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   seat

   /siːt/

   noun

   • 1. a thing made or used for sitting on, such as a chair or stool. Similar chairplacespaceseatingseating accommodationroom
   • ▪ the roughly horizontal part of a chair, on which one's weight rests directly.
   • ▪ a sitting place for a passenger in a vehicle or for a member of an audience: "a fairly small theatre with 1,300 seats"
   • 2. a person's buttocks. Similar buttocksbehindbacksidebottomrearrear endrumphauncheshindquarterscheeksderrièreSitzfleischinformal:sit-uponsternBTMtochusrusty dustybumbottypratjacksiebahookiebuttfannytushtushietailduffbunsbootycabooseheiniepatootiekeistertuchisbazoobippybattyrasshumorous:fundamentposteriorvulgar slang:arseclungeasstechnical:natesarchaic:breech
   • ▪ the part of a garment that covers the buttocks.
   • ▪ a manner of sitting on a horse: "he's got the worst seat on a horse of anyone I've ever seen"
   • 3. a place in an elected legislative or other body: "he lost his seat in the 1997 election" Similar residenceancestral homemansionstately homeabode
   • ▪ a parliamentary constituency: British "a safe Labour seat in the North-East"
   • 4. a principal site or location: "Parliament House was the seat of the Scots Parliament until the Union with England" Similar headquarterslocationsitewhereaboutsplacebasecentrenerve centrenucleuscentre of operations/activityhubfocusfocal pointheart
   • ▪ short for country seat British
   • 5. 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"

   verb

   • 1. arrange for (someone) to sit somewhere: "Owen seated his guests in the draughty baronial hall" Similar positionputplacestandstationinstallsettlearrangedisposearrayrangedeployinformal:plonkparkrare:posit
   • ▪ sit down: "she invited them to be seated"
   • ▪ (of a vehicle or building) have seats for (a specified number of people): "the jet seats up to 175 passengers" Similar have room forcontaintakesitholdaccommodate
   • 2. fit in position: "upper boulders were simply seated in the interstices below"

   Word Origin Middle English (as a noun): from Old Norse sæti, from the Germanic base of sit. The verb dates from the late 16th century.

   Derivatives

   • 1. seatless adjective

   Scrabble Points: 4

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   a manner of or posture used in sitting, as on a horse. something on which the base of an object rests. the base itself. a place in which something belongs, occurs, or is established; site; location. a place in which administrative power or the like is centered: the seat of the government.

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   A seat is a piece of furniture or a part of something that is designed for sitting on or resting on. It can also refer to a place, a right, a position, or a manner of sitting. Learn more about the different meanings and uses of seat with examples and idioms.

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   As a verb, seat means "help someone find a place to sit," the way an usher seats audience members at a concert. Some people also use seat to mean "bottom" or "buttocks," or the section of your pants that covers this body part.

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