seat Definition

seat
noun

1. Anything designed or intended for sitting on.

Thesaurus: chair, bench, pew, stool, settee, throne.
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.

Example: We booked four seats for the theatre tomorrow night
Example: We should go early to get the good seats
5. The buttocks.

Thesaurus: buttocks, rear, breech, rump, ass (slang).
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.

Example: seats of learning
11. A place where anything is located, settled or established.

Thesaurus: locus, location, site, headquarters, centre, locale, place, citadel, mecca, home.
12. A large country house or 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).

Example: My car seats five
5. To place in any site, situation or location.
6. To fit firmly and accurately.
tr & intr
7. To make (a skirt, trousers, etc) or become baggy by sitting.

Example: an unlined skirt will seat

Idiom: by the seat of one's pants

Instinctively; by intuition.

Idiom: take a seat

To sit down.

Idiom: take one's seat

To take up one's allocated place or position, especially in parliament.

Etymology: 13c: from Norse sæti.