What CHAIR means
A seat for one person, with a support for the back.
That is the short version. Read on for how to say CHAIR, how to use it, and a quick way to make it stick.
CHAIR at a glance
- Word: CHAIR
- Part of speech: noun
- Pronunciation: /tʃɛr/
- Meaning: A seat for one person, with a support for the back.
- Example: He put his coat over the back of the chair and sat down.
Keep this box in view while you read the rest of the page. A short summary like this is often enough for a quick lookup, and the sections below are for when you want the meaning to actually stay with you.
How to say CHAIR
Pronunciation: /tʃɛr/
Part of speech: noun
Say CHAIR out loud a few times. Hearing your own voice say a new word is one of the fastest ways to remember both its sound and its meaning. Try saying it slowly first, then at normal speed, then inside a full sentence. If a part of the pronunciation trips you up, slow down on that part alone before putting the whole word back together.
CHAIR in a sentence
He put his coat over the back of the chair and sat down.
Notice how CHAIR fits into that sentence as noun. Try swapping in your own subject and see if the sentence still makes sense. If it does, you have understood the meaning of CHAIR, not just memorized it.
Ways to remember CHAIR
A new word sticks better when you do something with it, not just read it.
Say it, then use it. Repeat CHAIR once, then build one sentence of your own with it today.
Connect it to something you know. Think of a moment from your own week where CHAIR could apply, even loosely.
Spell it out. Cover the word, spell CHAIR from memory, then check. This catches the letters your eyes skipped over the first time.
Come back tomorrow. A word reviewed a day later is far more likely to stay than one read once and left.
Notice it in the wild. Once you know CHAIR, you will start spotting it in things you read. Each time you notice it, the meaning gets a little more solid.
Play a board with CHAIR
A definition is easier to keep once you have used the word under a little pressure. Try today's word game, or search for more words like CHAIR with the word finder. Missed a word along the way? The vocabulary quiz is a quick way to check what stuck, and missed words come back around for review instead of disappearing.
For teachers and parents
This page works well as a quick reference before a lesson or a homework check. Look up a word, read the definition and example together, then ask the student to build a new sentence with it. A student who can use CHAIR correctly in a sentence they made up has learned it. One who can only repeat the definition back has not, yet.
A quick classroom routine: put CHAIR on the board, cover the definition, and ask the class to guess the meaning from the example sentence alone. Reveal the real definition after a few guesses. It takes a minute and gets students reasoning about context clues instead of just memorizing.
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The letters in CHAIR
- Length: 5 letters
- Vowels: 2 (A, I)
- Different letters: 5, all different
- First letter: C, last letter: R
Words built from the same letters
- BIRCH: A switch consisting of a twig or a bundle of twigs from a birch tree; used to hit people as punishment.
- CHAIN: A series of things depending on each other as if linked together.
- CHARM: A verbal formula believed to have magical force.
- CHART: Make a chart of.
- CRASH: A serious accident (usually involving one or more vehicles).
- HAIRY: Having or covered with hair.
- MARCH: The act of marching; walking with regular steps (especially in a procession of some kind).
- REACH: The limits within which something can be effective.