a row of chairs

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• row — row1 [ rou ] noun count *** 1. ) a series of people or things arranged in a straight line: The teacher stopped in front of a little boy in the front row. row of: a row of houses/stores/chairs row upon row (=a lot of rows): She could see row upon… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• row — I ARRANGEMENT OR SEQUENCE ♦♦♦ rows (Pronounced [[t]ro͟ʊ[/t]] in row 1 and 2, and [[t]ra͟ʊ[/t]] in row 3.) 1) N COUNT: oft N of n A row of things or people is a number of them arranged in a line. ...a row of pretty little cottages... Several men… …   English dictionary

• row — I UK [rəʊ] / US [roʊ] noun [countable] Word forms row : singular row plural rows *** 1) a) a series of people or things arranged in a straight line The teacher stopped in front of a little boy in the front row. row of: a row of… …   English dictionary

• row — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun ADJECTIVE ▪ bottom, middle, top ▪ back, front ▪ first, second, etc …   Collocations dictionary

• row*/*/*/ — [rəʊ] noun [C] I 1) a series of people or things that are arranged in a straight line a row of houses/shops/chairs[/ex] 2) a line of seats in a theatre or cinema • in a row 1) in a straight line[/ex] The children stood in a row against the… …   Dictionary for writing and speaking English

• musical chairs — 1) N UNCOUNT Musical chairs is a game that children play at parties. They run round a row of chairs while music plays and try to sit down on one when the music stops. 2) N UNCOUNT (disapproval) If you describe the situation within a particular… …   English dictionary

• musical chairs — noun plural but singular in construction Date: 1877 a game in which players march to music around a row of chairs numbering one less than the players and scramble for seats when the music stops; also a situation or series of events suggesting the …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• musical chairs — noun uncount 1. ) a children s game in which players walk around a row of chairs and quickly sit down when the music stops. There is one less chair than there are people, and the person who does not get a chair leaves the game. This continues… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• musical chairs — UK / US noun [uncountable] 1) a children s game in which players walk round a row of chairs and quickly sit down when the music stops. There is one less chair than there are people, and the person who does not get a chair leaves the game. This… …   English dictionary

• in a row — three days in a row: CONSECUTIVELY, in succession; running, straight; informal on the trot. → row * * * forming a line four chairs were set in a row ■ informal …   Useful english dictionary

• The Priest of the Parish — is a party game for 50 150 people and one chair for each person. The chairs are arranged in rows of equal numbers (for example, ten rows of five), half of them facing the other. Each row of chairs is given a number from one to ten. The players… …   Wikipedia