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seat.

Something to be sat upon.

4 characters1 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/siːt/
  1. Something to be sat upon.

  2. Something to be sat upon. A place in which to sit.

    There are two hundred seats in this classroom.
  3. 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.
    the seat of a saddle
  4. 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.
  5. 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!
  6. 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".
  7. 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.
  8. Something to be sat upon. A part or surface on which another part or surface rests.

    The seat of the valve had become corroded.
  9. 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.
  10. A location or site. The location of a governing body.

    Washington D.C. is the seat of the U.S. government.
  11. A location or site. An electoral district, especially for a national legislature.

  12. A location or site. A temporary residence, such as a country home or a hunting lodge.

  13. A location or site. The place occupied by anything, or where any person, thing or quality is situated or resides; a site.

  14. A location or site. One of a series of departmental placements given to a trainee solicitor as part of their training contract.

    England · Wales
  15. A location or site. Any of several autonomous regions in the medieval Kingdom of Hungary.

    historical
  16. The starting point of a fire.

  17. Posture, or way of sitting, on horseback.

Where this word comes from

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)

verb/siːt/
  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. To provide with a place to sit.

    transitive
    This classroom seats two hundred students.
    The waiter seated us and asked what we would like to drink.
  3. To request or direct one or more persons to sit.

    transitive
    Please seat the audience after the anthem and then introduce the first speaker.
  4. 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.
    You have to be a member to be seated at the meeting. Guests are welcome to sit in the visitors section.
  5. To assign the seats of.

    transitive
    to seat a church
  6. To cause to occupy a post, site, or situation; to station; to establish; to fix; to settle.

    transitive
    This valve isn't seating properly.
  7. To rest; to lie down.

    intransitive · obsolete
  8. To settle; to plant with inhabitants.

    to seat a country
  9. To put a seat or bottom in.

    transitive
    to seat a chair
Where this word comes from

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)

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