Seat Definition
seat
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English
Etymology
Middle English, from Old Norse sæti, compare Old English set
Pronunciation
Noun
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; any improvised place for sitting.
- She pulled the seat from under the table to allow him to sit down.
- 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".
- The seat of the valve had become corroded.
- The part of a piece of clothing (usually pants or trousers) covering the buttocks.
- The seat of these trousers is almost worn through.
- 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.
Derived terms
Terms derived from seat
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Verb
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.
Translations
to put an object into a place
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See also
- county seat
- seat cushion
- seat of learning
- seat of wisdom
- sedentary
- see
- sit
Anagrams
Romansch
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Latin septem, from Proto-Indo-European *septḿ̥.
Number
seat
- (cardinal, Sutsilvan) seven
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A seat is place to sit, often referring to the area one sits upon as opposed to other elements like armrests.
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Types of seat
The following are examples of different kinds of seat:- Airline seat, for passengers in an aircraft
- Bar stool, a high stool used in bars
- Bench, a long hard seat
- Bicycle seat, a saddle on a bicycle
- Car seat, a seat in an automobile
- Chair, a seat with a back
- Chaise longue, a soft chair with leg support
- Couch, a long soft seat
- Ejection seat, rescue seat in an aircraft
- Infant car seat, for a small child in a car
- Jump seat, auxiliary seat in a vehicle
- Left seat, pilot in command's seat
- Pew, a long seat in a church
- Right seat, co-pilot's seat
- Saddle, a type of seat used on the backs of animals, bicycles, lap etc.
- Sliding seat, in a rowing boat
- Sofa, alternative name for couch
- Stool, a seat with no armrests or back
- Throne, a seat for a monarch
See also
References
- ^ "Seat". The Free Dictionary. http://www.thefreedictionary.com/seat. Retrieved May 31, 2011.
External links
Look up seat in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.- Media related to Seats at Wikimedia Commons
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