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seat noun 1 anything designed or intended for sitting on. 2 a chair, bench, saddle, etc. 3 the part of it on which a person sits. 4 a place for sitting, eg in a cinema or theatre, especially a reservation for such a place • We booked four seats for the theatre tomorrow night. 5 the buttocks. 6 the part of a garment covering the buttocks. 7 the base of an object, or any part on which it rests or fits. 8 a parliamentary or local government constituency. 9 a position on a committee or other administrative body. 10 an established centre • seats of learning. 11 a place where anything is located, settled or established. 12 a large country mansion. verb (seated, seating) 1 to place on a seat. 2 to cause to sit down. 3 to assign a seat to someone, eg at a dinner table. 4 to provide seats for (a specified number of people) • My car seats five. 5 to place in any site, situation or location. 6 to fit firmly and accurately. 7 tr & intr to make (a skirt, trousers, etc) or become baggy by sitting • an unlined skirt will seat. by the seat of one's pants instinctively; by intuition. take a seat to sit down. take one's seat to take up one's allocated place or position, especially in parliament.
ETYMOLOGY: 13c: from Norse sæti.

seat noun 1 anything designed or intended for sitting on. 2 a chair, bench, saddle, etc. 3 the part of it on which a person sits. 4 a place for sitting, eg in a cinema or theatre, especially a reservation for such a place • We booked four seats for the theatre tomorrow night. 5 the buttocks. 6 the part of a garment covering the buttocks. 7 the base of an object, or any part on which it rests or fits. 8 a parliamentary or local government constituency. 9 a position on a committee or other administrative body. 10 an established centre • seats of learning. 11 a place where anything is located, settled or established. 12 a large country mansion. verb (seated, seating) 1 to place on a seat. 2 to cause to sit down. 3 to assign a seat to someone, eg at a dinner table. 4 to provide seats for (a specified number of people) • My car seats five. 5 to place in any site, situation or location. 6 to fit firmly and accurately. 7 tr & intr to make (a skirt, trousers, etc) or become baggy by sitting • an unlined skirt will seat. by the seat of one's pants instinctively; by intuition. take a seat to sit down. take one's seat to take up one's allocated place or position, especially in parliament.
ETYMOLOGY: 13c: from Norse sæti.

seat noun 1 anything designed or intended for sitting on. 2 a chair, bench, saddle, etc. 3 the part of it on which a person sits. 4 a place for sitting, eg in a cinema or theatre, especially a reservation for such a place • We booked four seats for the theatre tomorrow night. 5 the buttocks. 6 the part of a garment covering the buttocks. 7 the base of an object, or any part on which it rests or fits. 8 a parliamentary or local government constituency. 9 a position on a committee or other administrative body. 10 an established centre • seats of learning. 11 a place where anything is located, settled or established. 12 a large country mansion. verb (seated, seating) 1 to place on a seat. 2 to cause to sit down. 3 to assign a seat to someone, eg at a dinner table. 4 to provide seats for (a specified number of people) • My car seats five. 5 to place in any site, situation or location. 6 to fit firmly and accurately. 7 tr & intr to make (a skirt, trousers, etc) or become baggy by sitting • an unlined skirt will seat. by the seat of one's pants instinctively; by intuition. take a seat to sit down. take one's seat to take up one's allocated place or position, especially in parliament.
ETYMOLOGY: 13c: from Norse sæti.