seat
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[edit] Etymology
Via Middle English from Old Norse sæti, compare Old English set
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seat (plural seats)
- A place in which to sit.
- There are two hundred seats in this classroom.
- 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.
- A piece of furniture made for sitting; e.g. a chair, stool or bench.
- She pulled the seat away from the table and, while he sat down, pushed it back in again.
- The part of an object or individual (notably the buttocks) directly involved in sitting.
- Place the seat of your pants on the seat of this chair.
- The part of a piece of clothing on which one sits.
- As he walked away she deftly kicked him in the seat of his pants to hurry him along.
- A membership in an organization, particularly a representative body.
- Our neighbor has a seat at the stock exchange and in congress.
- The location of a governing body.
- Washington D.C. is the seat of the U.S. government.
- (certain Commonwealth countries) an electoral district, especially for a national legislature.
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place in which to sit
horizontal portion of a chair
part of an object or individual directly involved in sitting
membership in a representative body
location of a governing body
electoral district
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to seat (third-person singular simple present seats, present participle seating, simple past and past participle seated)
- (transitive): To put an object into a place where it will rest.
- Be sure to seat the gasket properly before attaching the cover.
- (transitive): To provide places to sit.
- This classroom seats two hundred students.
[edit] Translations
to put an object into a place
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to provide places to sit
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