- chair
- the role of chairperson presiding over a meeting
Examples to be in the chair • She is Chair of the Finance Committee. • This can be done by Chair’s action and confirmed later.Usage Mr Jones took the chair- Mr Jones presided over the meeting
Usage to address the chair- in a meeting, to speak to the chairman and not directly to the rest of the people at the meeting
Usage to ask a question through the chair- to ask someone a question directly, by speaking to him or her through the chairman
Example May I ask the councillor through the chair why he did not declare his interest in the matter?- to preside over a meeting
Example The meeting was chaired by Mrs Smith.
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