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Past tense of chair

regular verb

The past tense of chair is chaired. The past participle is also chaired.

Forms of chair

Base form (V1)chair /t͡ʃɛə/
Past tense (V2)chaired
Past participle (V3)chaired
Present participlechairing
Third person singularchairs /t͡ʃɛɹz/

Chaired in a sentence

  • The poet was chaired at the national Eisteddfod.
  • Shakespeare chaired the meeting and tabled the motion where they decided to turn nouns into verbs.2022 December 3, from_dust, “I don’t think definitions of words should change just because people are commonly using the word wrong.”, in…. From the entry Billy Wigglestick
  • Figure 4-6 A shows a tree that barber chaired when the back cut was too low.1987, Dave Roberts, Pipe & Excavation Contracting, Craftsman Book Company, →ISBN, page 148. From the entry barber chair
  • The subcommittee, which is chaired by Ohio Republican Rep.2024 December 2, Katherine Dillinger, “House Covid-19 panel releases final report criticizing public health response to the pandemic”, in…. From the entry submit
  • "When later asked if Ms May would be “empty chaired”, a spokesperson also refused to rule out the possibility, saying the full plans would be announced in early May."2017, May Bullman, “TV broadcasters considering 'empty chair' for Theresa May after she refuses to take part in leaders' debate”, in The…. From the entry empty chair

Meaning of chair

  1. 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.
  2. noun The post or position of chairperson.
  3. noun The seating position of a particular musician in an orchestra.

Full definition of chair

Questions about the past tense of chair

What is the past tense of chair?
The past tense of chair is chaired.
What is the past participle of chair?
The past participle of chair is chaired.
Is chair a regular or irregular verb?
Chair is a regular verb: its past tense adds -ed.

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: chair (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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