now become the city's best day out.
(12) The electric tech mogul held a press conference on Friday to tell reporters how fast his old car goes with its new upgrade: zero to 60 miles per hour in 2.8 seconds, which would put the four-door sedan in a league with high-end sports cars like the most recent Lamborghini Murciélago.
(13) People with Model S sedans that were made earlier do not have the required sensors and would not be able to add them retroactively.
(14) The Model X was originally unveiled in 2012 alongside the first deliveries of the Model S sedan and was expected to go into production in 2013.
(15) UberX is a ride-sharing system, UberBlack provides sedans and UberLux is the company’s high-end offering.
(16) When BYD Auto launches one of China's first mass produced fully electric sedans later this year, it will be trying to conquer the world rather than save it.
(17) After I rebuked him for his impertinence in waiting in the wrong place, thereby delaying me for at least 12 seconds, he lead me out to his highly polished black Cadillac sedan.
(18) Ships teeming with rear spoilers for family sedans being turned away from the nation’s harbors.
(19) A couple emerge from a silver Sedan into an empty parking lot in north-eastern Dallas, Texas .
(20) Tesla Motors, which is headquartered in Palo Alto, makes its all-electric Model S sedan at the Fremont factory.