Meaning

3 senses
  1. A person presiding over a meeting, sometimes especially a man. (Compare chairwoman, chairperson, chair.)

    Vorsitzender, Vorsitzende

    председа́тельpredsedátelʹ

    голова́holová

  2. The head of a corporate or governmental board of directors, a committee, or other formal entity.

    председа́тельpredsedátelʹ

    голова́holová

  3. (historical)Someone whose job is to carry people in a portable chair, sedan chair, or similar conveyance.

More definitions
  • the male officer who presides at the meetings of an organization

Examples

141 sentences
  1. He's the chairman of the committee.

    Він голова комітету.

    ruОн председатель комитета.

    deEr ist der Vorsitzende des Komitees.

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  2. He was elected chairman.

    Його обрали головою.

    ruОн был избран председателем.

    deEr wurde zum Vorsitzenden gewählt.

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  3. He was appointed chairman.

    Його призначили головою.

    deEr wurde zum Vorsitzenden ernannt.

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  4. They elected him chairman.

    Вони обрали його головою.

    deSie wählten ihn zum Vorsitzenden.

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  5. They appointed him chairman.

    Вони призначили його головою.

    ruОни назначили его председателем.

    deSie ernannten ihn zum Vorsitzenden.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
person presiding over a meeting:
Русский
By meaning 1
person presiding over a meeting:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
person presiding over a meeting:

Forms

plural: chairmen
Singularchairman
Pluralchairmen

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Word family

9 related words

Collocations

7 patterns
  • be appointed chairman
  • chairman of the
  • appointed chairman
  • was elected chairman
  • the chairman of
  • elected chairman
  • is the chairman

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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