noun

seat

seet

noun

A piece of furniture or part of one designed for a person to sit on.

"Please take a seat while you wait."

"The car has heated seats in the front."

A position or place, such as membership of a parliament, board, or committee.

"She won a seat in the local council election."

"He has held his seat in parliament for over a decade."

verb

To cause someone to sit down, or to have space for a certain number of people to sit.

"The waiter seated us near the window."

"The new stadium seats sixty thousand fans."

How to Use Seat

Learner’s notes

In plain EnglishSomething to sit on, a position (like in government), or the act of sitting someone down / holding a certain number of people.

Common pairings

take a seat a seat in parliament seat capacity

seated past tense, seats plural, SEATs plural, Seats plural, seats singular

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From Old English "sǣte" and Old Norse "sæti," both going back to a very old root meaning "to sit."

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