Meaning of chairman in English
Synonym
Compare
- Sidney ruthlessly clawed his way up from the position of junior clerk to chairman of the company .
- In his closing remarks, the chairman thanked everyone who had helped.
- "Let's draw this meeting to a close, gentlemen, " said the chairman.
- I interviewed the chairman of the company in his seventh-floor eyrie.
- The chairman said that he would now take questions from the floor .
- Delegations appointed State chairmen and secretaries to carry on the work of further organization for the November convention.
- I became the chairman of a glee club, which I conducted at public concerts, in spite of my youth.
- It seemed to be at hand, and in a parliamentary uproar the "question" was vehemently demanded, but the chairman skillfully managed at length to secure an adjournment.
- The chairman of the committee boasted that the number of petitioners the present session, for the abolition of slavery in the District, was only thirty-four thousand!
- The chairman said that there was little doubt but that further investigation into electrolytic methods of chemical analysis would give even more valuable results than those already obtained.
- Those who took sugar in theirs had the cup dashed from their lips just as they were draining the delicious dregs, for the officer and culprit appeared, and the chairman rapped the assembly to order.
(Definition of chairman from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)
chairman | Intermediate English
Note:
- Although chairman can refer to a person of either sex, chairperson or chair is often preferred to avoid giving the idea the person is necessarily male.
(Definition of chairman from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)
Examples of chairman
chairman
First of all, the chairman always asks the first questions.
His dad was a chairman of the reservation and often told his son that he was good at his job because he didn't like it.
He retired in 2002 as chairman of public safety services in charge of police and fire training.
Lark was chairman of the commission at the time.
But as the chairman prepares for the showdown, he's facing increasing pressure to salvage his panel's reputation -- and perhaps his own.
He eventually became the school's chairman of pediatrics.
The chairman's job is primarily to serve as the board's public voice and to determine when and how issues come before the board.
The general announced last summer he was stepping down as chairman and has declined repeated requests for an interview about his tenure at the firm.
Finally, the chairman regains control from that interloper.
Not when the company's chairman noted the gathering's small size.
The remaining three delegates are the elected state party leaders -- the chairman, national committeeman and national committeewoman.
Xi has been vice chairman of the military commission since 2010, giving him time to forge ties with the country's generals.
The result would be 14 subcommittees led by the chairman and ranking member of an analogous subcommittee in the current system.
The former party chairman insists he has always operated within election law.
They couldn't confirm me as a chairman a few years ago, and then they redistricted me with one of my best friends.
These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors.
Collocations with chairman
These are words often used in combination with chairman.
Click on a collocation to see more examples of it.
It is a sorry state of affairs when a deputy chairman is not even given proper notice of an extraordinary meeting.
These committees consist of representatives of the farmers, representative of the workers, an elected chairman and two independent members.
From the
Hansard archive
Even before the eight years of your speakership, you were a member of our executive and a joint honorary chairman of our group.
From the
Hansard archive
These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors.
Translations of chairman
in Chinese (Traditional)
（會議或組織的）主持人，主席…
in Chinese (Simplified)
（会议或组织的）主持人，主席…
in Spanish
presidente, presidente [masculine]…
in Portuguese
presidente, presidente [masculine]…
in French
in Japanese
in Turkish
in Dutch
in Czech
in Danish
in Indonesian
in Thai
in Vietnamese
in Polish
in Swedish
in Malay
in German
in Norwegian
in Ukrainian
président [masculine], président/-ente…
議長（ぎちょう）…
başkan, reis…
voorzitter…
předseda…
formand…
ketua…
ประธาน…
chủ tọa…
przewodniczący…
ordförande…
pengerusi…
die/der Vorsitzende…
formann [masculine], formann/-kvinne, leder…
голова…
Need a translator?
Get a quick, free translation!
Browse
chairman