ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD CHAMBER
From Old French chambre, from Late Latin camera room, Latin: vault, from Greek kamara.
WHAT DOES CHAMBER MEAN IN ENGLISH?
Definition of chamber in the English dictionary
The first definition of chamber in the dictionary is a meeting hall, esp one used for a legislative or judicial assembly. Other definition of chamber is a reception room or audience room in an official residence, palace, etc. Chamber is also (archaic (or poetic) a room in a private house, esp a bedroom.
CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO CHAMBER
PRESENT
Present
I chamber
you chamber
he/she/it chambers
we chamber
you chamber
they chamber
Present continuous
I am chambering
you are chambering
he/she/it is chambering
we are chambering
you are chambering
they are chambering
Present perfect
I have chambered
you have chambered
he/she/it has chambered
we have chambered
you have chambered
they have chambered
Present perfect continuous
I have been chambering
you have been chambering
he/she/it has been chambering
we have been chambering
you have been chambering
they have been chambering
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The
present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.
PAST
Past
I chambered
you chambered
he/she/it chambered
we chambered
you chambered
they chambered
Past continuous
I was chambering
you were chambering
he/she/it was chambering
we were chambering
you were chambering
they were chambering
Past perfect
I had chambered
you had chambered
he/she/it had chambered
we had chambered
you had chambered
they had chambered
Past perfect continuous
I had been chambering
you had been chambering
he/she/it had been chambering
we had been chambering
you had been chambering
they had been chambering
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,
FUTURE
Future
I will chamber
you will chamber
he/she/it will chamber
we will chamber
you will chamber
they will chamber
Future continuous
I will be chambering
you will be chambering
he/she/it will be chambering
we will be chambering
you will be chambering
they will be chambering
Future perfect
I will have chambered
you will have chambered
he/she/it will have chambered
we will have chambered
you will have chambered
they will have chambered
Future perfect continuous
I will have been chambering
you will have been chambering
he/she/it will have been chambering
we will have been chambering
you will have been chambering
they will have been chambering
The
future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.
CONDITIONAL
Conditional
I would chamber
you would chamber
he/she/it would chamber
we would chamber
you would chamber
they would chamber
Conditional continuous
I would be chambering
you would be chambering
he/she/it would be chambering
we would be chambering
you would be chambering
they would be chambering
Conditional perfect
I would have chamber
you would have chamber
he/she/it would have chamber
we would have chamber
you would have chamber
they would have chamber
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been chambering
you would have been chambering
he/she/it would have been chambering
we would have been chambering
you would have been chambering
they would have been chambering
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.
IMPERATIVE
Imperative
you chamber
we let´s chamber
you chamber
The
imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Past participle
chambered
Present Participle
chambering
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The
present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The
past participle shows the action after completion.
10 QUOTES WITH «CHAMBER»
Famous quotes and sentences with the word
chamber.
I studied voice when I was at school, and I was in the chamber choir, and I studied music theory as well, so I guess a lot of it came from being taught at school.
They haul you up there for, you know, week after week in this kind of star chamber proceeding. Then at the end of it they say, well, we found nothing, but now it's time for special counsel.
For us, genocide was the gas chamber - what happened in Germany. We were not able to realize that with the machete you can create a genocide.
For most people, chemotherapy is no longer the chamber of horrors we often conceive it to be. Yes, it is an ordeal for some people, but it wasn't for me, nor for most of the patients I got to know during my four months of periodic visits to the chemo suite.
If some of our works are symphonies, then wrapped walkways was chamber music.
And over the last ten years, after my work with the Brodsky Quartet, I had the opportunity to write arrangements for chamber group, chamber orchestra, jazz orchestra, symphony orchestra even.
I was much involved in the development of the spark chamber as a practical research tool.
The future of that ancient chamber remains in considerable doubt.
I'm obviously very keen on the theater and I think it's inevitable that some of the orchestral and chamber pieces have got dramatic elements which might even suggest an unspecified dramatic plot of some kind or other, even though it's not in my mind at the time.
If you're writing a piece for the Boston Pops, the balance is towards one end. If you're writing a piece for a chamber music society, then it's towards another point. I won't make a final answer on that. I think it changes with every piece.
10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CHAMBER»
Discover the use of
chamber in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
chamber and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
" -- San Francisco Chronicle. BONUS: This edition includes an excerpt from John Grisham's The Litigators.
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Chamber Music: An Essential History
A thorough overview and history of chamber music
3
Chamber Music: A Listener's Guide
Now James Keller follows these greatly admired volumes with Chamber Music.
4
The American Black
Chamber
The revelations presented in this book and Yardley's right to publish them set into motion a conflict that continues to this day: the right to freedom of expression versus national security."--BOOK JACKET.
Herbert Osborn Yardley, 1931
5
The Piano in
Chamber Ensemble: An Annotated Guide
The Piano in Chamber Ensemble describes more than 3,200 compositions, from duos to octets, by more than 1,600 composers.
Maurice Hinson, Wesley Roberts, 2006
6
Echo
Chamber: Rush Limbaugh and the Conservative Media ...
"... A provocative analysis of the conservative media establishment, from talk radio to Fox News to the editorial page of The Wall Street Journal."-inside jacket.
Kathleen Hall Jamieson, Joseph N. Cappella, 2008
7
The Dream of the Red
Chamber (Abridged)
The novel is said to be semi-autobiographical, and is noted for its detailed observations of the social classes, as well as its deeply psychological explorations of themes like morality, feudalism and Confucianism, sexual deviance, ...
At first sight a work devoted to Bartók's chamber music looks as though it were simply concerned with a genre division attempting an exposition of no more than a single aspect of the whole oeuvre.
9
Men and Women in Qing China: Gender in the Red
Chamber Dreams
This volume is a comprehensive analysis of constructions of gender in the great Chinese novel, "The Red Chamber Dream.
10
The Bloody
Chamber And Other Stories
WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY HELEN SIMPSON 'She can glide from ancient to modern, from darkness to luminosity, from depravity to comedy without any hint of strain and without losing the elusive power of the original tales' The Times From ...
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «CHAMBER»
Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term
chamber is used in the context of the following news items.
CVS Health Quits US Chamber Over Stance on Smoking
The CVS Health Corporation said Tuesday that it was resigning from the United States Chamber of Commerce after revelations that the ... «New York Times, Jul 15»
Chamber-music fest off to sizzling start
The annual Seattle Chamber Music Society Summer Festival opened July 6 with a program of striking contrasts — an early Beethoven trio and ... «The Seattle Times, Jul 15»
The making of a Hillary Clinton echo chamber
The objective of the sessions: to nurture a seemingly grass roots echo chamber of Clinton supporters reading from the same script across the ... «Washington Post, Jul 15»
Yolanda Foster Puts on Brave Face in Hyperbaric Chamber to Help …
The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills star posted a snapshot of herself lying inside a hyperbaric chamber (the medical use of oxygen at a level ... «E! Online, Jul 15»
Outrage as Polish Nude Tag Game in Gas Chamber Reinstated
In the video nude people can be seen entering the gas chamber one by one and then starting a game of tag. At the end of the clip a message ... «Arutz Sheva, Jul 15»
Why the US Chamber of Commerce is swooning over Vietnam's top …
Vietnamse Communist Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong will make a splash in Washington this week.(AP Photo/Tran Van Minh). «Quartz, Jul 15»
Florida Chamber applauds 9 lawmakers but mourns 'missed …
The Florida Chamber of Commerce has released its annual report card, a list of which lawmakers have found favor with the business group and ... «Miami Herald, Jul 15»
Akron high school crumbles, chamber headed to SC, new craft …
Akron Chamber of Commerce heads to South Carolina: The Greater Akron Chamber of Commerce will send about 45 people, mostly business ... «cleveland.com, Jul 15»
Could the gas chamber return in the US?
The gas chamber remains on the books as a possible execution method in some states. Historian and author Scott Christianson talks about the ... «Christian Science Monitor, Jul 15»
CVS walks away from Chamber of Commerce
The CVS Health Corporation said Tuesday that it was resigning from the United States Chamber of Commerce after revelations that the ... «MSNBC, Jul 15»
