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   Seat

   /sēt/

   

   noun

   • 1. a thing made or used for sitting on, such as a chair or stool. Similar chairplacespaceseatingseating accommodationroom
   • ▪ the roughly horizontal part of a chair, on which one's weight rests directly.
   • ▪ a sitting place for a passenger in a vehicle or for a member of an audience: "we have a fairly small theater with about 1,300 seats"
   • 2. a person's buttocks. Similar buttocksbehindbacksidebottomrearrear endrumphauncheshindquarterscheeksderrièreSitzfleischinformal:sit-uponsternBTMtochusrusty dustybumbottypratjacksiebahookiebuttfannytushtushietailduffbunsbootycabooseheiniepatootiekeistertuchisbazoobippybattyrasshumorous:fundamentposteriorvulgar slang:arseclungeasstechnical:natesarchaic:breech
   • ▪ the part of a garment that covers the buttocks.
   • ▪ a manner of sitting on a horse: "he's got the worst seat on a horse of anyone I've ever seen"
   • 3. a place in an elected legislative or other body: "he lost his seat in the 1998 election" Similar residenceancestral homemansionstately homeabode
   • 4. a principal site or location: "Washington, the seat of the federal government" Similar headquarterslocationsitewhereaboutsplacebasecenternerve centernucleuscenter of operations/activityhubfocusfocal pointheart
   • ▪ short for country seat British
   • ▪ short for county seat
   • 5. a part of a machine that supports or guides another part: "if the valve seat is damaged, it can be recut using a special tool"

   verb

   • 1. arrange for (someone) to sit somewhere: "he seated her next to her husband" Similar positionputplacestandstationinstallsettlearrangedisposearrayrangedeployinformal:plonkparkrare:posit
   • ▪ sit down: "she invited them to be seated"
   • ▪ (of a place such as a theater or restaurant) have seats for (a specified number of people): "a large tent that seats 100 to 150 people" Similar have room forcontaintakesitholdaccommodate
   • ▪ fit in position: "upper boulders were simply seated in the interstices below"

   Word Origin Middle English (as a noun): from Old Norse sæti, from the Germanic base of sit. The verb dates from the late 16th century.

   Derivatives

   • 1. seatless adjective

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   What does a seat mean?

   • traseiro, sede, assento [masculine]… Need a translator? Get a quick, free translation! SEAT meaning: 1. something that you sit on: 2. the flat part of a chair, bicycle, etc that you sit on 3. a….

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   What does take a seat mean?

   • a place where you can sit, for example a chair She sat back in her seat. He put his shopping on the seat behind him. Please take a seat (= sit down). Ladies and gentlemen, please take your seats (= sit down). We used the branch of an old tree as a seat. We all filed back to our seats in silence. Want to learn more?

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   What is a seat example?

   • A seat is an object that you can sit on, for example, a chair. Stephen returned to his seat. The seat of a chair is the part that you sit on. The stool had a torn, red plastic seat. If you seat yourself somewhere, you sit down. He waved toward a chair, and seated himself at the desk.

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   What is a seat of government?

   • Washington is the seat of government of the US. For the first two years of her life she lived at Ickworth, the family seat in Sussex. (especially formal) the part of the body on which a person sits synonym bottom (6) the part of a pair of trousers that covers a person’s seat to have an advantage over other people or be in control of a situation

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   She is expected to retain her seat at the next election. He lost his seat in the last election. She is running for a seat in the New York State Assembly. She took her seat in Parliament as Britain's youngest MP. The Democrats captured 18 of the 30 open seats. The Liberals took seven seats from Labour. The party held the seat with a 10 000 majority.

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   Seat definition: something designed to support a person in a sitting position, as a chair, bench, or pew; a place on or in which one sits. See examples of SEAT used in a sentence.

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   From Longman Business Dictionary seat /siːt/ noun [ countable] 1 a position as a member of a government or a group that makes official decisions Since 2005, he has held a seat on the Board of Directors. 2 a position as a member of a financial market Foreign brokerage houses will be offered more seats on the Stock Exchange of Singapore. Origin ...

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   6 seat of something (formal) a place where people are involved in a particular activity, especially a city that has a university or the offices of a government Washington is the seat of government of the U.S. a university town renowned as a seat of learning; part of body; 7 (especially formal) the part of the body on which a person sits synonym ...

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   How to use seat in a sentence. a special chair of one in eminence; also : the status represented by it; a chair, stool, or bench intended to be sat in or on… See the full definition

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   Apr 13, 2024 · seat in American English. (sit) noun. 1. something designed to support a person in a sitting position, as a chair, bench, or pew; a place on or in which one sits. 2. the part of a chair, sofa, or the like, on which one sits. 3. the part of the body on which one sits; the buttocks.