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Meaning of 'seat' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Seat [ n.]
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Posture, or way of sitting, on horseback.
- A part or surface on which another part or surface rests; as, a valve seat.
2 . Seat [ v. i.]
- To rest; to lie down.
3 . Seat [ v. t.]
- To place on a seat; to cause to sit down; as, to seat one's self.
- To cause to occupy a post, site, situation, or the like; to station; to establish; to fix; to settle.
- To assign a seat to, or the seats of; to give a sitting to; as, to seat a church, or persons in a church.
- To fix; to set firm.
- To settle; to plant with inhabitants; as to seat a country.
- To put a seat or bottom in; as, to seat a chair.

Meaning of 'seat' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . seat [ n]
Meaning (1):
- the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on
Example in sentence:
  • are you going to sit on your fanny and do nothing?;
  • he deserves a good kick in the butt
Meaning (2):
- a space reserved for sitting (as in a theater or on a train or airplane)
Example in sentence:
  • he booked their seats in advance;
  • he sat in someone else's place
Meaning (3):
- any support where you can sit (especially the part of a chair or bench etc. on which you sit)
Example in sentence:
  • he dusted off the seat before sitting down
Meaning (4):
- the legal right to sit as a member in a legislative or similar body
Example in sentence:
  • he was elected to a seat in the Senate
Meaning (5):
- the location (metaphorically speaking) where something is based
Example in sentence:
  • the brain is said to be the seat of reason
Meaning (6):
- the cloth covering for the buttocks
Example in sentence:
  • the seat of his pants was worn through
Meaning (7):
- furniture that is designed for sitting on
Example in sentence:
  • there were not enough seats for all the guests
8 . seat [ v]
Meaning (8):
- provide with seats
Example in sentence:
  • seat a concert hall
Meaning (9):
- place or attach firmly in or on a base
Example in sentence:
  • seat the camera on the tripod
Meaning (10):
- show to a seat; assign a seat for
Example in sentence:
  • The host seated me next to Mrs. Smith
Meaning (11):
- place in or on a seat
Example in sentence:
  • the mother seated the toddler on the high chair
Meaning (12):
- be able to seat
Example in sentence:
  • The theater seats 2,000
Meaning (13):
- place ceremoniously or formally in an office or position
Example in sentence:
  • there was a ceremony to induct the president of the Academy

Nearby Words:

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