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seat

/siːt/

noun

Meaning

  • Something to be sat upon.

  • A location or site.

  • The starting point of a fire.

  • Posture, or way of sitting, on horseback.

verb

Meaning

  • To put an object into a place where it will rest; to fix; to set firm.

    "Be sure to seat the gasket properly before attaching the cover."

  • To provide with places to sit.

    "The waiter seated us and asked what we would like to drink."

  • To request or direct one or more persons to sit.

    "Please seat the audience after the anthem and then introduce the first speaker."

  • (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.

    "Only half the delegates from the state were seated at the convention because the state held its primary too early."

  • To assign the seats of.

    "to seat a church"

  • To cause to occupy a post, site, or situation; to station; to establish; to fix; to settle.

  • To rest; to lie down.

  • To settle; to plant with inhabitants.

    "to seat a country"

  • To put a seat or bottom in.

    "to seat a chair"