How to spell chair

Chair is spelled C-H-A-I-R.

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What it means: A piece of furniture for sitting.

In a sentence: I sit on a chair to read my book.

Same family: chairperson, chairman, chairwoman, co-chair, chairing. If you can spell one, the shared part carries to the others.

Where it comes from: The verb "to chair" comes from the noun "chair," which originally meant a seat of authority. Over time, the word shifted so that the person leading a meeting or committee was metaphorically "in the chair," and eventually the role itself became the verb "to chair."

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