Seat
A seat is a place to sit. The term may encompass additional features, such as back, armrest and head restraint.
Seat (noun)
Something to be sat upon.
Seat (noun)
A place in which to sit.
“There are two hundred seats in this classroom.”
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”
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.”
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”.”
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.”
Seat (noun)
A location or site.
Seat (noun)
A part or surface on which another part or surface rests.
“The seat of the valve had become corroded.”
Seat (noun)
A membership in an organization, particularly a representative body.
“Our neighbor has a seat at the stock exchange and in congress.”
Seat (noun)
The location of a governing body.
“Washington D.C. is the seat of the U.S. government.”
Seat (noun)
An electoral district, especially for a national legislature.
Seat (noun)
The starting point of a fire.
Seat (noun)
Posture, or way of sitting, on horseback.
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.”
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.”
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.”
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.”
Seat (verb)
To assign the seats of.
“to seat a church”
Seat (verb)
To cause to occupy a post, site, or situation; to station; to establish; to fix; to settle.
Seat (verb)
To rest; to lie down.
Seat (verb)
To settle; to plant with inhabitants.
“to seat a country”
Seat (verb)
To put a seat or bottom in.
“to seat a chair”
Seat (noun)
a thing made or used for sitting on, such as a chair or stool.
Seat (noun)
the roughly horizontal part of a chair, on which one’s weight rests directly.
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”
Seat (noun)
a person’s buttocks.
Seat (noun)
the part of a garment that covers the buttocks.
Seat (noun)
a manner of sitting on a horse
“he’s got the worst seat on a horse of anyone I’ve ever seen”
Seat (noun)
a place in an elected legislative or other body
“he lost his seat in the 1997 election”
Seat (noun)
a parliamentary constituency
“a safe Labour seat in the North-East”
Seat (noun)
a principal site or location
“Parliament House was the seat of the Scots Parliament until the Union with England”
Seat (noun)
short for country seat
“Lamport Hall was the seat of the Isham family for over 400 years”
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”
Seat (verb)
arrange for (someone) to sit somewhere
“Owen seated his guests in the draughty baronial hall”
Seat (verb)
sit down
“she invited them to be seated”
Seat (verb)
(of a vehicle or building) have seats for (a specified number of people)
“the jet seats up to 175 passengers”
Seat (verb)
fit in position
“upper boulders were simply seated in the interstices below”