Used in a Sentence

chairs

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for chairs.

Editorial note

Before regulations those could be very unsafe, and superoptimized for maximum number of people (very few chairs -- more standing room, chairs squeezed togethers, and so on).

Examples14
Definitions4
Parts of speech1

Quick take

An item of furniture used to sit on or in, comprising a seat, legs or wheels, back, and sometimes arm rests, for use by one person.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of chairs gathered in one view.

noun

An item of furniture used to sit on or in, comprising a seat, legs or wheels, back, and sometimes arm rests, for use by one person.

noun

The seat or office of a person in authority, such as a judge or bishop.

noun

A vehicle for one person; either a sedan borne upon poles, or a two-wheeled carriage drawn by one horse; a gig.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for chairs.

noun

An item of furniture used to sit on or in, comprising a seat, legs or wheels, back, and sometimes arm rests, for use by one person.

noun

The seat or office of a person in authority, such as a judge or bishop.

noun

A vehicle for one person; either a sedan borne upon poles, or a two-wheeled carriage drawn by one horse; a gig.

noun

An assigned position in a beauty salon or barbershop.

Example sentences

1

Before regulations those could be very unsafe, and superoptimized for maximum number of people (very few chairs -- more standing room, chairs squeezed togethers, and so on).

2

Even if they did buy the coffee and the chairs and are paying you at that time.

3

It's like a giant game of musical chairs - if there are more people than chairs, it doesn't matter what else you do, because someone's going to wind up without a chair.

4

However if you are sitting in the same chairs, you will experience what it is like.

5

Proper height for chairs, monitor at eye level, elbows are slightly above parallel to the keyboard.

6

After a few weeks, you may realise that these chairs are horrible for your back.

7

I believe we worked out that our budget for 6 people was less than 3 Aeron chairs.

8

I learned it the hard way, but I will never work in a place that cheaps out on chairs.

9

I've had multiple people try to take my beach chairs, so this isn't surprising at all.

10

Though don't skimp on the chairs to paint the office.

11

Why don't you trade the free lunch for better chairs?

12

These chairs are extremely comfortable and happened to be affordable.

Quote examples

1

First off you'll need to enter it on every restart, secondary the raw private key will need to be in memory after that (which is trivial to extract), and lastly if the machine is completely owned anyway, this seems like "rearrange the deck chairs on the Titanic." Now putting a password on your SSH keys?

2

Your brain does not "click" into reality mode until, for example, a government official shows up at your business asking you to pay the county a "privilege" tax on your desk, printer, computer, chairs, refrigerator and machinery (this is a real thing, BTW).

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use chairs in a sentence?

Before regulations those could be very unsafe, and superoptimized for maximum number of people (very few chairs -- more standing room, chairs squeezed togethers, and so on).

What does chairs mean?

An item of furniture used to sit on or in, comprising a seat, legs or wheels, back, and sometimes arm rests, for use by one person.

What part of speech is chairs?

chairs is commonly used as noun.