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I'm very grateful and proud of the progress Yahoo! has made over the past year. When I took the position as chairman, I told the board that my intention was to serve for one year in order to help Yahoo! during a critical time of transformation.
Alfred Amoroso

Meaning of "chairman" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF CHAIRMAN

chairman  [ˈtʃɛəmən] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF CHAIRMAN

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Chairman is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES CHAIRMAN MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Chairman

The chairman, also known as the chairperson or simply the chair, is the highest officer of an organized group such as a board, a committee, or a deliberative assembly. The person holding the office is typically elected or appointed by the members of the group. The chairman presides over meetings of the assembled group and conducts its business in an orderly fashion. When the group is not in session, the officer's duties often include acting as its head, its representative to the outside world and its spokesperson.

Definition of chairman in the English dictionary

The definition of chairman in the dictionary is Also called: chairperson, chairwoman. a person who presides over a company's board of directors, a committee, a debate, an administrative department, etc. Other definition of chairman is someone who carries a sedan chair.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH CHAIRMAN


abdomen
ˈæbdəmən
airman
ˈɛəmən
alderman
ˈɔːldəmən
ataman
ˈætəmən
cardamom
ˈkɑːdəmən
cinnamon
ˈsɪnəmən
Doberman
ˈdəʊbəmən
Dobermann
ˈdəʊbəmən
fireman
ˈfaɪəmən
fisherman
ˈfɪʃəmən
hardwareman
ˈhɑːdˌwɛəmən
letterman
ˈlɛtəmən
Lindemann
ˈlɪndəmən
ottoman
ˈɒtəmən
riverman
ˈrɪvəmən
Solomon
ˈsɒləmən
spearman
ˈspɪəmən
waterman
ˈwɔːtəmən
yarraman
ˈjærəmən
Zuckerman
ˈzʊkəmən

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE CHAIRMAN

chainman
chainmen
chainplate
chainwork
chair
chair lift
chairback
chairborne
chairbound
chairdays
chairlift
chairmanship
chairmen
chairperson
chairwarmer
chairwoman
chaise
chaise longue
chaise lounge
chaises longues

WORDS THAT END LIKE CHAIRMAN

barman
Birman
board chairman
choirman
co-chairman
department chairman
executive chairman
firman
Forman
german
harman
Kirman
Norman
repairman
senior airman
Sherman
spiderman
superman
Swiss-German
vice-chairman

Synonyms and antonyms of chairman in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «CHAIRMAN»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «chairman» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of chairman

Translation of «chairman» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF CHAIRMAN

Find out the translation of chairman to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of chairman from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «chairman» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

主席
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

presidente
570 millions of speakers

English

chairman
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

अध्यक्ष
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

رَئِيس
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

председатель
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

presidente
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

চেয়ারম্যান
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

président
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Pengerusi
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Vorsitzender
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

議長
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

의장
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Ketua
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

chủ tịch
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

தலைவர்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

अध्यक्ष
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

başkan
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

presidente
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

przewodniczący
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

голова
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

președinte
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

πρόεδρος
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

voorsitter
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

ordförande
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

styreformann
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of chairman

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «CHAIRMAN»

The term «chairman» is very widely used and occupies the 7.695 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «CHAIRMAN» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about chairman

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10 QUOTES WITH «CHAIRMAN»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word chairman.
1
Neil Abercrombie
I remember saying to the chairman after serving the first year, 'Why are we doing this? Why don't the Hawaiians have control?' 'Well, we have no mechanism to do it,' I was told.
2
Alfred Amoroso
I'm very grateful and proud of the progress Yahoo! has made over the past year. When I took the position as chairman, I told the board that my intention was to serve for one year in order to help Yahoo! during a critical time of transformation.
3
Jeffrey Archer
When I was deputy chairman I could travel from Glasgow to Edinburgh without leaving Tory land. In a two-week period I covered every constituency in which we had an MP. There were 14. Now we have only one. We appear to have given up.
4
Joe Barton
I will use my position as chairman emeritus on the Energy and Commerce Committee to try to bring some common sense to EPA regulations.
5
Richard Ben-Veniste
Well, our position, and our chairman has talked about this extensively, is that we had a lot of intelligence prior to 9/11. We knew that two al Qaeda operatives who ultimately participated in the 9/11 disaster were in the United States. We didn't find them.
6
Alex Berenson
John W. Snow was paid more than $50 million in salary, bonus and stock in his nearly 12 years as chairman of the CSX Corporation, the railroad company. During that period, the company's profits fell, and its stock rose a bit more than half as much as that of the average big company.
7
Julian Bond
Ever since I've become chairman, there have been profiles of me in People, George, The Washington Post, The Detroit News, and all of them could have been written by the same person.
8
Edgar Bronfman, Jr.
As my other obligations are beginning to take an inordinate amount of time, I have asked to step down as WMG's board chairman, effective January 31, 2012. However, I will remain a director of the company and in that way, continue my association with Warner Music and its extraordinary people.
9
Tom Carper
Over the years, I've had a lot of different jobs - newspaper boy, dish washer, naval flight officer, Amtrak board member, Governor and chairman of the National Governors Association - just to name a few. But my most cherished job - and frankly my most important job for that matter - is being a father.
10
Lynne Cheney
I soon discovered, after I became chairman of the NEH, that, for a number of academics, the truth was not merely irrelevant - it no longer existed.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CHAIRMAN»

Discover the use of chairman in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to chairman and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Memos from the Chairman
In this book, Ace has applied the same treatment to managerial advice with equal success." —Warren Buffett from the Foreword to Memos From the Chairman "I love this book.
Alan C. Greenberg, 1997
2
Quotations from Chairman Mao Tsetung
Still popular as a textbook and primary document of the Cultural Revolution. The book that changed the world and shaped a generation of Chinese people, it contains the essence of Mao's philosophy, political thinking and military strategy.
Tse-tung Mao, Zedong Mao, 1990
3
The Private Life of Chairman Mao
Dr. Li recorded many of these conversations in his diaries, as well as in his memory. In this book, Dr. Li vividly reconstructs his extraordinary time with Chairman Mao. NOTE: This edition does not include a photo insert.
Li Zhi-Sui, 2011
4
Chairman of the Board: A Practical Guide
I would highly recommend chairs of all boards, and those aspiring to the office, to read this book." -Jon K. Grant Chairman of the Board CCL Industries Inc.
Brian Lechem, 2003
5
Biography of a Chairman Mao Badge: The Creation and Mass ...
Biography of a Chairman Mao Badge is a work of cultural history that contributes to our understanding not only of Chinese society but, more generally, of strategies people employ in responding to and transforming the meaning of propaganda ...
Melissa Schrift, 2001
6
Mr. Science and Chairman Mao's Cultural Revolution: Science ...
"Contributors approach the challenge of interpreting the science and technology of Chairman Mao's Cultural Revolution from different viewpoints, some as China-based scholars, others in the United States, and representing views of historians ...
Chunjuan Nancy Wei, Darryl E. Brock, 2013
7
Collected Writings of Chairman Mao - Politics and Tactics
He was named one of the 100 most influential figures of the 20th century by Time Magazine.The first volume in this special collection contains six important lectures and essays by Chairman Mao:*Basic Tactics*On Correcting Mistaken Ideas in ...
Mao Zedong, Mao Tse-tung, Shawn Conners, 2009
8
The Chairman: John J. McCloy - The Making of the American ...
The biography of an ultimate self-made aristocrat tells how a poor kid from Philadelphia climbed to the highest rungs of the world's legal, corporate, diplomatic, and political ladders. 12,500 first printing.
Kai Bird, 1992
9
Chairman Mao Would Not be Amused: Fiction from Today's China
Showcasing twenty young writers, an anthology of new Chinese fiction features Chinese writers breaking free from oppression and uniformity and includes stories by Mo Yan, author of "Red Sorghum" and Su Tong, who wrote "Raise the Red Lantern ...
Howard Goldblatt, 1995
10
Collected Writings of Chairman Mao: On policy, practice and ...
The third volume in this special collection contains five important lectures and essays by Chairman Mao: *Part 1 - On Policy *Part 2 - On Practice *Part 3 - On Contradiction *Part 4 - On New Democracy *Part 5 - On the Correct Handling of ...
Mao Zedong, Mao Tse-tung, Shawn Conners, 2009

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «CHAIRMAN»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term chairman is used in the context of the following news items.
1
City Council committee to recommend replacing chairman of …
Water Works Board Chairman Jackie Robinson faces tough odds as he seeks a third term. Robinson does not have support from Council ... «AL.com, Jul 15»
2
Frederick Ma tapped as next chairman of Hong Kong's MTR Corp
Former commerce secretary Frederick Ma Si-hang is to replace Raymond Chien Kuo-fung as chairman of the MTR Corporation for a three-year ... «South China Morning Post, Jul 15»
3
FMC Chairman gets 3 month extension for 5th time
NEW DELHI: Senior IAS officer Ramesh Abhishek was today given a three-month extension as the chairman of the commodity markets ... «Economic Times, Jul 15»
4
NASCAR chairman Brian France responds to drivers' safety …
... 400 at Daytona International Speedway, NASCAR chairman Brian France says the sanctioning body won't rest until improvements are made. «FOXSports.com, Jul 15»
5
Goldman Sachs Names Karen Cook Co-Chairman of Investment …
Goldman Sachs Group Inc. named Karen Cook, one of its top merger bankers, as co-chairman of the investment-banking division after two ... «Bloomberg, Jul 15»
6
BWI Business Partnership names new chairman
R. Stephen Carroll is now the chairman of the board of directors of the BWI Business Partnership. Carroll, principal at Miles & Stockbridge P.C. ... «CapitalGazette.com, Jul 15»
7
At Chairman's brick-and-mortar: Bao and beyond
The trendy, Taiwanese-style baos at the Chairman have been considered among the best in the city since the Asian-fusion food truck came on ... «SFGate, Jul 15»
8
Goldman Sachs Vice Chairman John Weinberg to Retire
A vice chairman since 2006, Mr. Weinberg will stay on as a senior ... era and international expansion as co-chairman with John Whitehead. «Wall Street Journal, Jul 15»
9
Texas GOP hits Dem chairman on voter fraud
Texas Republicans want to know what Texas Democratic Party Chairman Gilberto Hinojosa knew about voter fraud in the Rio Grande Valley ... «Houston Chronicle, Jul 15»
10
KPMG chairman Peter Nash says digital disruption is driving advice …
KPMG Australia chairman Peter Nash says the professional services including accounting, law and engineering are starting to feel the impact ... «The Australian Financial Review, Jul 15»

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