Seat
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /siːt/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Seat is a noun meaning Something to be sat upon.
Meaning
Something to be sat upon.
More Meanings
- A location or site.
- The starting point of a fire.
- Posture, or way of sitting, on horseback.
- (transitive) To put an object into a place where it will rest; to fix; to set firm.
- (transitive) To provide with a place to sit.
- (transitive) To request or direct one or more persons to sit.
- (transitive, legislature) To recognize the standing of a person or persons by providing them with one or more seats which would allow them to participate fully in a meeting or session.
Example Sentences
This classroom seats two hundred students.
Be sure to seat the gasket properly before attaching the cover.
She had so good a seat and hand she might be trusted with any mount.
From their foundations, loosening to and fro, / They plucked the seated hills.
Word Forms
- seats
- seating
- seated
Synonyms for seat
Depending on context, synonyms include stern, butt, ass, prat, induct, bottom.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include sit, sit down, rear end, behind, derriere, induct.
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