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Seat
A seat is a place to sit. The term may encompass additional features, such as back, armrest and head restraint.
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Seat (noun)
Something to be sat upon.
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Seat (noun)
A place in which to sit.
“There are two hundred seats in this classroom.”
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Seat (noun)
The horizontal portion of a chair or other furniture designed for sitting.
“He sat on the arm of the chair rather than the seat, which always annoyed his mother.”
“the seat of a saddle”
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Seat (noun)
A piece of furniture made for sitting; e.g. a chair, stool or bench; any improvised place for sitting.
“She pulled the seat from under the table to allow him to sit down.”
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Seat (noun)
The part of an object or individual (usually the buttocks) directly involved in sitting.
“Instead of saying “sit down”, she said “place your seat on this chair”.”
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Seat (noun)
The part of a piece of clothing (usually pants or trousers) covering the buttocks.
“The seat of these trousers is almost worn through.”
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Seat (noun)
A location or site.
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Seat (noun)
A part or surface on which another part or surface rests.
“The seat of the valve had become corroded.”
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Seat (noun)
A membership in an organization, particularly a representative body.
“Our neighbor has a seat at the stock exchange and in congress.”
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Seat (noun)
The location of a governing body.
“Washington D.C. is the seat of the U.S. government.”
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Seat (noun)
An electoral district, especially for a national legislature.
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Seat (noun)
The starting point of a fire.
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Seat (noun)
Posture, or way of sitting, on horseback.
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Seat (verb)
To put an object into a place where it will rest; to fix; to set firm.
“Be sure to seat the gasket properly before attaching the cover.”
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Seat (verb)
To provide with places to sit.
“This classroom seats two hundred students.”
“The waiter seated us and asked what we would like to drink.”
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Seat (verb)
To request or direct one or more persons to sit.
“Please seat the audience after the anthem and then introduce the first speaker.”
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Seat (verb)
To recognize the standing of a person or persons by providing them with one or more seats which would allow them to participate fully in a meeting or session.
“Only half the delegates from the state were seated at the convention because the state held its primary too early.”
“You have to be a member to be seated at the meeting. Guests are welcome to sit in the visitors section.”
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Seat (verb)
To assign the seats of.
“to seat a church”
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Seat (verb)
To cause to occupy a post, site, or situation; to station; to establish; to fix; to settle.
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Seat (verb)
To rest; to lie down.
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Seat (verb)
To settle; to plant with inhabitants.
“to seat a country”
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Seat (verb)
To put a seat or bottom in.
“to seat a chair”
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Seat (noun)
a thing made or used for sitting on, such as a chair or stool.
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Seat (noun)
the roughly horizontal part of a chair, on which one’s weight rests directly.
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Seat (noun)
a sitting place for a passenger in a vehicle or for a member of an audience
“a fairly small theatre with 1,300 seats”
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Seat (noun)
a person’s buttocks.
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Seat (noun)
the part of a garment that covers the buttocks.
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Seat (noun)
a manner of sitting on a horse
“he’s got the worst seat on a horse of anyone I’ve ever seen”
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Seat (noun)
a place in an elected legislative or other body
“he lost his seat in the 1997 election”
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Seat (noun)
a parliamentary constituency
“a safe Labour seat in the North-East”
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Seat (noun)
a principal site or location
“Parliament House was the seat of the Scots Parliament until the Union with England”
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Seat (noun)
short for country seat
“Lamport Hall was the seat of the Isham family for over 400 years”
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Seat (noun)
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”
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Seat (verb)
arrange for (someone) to sit somewhere
“Owen seated his guests in the draughty baronial hall”
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Seat (verb)
sit down
“she invited them to be seated”
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Seat (verb)
(of a vehicle or building) have seats for (a specified number of people)
“the jet seats up to 175 passengers”
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Seat (verb)
fit in position
“upper boulders were simply seated in the interstices below”