vice chairman
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3.5
- noun
- /vaɪs ˈʧɛr.mən/
:
vicepresidente
- Because of political differences, the parliamentary commission does not include Jicinsky, now the vice chairman and legislative leader of the Federal Assembly.
- served as vice chairman
- new vice chairman
You have your SEC def and your chairman, maybe the vice chairman.
- You have your SEC def and your chairman, maybe the vice chairman.
- We have the vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff who just retired, John Heighten, you know, said that yes, we've protected our.
Examples
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Newbold never made his views known to the chairman or the vice chairman, for whom he worked directly.
Academic text (2007) -
I'm Howard Seigal, National Transportation Safety Board vice chairman.
Fiction book (2000) -
Davis spent 25 years in the financial industry, where he eventually served as vice-chairman of the Chicago Stock Exchange.
Blog text (13) -
And I understand that you're the vice chairman of the Independent Police Complaints Council.
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Peter is the global Vice Chairman of Helen Olton Strategies.
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I'm the vice-chairman of the fundraising committee.
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He is now the co-owner and Vice chairman of the Golden State Warriors NBA team and dreams on taking the sport of basketball to India.
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From 1982 to 1989, Scowcroft also served as vice chairman of Kissinger Associates.
Blog text (6) -
The announcement includes other leadership changes, such as the appointment of Yang Shangkun as the vice-chairman of the Military Affairs Commission.
Academic text (1990) -
Christopher Forbes is the vice chairman of Forbes, Inc., in New York City.
Synonyms
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3.5
A person who helps lead a group and fills in for the chair when needed
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5.1
A woman who is second in charge to the chair and leads when the chair is absent
A person who helps the chairperson and takes charge when they are absent
Surface Forms
Morphology
vice + chairman
The meaning 'deputy to the chairman' follows directly if the learner recognises 'vice' as a prefix/word meaning 'deputy' (vice‑president, etc.), so the sense is compositional from 'vice' + 'chairman'. However, 'vice' also has an unrelated meaning ('immoral habit') and functions here as a formal prefix rather than a fully independent noun, so understanding depends on lexical knowledge of this specific sense; cross‑linguistically the deputy‑vice pattern is common but not automatically known by all B1 learners.
Etymology
Vice chairman The noun vice chairman uses vice to mean 'instead of' and chairman for the head of a group; imagine someone sitting next to the chair, ready to step in and lead when needed. That's why a vice chairman is the person just below the chairman who can act for them.