- seat
- [[t]si͟ːt[/t]]
♦♦seats, seating, seated1) N-COUNT A seat is an object that you can sit on, for example a chair.
Stephen returned to his seat...
Ann could remember sitting in the back seat of their car.
2) N-COUNT The seat of a chair is the part that you sit on.The stool had a torn, red plastic seat.
3) VERB If you seat yourself somewhere, you sit down. [WRITTEN][V-ed] He waved towards a chair, and seated himself at the desk...a portrait of one of his favourite models seated on an elegant sofa. [Also V pron-refl]
4) VERB A building or vehicle that seats a particular number of people has enough seats for that number.[V amount] The Theatre seats 570.
Then he got up, brushed off the seat of his jeans, and headed slowly down the slope.
6) N-COUNT When someone is elected to a parliament, congress, or senate, you can say that they, or their party, have won a seat.Independent candidates won the majority of seats on the local council.
...a Maryland Republican who lost his seat.
7) N-COUNT If someone has a seat on the board of a company or on a committee, they are a member of it.He has been unsuccessful in his attempt to win a seat on the board of the company.
8) N-COUNT: with supp The seat of an organization, a wealthy family, or an activity is its base.Gunfire broke out early this morning around the seat of government in Lagos.
...Weston Park, family seat of the Earl of Bradford.
9) → See also , hot seat10) PHRASE: V inflects If you take a back seat, you allow other people to have all the power and to make all the decisions.You need to take a back seat and think about both past and future...
This is a country where women usually take a back seat.
11) PHRASE: V and N inflect If you take a seat, you sit down. [FORMAL]`Take a seat,' he said in a bored tone...
Rachel smiled at him as they took their seats on opposite sides of the table.
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English dictionary. 2008.
