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Seat

//siːt// name, noun, verb, slang

Definitions

Proper Noun

1
Sociedad Española de Automóviles de Turismo, a Spanish automobile manufacturer.
2
A surname.

Noun

1
Something to be sat upon.
"Several pressmen have nearly lost their lives, to say nothing of the seats of their trousers, from these creatures."
2
Acronym of single-engine air tanker. US, abbreviation, acronym, alt-of
3
An automobile from Sociedad Española de Automóviles de Turismo
4
any support where you can sit (especially the part of a chair or bench etc. on which you sit) wordnet
5
Something to be sat upon.; A place in which to sit.
"There are two hundred seats in this classroom."

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6
furniture that is designed for sitting on wordnet
7
Something to be sat upon.; The horizontal portion of a chair or other furniture designed for sitting.
"He sat on the arm of the chair rather than the seat, which always annoyed his mother."
8
the cloth covering for the buttocks wordnet
9
Something to be sat upon.; A piece of furniture made for sitting, such as a chair, stool, or bench; any improvised place for sitting.
"She pulled the seat from under the table to allow him to sit down."
10
a part of a machine that supports or guides another part wordnet
11
Something to be sat upon.; A piece of furniture made for sitting, such as a chair, stool, or bench; any improvised place for sitting.; An ejection seat. slang
"Hey, fighter boy, our radar's putting out enough energy to launch your seat from this distance!"
12
the legal right to sit as a member in a legislative or similar body wordnet
13
Something to be sat upon.; The part of an object or individual (usually the buttocks) directly involved in sitting.
"Instead of saying "sit down", she said "place your seat on this chair"."
14
the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on wordnet
15
Something to be sat upon.; The part of a piece of clothing (usually pants or trousers) covering the buttocks.
"The seat of these trousers is almost worn through."
16
the location (metaphorically speaking) where something is based wordnet
17
Something to be sat upon.; A part or surface on which another part or surface rests.
"The seat of the valve had become corroded."
18
a space reserved for sitting (as in a theater or on a train or airplane) wordnet
19
A location or site.; A membership in an organization, particularly a representative body. figuratively
"Our neighbor has a seat at the stock exchange and in congress."
20
a center of authority (as a city from which authority is exercised) wordnet
21
A location or site.; The location of a governing body.
"Washington D.C. is the seat of the U.S. government."
22
A location or site.; An electoral district, especially for a national legislature.
23
A location or site.; A temporary residence, such as a country home or a hunting lodge.
"A man of fortune, who lives in London, may, in plays, operas, routs, assemblies, French cookery, French sauces, and French wines, spend as much yearly, as he could do, were he to live in the most hospitable manner at his seat in the country."
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A location or site.; The place occupied by anything, or where any person, thing or quality is situated or resides; a site.
"Where thou dwellest, even where Satan's seat is."
25
A location or site.; One of a series of departmental placements given to a trainee solicitor as part of their training contract. England, Wales
26
A location or site.; Any of several autonomous regions in the medieval Kingdom of Hungary. historical
27
The starting point of a fire.
28
Posture, or way of sitting, on horseback.
"She had so good a seat and hand she might be trusted with any mount."

Verb

1
To put an object into a place where it will rest; to fix; to set firm. transitive
"Be sure to seat the gasket properly before attaching the cover."
2
show to a seat; assign a seat for wordnet
3
To provide with a place to sit. transitive
"This classroom seats two hundred students."
4
place in or on a seat wordnet
5
To request or direct one or more persons to sit. transitive
"Please seat the audience after the anthem and then introduce the first speaker."

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place or attach firmly in or on a base wordnet
7
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. transitive
"Only half the delegates from the state were seated at the convention because the state held its primary too early."
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provide with seats wordnet
9
To assign the seats of. transitive
"to seat a church"
10
put a seat on a chair wordnet
11
To cause to occupy a post, site, or situation; to station; to establish; to fix; to settle. transitive
"This valve isn't seating properly."
12
place ceremoniously or formally in an office or position wordnet
13
To rest; to lie down. intransitive, obsolete
"The folds, where sheepe at night doe seat."
14
be able to seat wordnet
15
To settle; to plant with inhabitants.
"to seat a country"
16
To put a seat or bottom in. transitive
"to seat a chair"

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English sete, from Old English sǣte, possibly from (or simply cognate with) Old Norse sæti (“seat”), both from Proto-Germanic *sētiją (“seat”), from Proto-Indo-European *sed- (“to sit”); compare Old English set (“seat”). Noun sense 2 (“location or site”) is probably derived from Old English sǣte (“house”), which is related to Old High German sāza (“sedan, seat, domicile”). Cognates * Middle Dutch gesaete * Old High German gisazi (modern German Gesäß)

Etymology 2

Etymology 3

Perhaps a variant of Sait.

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