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 Definitions of Seat  [sit]  

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Definition of 'Seat' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) seat
something designed to support a person in a sitting position, as a chair or bench.

2.  seat
the part of something on which one sits:
a chair seat.

3.  seat
the buttocks.

4.  seat
the part of the garment covering the buttocks.

5.  seat
a manner of or posture used in sitting on a horse.

6.  seat
something on which the base of an object rests.

7.  seat
the base itself.

8.  seat
a place in which something occurs or is established:
a college as a seat of learning.

9.  seat
a place in which administrative power is centered:
Washington is the seat of the U.S. government.

10.  seat
accommodation for sitting, as in a theater.

11.  seat
a right to sit as a member in a legislative or similar body:
She was elected to a seat in the Senate.

12.  seat
a right to the privileges of membership in a stock exchange or the like.

13. (v.t.) seat
to place on a seat; cause to sit down.

14.  seat
to guide to a seat.

15.  seat
to accommodate with seats:
a theater that seats 1200 people.

16.  seat
to put a seat on or into.

17.  seat
to install in a position or office of authority.

18.  seat
to fit (a valve) with a seat.

19.  seat
to attach to or place firmly in or on something as a base:
Seat the telescope on the tripod.

20. (v.i.) seat
to fit properly in a seat.


Definition of 'Seat' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) seat, place
a space reserved for sitting (as in a theater or on a train or airplane)
"he booked their seats in advance"; "he sat in someone else's place"

2. (noun) buttocks, nates, arse, butt, backside, bum, buns, can, fundament, hindquarters, hind end, keister, posterior, prat, rear, rear end, rump, stern, seat, tail, tail end, tooshie, tush, bottom, behind, derriere, fanny, ass
the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on
"he deserves a good kick in the butt"; "are you going to sit on your fanny and do nothing?"

3. (noun) seat
furniture that is designed for sitting on
"there were not enough seats for all the guests"

4. (noun) seat
any support where you can sit (especially the part of a chair or bench etc. on which you sit)
"he dusted off the seat before sitting down"

5. (noun) seat
a center of authority (as a city from which authority is exercised)

6. (noun) seat
the location (metaphorically speaking) where something is based
"the brain is said to be the seat of reason"

7. (noun) seat
the legal right to sit as a member in a legislative or similar body
"he was elected to a seat in the Senate"

8. (noun) seat
a part of a machine that supports or guides another part

9. (verb) seat
the cloth covering for the buttocks
"the seat of his pants was worn through"

10. (verb) seat, sit, sit down
show to a seat; assign a seat for
"The host seated me next to Mrs. Smith"

11. (verb) seat
be able to seat
"The theater seats 2,000"

12. (verb) induct, invest, seat
place ceremoniously or formally in an office or position
"there was a ceremony to induct the president of the Academy"

13. (verb) seat
put a seat on a chair

14. (verb) seat
provide with seats
"seat a concert hall"

15. (verb) seat
place or attach firmly in or on a base
"seat the camera on the tripod"

16. (verb) seat
place in or on a seat
"the mother seated the toddler on the high chair"


Definition of 'Seat' Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary 

1. (noun) seat
an object sb sits on
Is this seat taken?; a bicycle seat

2.  seat
a place to sit on public transportation or at an event
There are seats in the back of the bus.; front row seats

3.  seat
a position in an organization that makes laws
The Democrat won the Senate seat.

4. (verb) seat
to have enough seats for a particular number of people
a stadium that seats 50,000 spectators

5.  seat
to arrange for sb to sit in a particular place
I've seated her father next to me.


Definition of 'Seat' Webster Dictionary 

1. (noun) Seat
the place or thing upon which one sits; hence; anything made to be sat in or upon, as a chair, bench, stool, saddle, or the like

2. (noun) Seat
the place occupied by anything, or where any person or thing is situated, resides, or abides; a site; an abode, a station; a post; a situation

3. (noun) Seat
that part of a thing on which a person sits; as, the seat of a chair or saddle; the seat of a pair of pantaloons

4. (noun) Seat
a sitting; a right to sit; regular or appropriate place of sitting; as, a seat in a church; a seat for the season in the opera house

5. (noun) Seat
posture, or way of sitting, on horseback

6. (noun) Seat
a part or surface on which another part or surface rests; as, a valve seat

7. (verb) Seat
to place on a seat; to cause to sit down; as, to seat one's self

8. (verb) Seat
to cause to occupy a post, site, situation, or the like; to station; to establish; to fix; to settle

9. (verb) Seat
to assign a seat to, or the seats of; to give a sitting to; as, to seat a church, or persons in a church

10. (verb) Seat
to fix; to set firm

11. (verb) Seat
to settle; to plant with inhabitants; as to seat a country

12. (verb) Seat
to put a seat or bottom in; as, to seat a chair

13. (verb) Seat
to rest; to lie down


Translation of 'Seat' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: something for sitting on
Are there enough seats for everyone?

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: sitplek Arabic flag Arabic: مَقْعَد Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: стол
Brazilian flag Brazilian: lugar Czech flag Czech: sedadlo German flag German: der Sitz
Danish flag Danish: siddeplads Greek flag Greek: κάθισμα, θέση Spanish flag Spanish: asiento
Estonian flag Estonian: iste Farsi flag Farsi: صندلي Finnish flag Finnish: istuin
French flag French: siège Hebrew flag Hebrew: מוֹשָב, כִּסֵא Hindi flag Hindi: आसन
Croatian flag Croatian: sjedalo, stolica Hungarian flag Hungarian: ülőhely; ülés (autóban) Indonesian flag Indonesian: tempat duduk
Icelandic flag Icelandic: sæti Italian flag Italian: posto Japanese flag Japanese: 座席
Korean flag Korean: 의자 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: vieta atsisėsti Latvian flag Latvian: sēdvieta
Malay flag Malay: tempat duduk Dutch flag Dutch: zitplaats Norwegian flag Norwegian: sitteplass
Polish flag Polish: miejsce do siedzenia Persian flag Persian: صندلي Pashto flag Pashto: سيټ، ناست ځاى: چوكۍ كرسۍ،
Portuguese flag Portuguese: lugar Romanian flag Romanian: scaun Russian flag Russian: место
Slovak flag Slovak: sedadlo Slovenian flag Slovenian: sedež Serbian flag Serbian: stolica
Swedish flag Swedish: stol, sittplats Thai flag Thai: ที่นั่ง; เก้าอี้ Turkish flag Turkish: oturacak yer
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 座位 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: стілець; сидіння Urdu flag Urdu: نشست
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: chỗ ngồi Chinese flag Chinese: 座位

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