Definition
The act of presiding over or leading a meeting or organization from the position of chair.
Etymology
Present participle of 'chair,' which comes from Old French 'chaire' and Latin 'cathedra,' ultimately from Greek 'kathedra' meaning 'seat.' The '-ing' suffix creates the continuous or gerund form.
Kelly Says
Chairing a meeting is one of the few contexts where we still use 'chair' as a verb rather than a noun, showing how the same word can shift parts of speech depending on how we use it in a sentence.
Translations
AMአማርኛ
ፕሬዚዳንትነት
pre-zi-dan-net
CACatalà
presidir
pre-zi-dir
CSČeština
předsedat
pre-de-sat
DADansk
formandskab
for-mand-skab
DEDeutsch
vorsitzen
for-zai-tsen
ELΕλληνικά
προεδρεί
pro-e-dre-i
ESEspañol
presidir
pre-si-dir
FAفارسی
رئیسنشینی
raees-nesh-ini
FISuomi
puheenjohtajuus
poo-he-en-joh-ta-juus
FRFrançais
présider
pre-zi-der
HAHA
shugabanci
shu-ga-ban-ci
HEעברית
יושב ראש
yo-shev ra-sh
HIहिन्दी
अध्यक्षता करना
ad-hyaksh-ta-kar-na
HUMagyar
elnökség
el-nok-seg
IDBahasa Indonesia
menjabat ketua
men-ja-bat ke-tua
ITItaliano
preside
pre-zi-de
JA日本語
議長を務める
gi-cho-o-me-ru
KO한국어
위원장을 맡다
wi-won-jang-eul-mat-da
MRMR
अध्यक्षता
ad-hyaksh-ta
MSBahasa Melayu
mengketuai
men-get-uai
MYမြန်မာ
ဥက္ကဋ္ဌ တာဝန် ထမ်းဆောင်
u-kat-h ta-wan tham-sa-ung
NLNederlands
voorzitterschap
vor-zi-ter-skap
NONorsk
formannskap
for-man-skap
PAPA
ਸੁ-ਪ੍ਰਧਾਨ
su-pra-dhaan
PLPolski
przewodniczyć
prvo-d-ni-chi-chi
PTPortuguês
presidir
pre-zi-dir
RORomână
presiede
pre-shee-de
RUРусский
председать
pred-se-dat'
SVSvenska
ordföra
ord-for-a
SWKiswahili
kusima
koo-see-ma
TAதமிழ்
председательство
pre-zi-de-tel-stvo
TEతెలుగు
అధ్యక్షత
ad-hyaksh-ta
THไทย
เป็นประธาน
pen-pra-than
TLTL
pamahalaan
pa-ma-ha-la-an
TRTürkçe
başkanlık yapmak
bash-kan-lik-yap-mak
UKУкраїнська
головати
go-lova-tyi
URاردو
صدر کرنا
sadr-kar-na
VITiếng Việt
trụ chủ
tru-chu