Definitions for chad
tʃædchad

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:4.0 / 1 vote

1. chadnoun

   a small piece of paper that is supposed to be removed when a hole is punched in a card or paper tape

2. Lake Chad, Chadnoun

   a lake in north central Africa; fed by the Shari river

3. Chad, Republic of Chad, Tchadnoun

   a landlocked desert republic in north-central Africa; was under French control until 1960

4. Chad, Chadic, Chadic languagenoun

   a family of Afroasiatic tonal languages (mostly two tones) spoken in the regions west and south of Lake Chad in north central Africa

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. chadnoun

   Small pieces of paper punched out from the edges of continuous stationery, punched cards, paper tape etc.

2. chadnoun

   One of these pieces of paper.

3. Etymology: Uncertain; predates the Chadless punch (see the Snopes article on this supposed origin); possibly from chad, "river gravel", or the English slang term chat, "louse".

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Chadnoun

   A sort of fish.

   Of round fish there are brit, sprat, whiting, chad, eels, congar, millet. Richard Carew, Survey of Cornwal.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Chad

   Chad ( (listen); Arabic: تشاد Tšād, Arabic pronunciation: [tʃaːd]; French: Tchad, pronounced [tʃa(d)]), officially the Republic of Chad, is a landlocked country at the crossroads of North and Central Africa. It is bordered by Libya to the north, Sudan to the east, the Central African Republic to the south, Cameroon to the southwest, Nigeria to the southwest (at Lake Chad), and Niger to the west. Chad has a population of 16 million, of which 1.6 million live in the capital and largest city of N'Djamena. Chad has several regions: a desert zone in the north, an arid Sahelian belt in the centre and a more fertile Sudanian Savanna zone in the south. Lake Chad, after which the country is named, is the second-largest wetland in Africa. Chad's official languages are Arabic and French. It is home to over 200 different ethnic and linguistic groups. Islam (55.1%) and Christianity (41.1%) are the main religions practiced in Chad.Beginning in the 7th millennium BC, human populations moved into the Chadian basin in great numbers. By the end of the 1st millennium AD, a series of states and empires had risen and fallen in Chad's Sahelian strip, each focused on controlling the trans-Saharan trade routes that passed through the region. France conquered the territory by 1920 and incorporated it as part of French Equatorial Africa. In 1960, Chad obtained independence under the leadership of François Tombalbaye. Resentment towards his policies in the Muslim north culminated in the eruption of a long-lasting civil war in 1965. In 1979 the rebels conquered the capital and put an end to the South's hegemony. The rebel commanders then fought amongst themselves until Hissène Habré defeated his rivals. The Chadian–Libyan conflict erupted in 1978 by the Libyan invasion which stopped in 1987 with a French military intervention (Operation Épervier). Hissène Habré was overthrown in turn in 1990 by his general Idriss Déby. With French support, a modernization of the Chad National Army was initiated in 1991. From 2003, the Darfur crisis in Sudan spilt over the border and destabilised the nation. Already poor, the nation and people struggled to accommodate the hundreds of thousands of Sudanese refugees who live in and around camps in eastern Chad. While many political parties participated in Chad's legislature, the National Assembly, power laid firmly in the hands of the Patriotic Salvation Movement during the presidency of Idriss Déby, whose rule was described as authoritarian. After President Déby was killed by FACT rebels in April 2021, the Transitional Military Council led by his son Mahamat Déby assumed control of the government and dissolved the Assembly. Chad remains plagued by political violence and recurrent attempted coups d'état. Chad ranks the 2nd lowest in the Human Development Index, with 0.394 in 2021 placed 190th, and a least developed country facing the effects of being one of the poorest and most corrupt countries in the world. Most of its inhabitants live in poverty as subsistence herders and farmers. Since 2003 crude oil has become the country's primary source of export earnings, superseding the traditional cotton industry. Chad has a poor human rights record, with frequent abuses such as arbitrary imprisonment, extrajudicial killings, and limits on civil liberties by both security forces and armed militias.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. chad

   A chad can refer to: 1) A small piece of waste material removed from card or tape by punching. This term was popularized during the U.S. Presidential Election in 2000 where "hanging chads" on voter ballots were a subject of controversy. 2) In internet slang, a 'Chad' refers to a stereotypically masculine, often attractive and successful man, who is perceived to have certain alpha male traits. This term is often used in various online communities, and its interpretation can vary widely. 3) The Republic of Chad is a country in North Africa. In all contexts, which definition applies is subject to the context in which the term is being used.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:1.0 / 1 vote

1. Chadnoun

   see Shad

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1. Chad

   Chad, officially the Republic of Chad, is a landlocked country in Central Africa. It is bordered by Libya to the north, Sudan to the east, the Central African Republic to the south, Cameroon and Nigeria to the southwest, and Niger to the west. Chad is divided into multiple regions: a desert zone in the north, an arid Sahelian belt in the centre and a more fertile Sudanese savanna zone in the south. Lake Chad, after which the country is named, is the largest wetland in Chad and the second largest in Africa. Chad's highest peak is the Emi Koussi in the Sahara, and N'Djamena, the capital, is the largest city. Chad is home to over 200 different ethnic and linguistic groups. Arabic and French are the official languages. Islam and Christianity are the most widely practiced religions. Beginning in the 7th millennium BC, human populations moved into the Chadian basin in great numbers. By the end of the 1st millennium BC, a series of states and empires rose and fell in Chad's Sahelian strip, each focused on controlling the trans-Saharan trade routes that passed through the region. France conquered the territory by 1920 and incorporated it as part of French Equatorial Africa. In 1960, Chad obtained independence under the leadership of François Tombalbaye. Resentment towards his policies in the Muslim north culminated in the eruption of a long-lasting civil war in 1965. In 1978, the rebels conquered the capital and put an end to the south's hegemony. However, the rebel commanders fought amongst themselves until Hissène Habré defeated his rivals. He was overthrown in 1990 by his general Idriss Déby. Since 2003, the Darfur crisis in Sudan has spilt over the border and destabilised the nation, with hundreds of thousands of Sudanese refugees living in and around camps in eastern Chad.

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Chad

   shad, n. a kind of fish. [See Shad.]

The New Hacker's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. chad

   1. [common] The perforated edge strips on printer paper, after they have been separated from the printed portion. Also called selvage, perf, and ripoff. 2. The confetti-like paper bits punched out of cards or paper tape; this has also been called chaff, computer confetti, and keypunch droppings. It's reported that this was very old Army slang (associated with teletypewriters before the computer era), and has been occasionally sighted in directions for punched-card vote tabulators long after it passed out of live use among computer programmers in the late 1970s. This sense of ‘chad’ returned to the mainstream during the finale of the hotly disputed U.S. presidential election in 2000 via stories about the Florida vote recounts. Note however that in the revived mainstream usage chad is not a mass noun and ‘a chad’ is a single piece of the stuff.

U.S. National Library of MedicineRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Chad

   A republic in central Africa, east of NIGER, west of SUDAN and south of LIBYA. Its capital is N'Djamena.

Dictionary of Nautical TermsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. chad

   A fish like a small bream, abundant on the south-west coasts of England.

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1. chad

   Song lyrics by chad -- Explore a large variety of song lyrics performed by chad on the Lyrics.com website.

2. CHAD

   What does CHAD stand for? -- Explore the various meanings for the CHAD acronym on the Abbreviations.com website.

Surnames Frequency by Census RecordsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. CHAD

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Chad is ranked #58042 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Chad surname appeared 350 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Chad.
   
   62.2% or 218 total occurrences were White.
   26% or 91 total occurrences were Asian.
   5.4% or 19 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
   4.2% or 15 total occurrences were Black.

Matched Categories

1. • Africa
   • Afroasiatic
   • Lake
   • Paper

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How to pronounce chad?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say chad in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of chad in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of chad in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of chad in a Sentence

1. Chuck Schumer:

   I think without question Chad Readler would not get on the bench, the 60-vote threshold brought parties together and picked more judges to be moderate.

2. Babafemi Ojudu:

   He beat them black and blue and chased them into Chad Republic. He can do it again (with Boko Haram).

3. Justin Levitt:

   If the election is 537 votes apart in your crucial state, everything is your hanging chad.

4. Brigadier General James Linder:

   The Lake Chad nations are battling Boko Haram and we have a vested interest in that group of nations' collective success ... What Boko Harm is doing is a murderous rampage, about brutality intolerance and subjugation, our national leadership has been very clear that more was going to be done ... There is an ongoing discussion on how will we provide additional tools, techniques, and material to partner nations.

5. Chad Corby:

   Standing, bound, had a belt tied around Chad Corby ankles.

Popularity rank by frequency of use

References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=chad
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Chad
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=chad
4. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chad
5. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
6. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/chad
7. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=chad
8. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=chad
9. ^ The New Hacker's Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/3008/3008-h/3008-h.htm#Chad
10. ^ Dictionary of Nautical Terms
    https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/26000/pg26000-images.html#:~:text=chad
11. ^ Surnames Frequency by Census Records
    https://www.census.gov/topics/population/genealogy/data/2010_surnames.html
12. ^ Usage in printed sources
    https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=chad