Synonyms for chairing
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : chair |
| Phonetic Transcription : tʃɛər |
Top 10 synonyms for chairing Other synonyms for the word chairing
- act
- advise
- be at the head of
- be in driver's seat
- boss
- call the signals
- call the tune
- carry on
- chair
- chaperon
- command
- conduct
- control
- convey
- direct
- do the honors
- emcee
- engineer
- escort
- function
- govern
- guide
- handle
- head
- head up
- judge
- keep
- lead
- make peace
- manage
- negotiate
- operate
- pilot
- preside
- preside over
- pull the strings
- referee
- ride herd on
- rule
- run
- run the show
- run things
- serve
- shepherd
- sit on top of
- steer
- superintend
- take the chair
- trailblaze
- umpire
- usher
- wield baton
Définition of chairing
Origin :- mid-15c., "install in a chair or seat" (implied in chairing), from chair (n.); meaning "preside over" (a meeting, etc.) is attested by 1921. Related: Chaired.
- As in moderate : verb mediate, arbitrate
- As in officiate : verb oversee, manage
- As in preside : verb be in authority
- As in conduct : verb administer
- The chairing took place on the day following the declaration of the poll.
- Extract from : « Norfolk Annals » by Charles Mackie
- On the contrary, the women saw nothing absurd in drowning him with flowers and the men in "chairing him."
- Extract from : « The Lincoln Story Book » by Henry L. Williams
- Now the gatherings have been deprived of some of their most characteristic features; and even the chairing is almost forgotten.
- Extract from : « Bygone Cumberland and Westmorland » by Daniel Scott
- On the 27th the newly-elected members dined with their supporters at the Norfolk Hotel, and the chairing took place on the 28th.
- Extract from : « Norfolk Annals » by Charles Mackie
- Its chairing of the bards is an ancient ceremony; its gorsedd of bards is probably modern.
- Extract from : « A Short History of Wales » by Owen M. Edwards
- That chairing has gone out should be a source of extraordinary relief at Westminster.
- Extract from : « Adventures and Enthusiasms » by E. V. Lucas
- The chairing of the successful candidates took place on August 2nd.
- Extract from : « Norfolk Annals » by Charles Mackie
- He and Hobhouse once started on their “chairing” from the house at the corner of Sloane Street.
- Extract from : « The Memorials of the Hamlet of Knightsbridge » by Henry George Davis
- Proctors bull-dogs were rolled over in the mud, and the proctors treated to the dignity of a chairing.
- Extract from : « Cambridge » by Mildred Anna Rosalie Tuker
- This picture had evidently seen service as "a chairing" in some English book.
- Extract from : « Child Life in Colonial Days » by Alice Morse Earle
Antonyms for chairing
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