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Chair

Meaning in office & administration, with examples

/tʃeə/verbCommon term

In office & administration, chair means: To lead a meeting by following the agenda, keeping discussion on track, giving people a turn to speak and making sure decisions are reached.

In Turkish: toplantıyı yönetmek, başkanlık etmek

How it is used

You chair a meeting or a committee. The person is the chair (also chairperson). In minutes: "The meeting was chaired by Ayşe Demir." When the chair is away, someone else chairs in their place.

Example sentences

  1. Who's chairing the meeting on Monday? I need to send them the agenda.

  2. The monthly staff meeting is chaired by the office manager.

Common collocations

  • chair a meeting
  • chaired by
  • the chair
  • chair a committee
  • agendaA list of the topics to be discussed at a meeting, in the order they will be discussed, usually sent to participants beforehand.
  • minutesThe official written record of a meeting, listing who attended, what was discussed, what was decided and which actions were agreed.
  • AOBShort for any other business: the last item on a meeting agenda, when people can raise topics that were not listed.
  • apologiesIn meetings, a formal message from someone who cannot attend; in minutes, the list of people who said in advance that they could not come.

This word in other fields

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