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chairmanship

/ˈtʃɛː.mənˌʃɪp//ˈtʃɛɹ.mənˌʃɪp/

chairmanship noun: the office, or the term, of a chairman.

Noun

chairmanship (countable and uncountable, plural chairmanships)

  1. The office, or the term, of a chairman.
    • Afterwards, Sir Eardly Wilmot had been appointed, from whom, on account of his long chairmanship of quarter-sessions, much had reasonably been expected.1891, Hansard's Parliamentary Debates
    • The resignation of Sir Eustace Missenden from the chairmanship of the Railway Executive was announced by the Minister of Transport at Christmas.1951 February, “Resignation of Sir Eustace Missenden”, in Railway Magazine, page 75

chairmanship meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Kannada

chairmanship in Hindi

office or term of a chairman
अध्यक्षता adhyakṣatā

chairmanship in Tamil

தலைமைப் பொறுப்பு

chairmanship in Kannada

ಅಧ್ಯಕ್ಷತೆ, ಅಧ್ಯಕ್ಷಗಿರಿ

Examples of chairmanship in a sentence

  • Nixon proposed the establishment of an Aviation Industry Consultative Council under the chairmanship of the permanent head of his department […]1999, John Gunn, Contested Skies: Trans-Australian Airlines:
  • Having put partisan interests to one side, Greenwood set about making teamwork a watchword for her chairmanship, while seeking the broadest possible participation in subsequent inquiries.2020 June 3, Lilian Greenwood talks to Paul Stephen, “Rail's 'underlying challenges' remain”, in Rail, page 33:

Forms of chairmanship

pluralchairmanships

Plural of chairmanship: chairmanships

Origin of chairmanship

From chairman + -ship.

Questions about chairmanship

What does chairmanship mean?
Chairmanship means the office, or the term, of a chairman.
What is chairmanship in Hindi?
Chairmanship in Hindi is अध्यक्षता (adhyakṣatā). See Chairmanship meaning in Hindi.
How do you use chairmanship in a sentence?
Nixon proposed the establishment of an Aviation Industry Consultative Council under the chairmanship of the permanent head of his department […]
What part of speech is chairmanship?
Chairmanship is a noun.
How do you pronounce chairmanship?
Chairmanship is pronounced /ˈtʃɛː.mənˌʃɪp/ (UK).
What is the plural of chairmanship?
The plural of chairmanship is chairmanships.

Words near chairmanship in the dictionary

  1. chairmanlike
  2. chairmanly
  3. chairmanned
  4. chairmanning
  5. chairmans
  6. chairmanship
  7. chairmanships
  8. chairmat
  9. chairmats
  10. chairmen
  11. chairness

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Adapted from Wiktionary: chairmanship (page history and authors); chairmanship (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); chairmanship (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); chairmanship (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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