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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 is a seat called?

   • something designed to support a person in a sitting position, as a chair, bench, or pew; a place on or in which one sits. Synonyms: stool, throne the part of a chair, sofa, or the like, on which one sits. the part of the body on which one sits; the buttocks. Synonyms: fundament, bottom the part of the garment covering it: the seat of one's pants.

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   What is seat noun?

   • Definition of seat noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary 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.

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   What does seated mean?

   • 1. a. To place in or on a seat. b. To cause or assist to sit down: The ushers will seat the members of the bride's family. 2. To provide with a particular seat: The usher seated me in the back row. 3. To have or provide seats for: We can seat 300 in the auditorium. 4. To install in a position of authority or eminence. 5.

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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. Ann could remember sitting in the back seat of their car. 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 towards a chair, and seated himself at the desk.

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   2.	seat - the fleshy part of the human body ...
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   Something you can sit on, especially if it's a bench, stool, sofa, or chair, is a seat. Most bicycles have one seat, while many motorcycles have two seats.

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