Definition of seat in English:

seat

noun siːtsit

1A thing made or used for sitting on, such as a chair or stool.
Example sentencesExamples
- The stone furniture includes cupboards, beds and seats.
- From her seat at the kitchen table, Miri took a small sip of her tea and swung one leg toward the housekeeper.
- The stage was marvellously decorated to look like a shabby pub with its bar stools, spongy seats, Guinness mirrors and jukebox.
- Milly gave him a radiant smile and ushered him into the room, onto one of the seats at the kitchen table.
- Jenny and Jim watched him get up passively from his seat at the kitchen table.
- Those who attend school are often seen walking there carrying tins or plastic or wooden stools as seats since many school have no furniture.
- Benches are more flexible than stools or individual seats because you can squeeze in more people along them.
- Walking quickly back into my home from the mailbox, I went to the kitchen and plopped down in a seat at the dining table.
- One improvement is its over all look: the re-upholstered seats, new tables, carpets in the front room and the clean and fresh feel of the place.
- Maddy slid into his creative writing desk, several seats away from where Linda had been sitting for a while.
- He was now taking a seat on the swivel chair that went with the desk.
- Keith watches me from his seat at the kitchen table, his eyes are a mix of anger, amazement and confusion.
- There are only so many seats around the cabinet table.
- Barron's enthusiastic in his greetings until he realizes the only empty seat is next to me.
- She returned to her seat at the writing desk just as Richard and Adam entered the room.
- She talks sitting perched on the edge of a seat in her sitting room, her arms neatly folded in her lap.
- The interiors have soft colours, stone and cement walls, wooden cushioned seats and sofas in the A / C room.
- She took a vacant seat at the table and looked over the map as well.
- I sat down in the white chair while Dr. Clark took a seat on a stool that sat to my left.
- She escaped to the solace of the dark bedchamber, easily finding the window bench seat without a candle.
Synonyms
chair, place, space
(seats), seating, seating accommodation, room
1. 1.1 The roughly horizontal part of a chair, on which one's weight rests directly.
  Example sentencesExamples
  In the middle of the room was round, low table surrounded by a couch with two seats and three chairs.
  The package Campbell had brought the night before rested unassumingly on the seat of my chair.
  Royce looked around the small living room from her seat on the couch, not looking at all comfortable.
  Artemis sat on top of the back of a chair, his bare feet resting on the seat.
  Ryan laughed from his comfy seat on the olive green armchair.
  I headed into the bathroom and was greeted by a chilling site: the seat was up!
  Facing a bench or chair, place the right foot on the bench or the seat of the chair.
  He sat up straight, gripped the seat of the stool and, for the first time in his life, shivered.
  Filthy, smelly toilets: flooded, missing their seats, and covered in obscene graffiti.
  Theresa smiled faintly at me, a sideways smile because her head was still resting on the toilet seat.
  The seat of this wood-slat stool lifts off to reveal a handy storage container.
  Invariably they have cushioned seats and foot rests.
  I raised the armrest between two seats and covered our laps with the light blanket.
  Tack pairs of ribbons on either side of the cover where the seat joins the back.
  The upright wooden chairs have raffia seats - on every table a sprig of red carnations.
  I got up from my comfy seat on the couch and answered it, just so it would stop ringing.
  He sat, not on the seat of the bench, but on the back, his feet resting on the seat.
  Conner disappeared down the hallway, and I took a seat on a couch.
  Another oven is brought out - a stool with the seat cut out - so the cake tin can sit over the hole.
  I love it because bartenders in airports ask you for ID even if you look 106 and the toilets seats dispense nifty plastic covers with the wave of your hand.
2. 1.2 A sitting place for a passenger in a vehicle or for a member of an audience.
  a fairly small theatre with 1,300 seats
  Example sentencesExamples
  The gear is fused into a series of thick, metallic protective boxes situated between the vehicle's passenger and driver seats.
  On the plane, I sat in my window seat, and another passenger has the aisle seat.
  The marginal cost of filling an empty seat on a plane that's going anyway is almost nothing.
  The airline will fly two daily round-trip flights on 50 - seat regional jets.
  There are still a few vacant seats on the bus to Knock on Sunday, September 26.
  He has removed reclining seats, so now passengers have to endure the whole flight sitting up straight.
  Only back row seats are left, leaving just 80 tickets available per match.
  I had arrived early enough to get an aisle seat in an exit row.
  Some audience members took their seats more than 30 minutes ago.
  Finding the rear seats occupied by white men, she sat in the front section of the car.
  The large rear door provides great access to comfy seats with unbelievable legroom.
  During the return flight to Philadelphia we settled into plush leather seats.
  She settled against the cushioned leather seat and listened to the air controlled calm in the cabin.
  I smiled and got in the empty front passenger seat of the black Escalade.
  Also new are the rear reclining seats, which recline up to 10 degrees.
  All the while, audience members sit in their seats, wondering how these illusions are possible.
  Before I know it he's sitting in the driver's seat next to me and starting the car.
  Jennifer climbed into the driver's seat of the car and ignited the engine.
  The pilot's seat had been removed and placed in the sand and it made the perfect picture.
  In that case the seating available for passengers comprised three single seats and a bench seat 7 ft 4 ins in length.
2A person's buttocks.
Example sentencesExamples
- They tossed beach balls to one another between the decks and nibbled on cucumber sandwiches as they shook sand from the towels covering their seats.
Synonyms
buttocks, behind, backside, rear, rear end, rump, haunches, hindquarters, cheeks
British bottom
French derrière
German Sitzfleisch
informal sit-upon, stern, BTM, tochus, rusty dusty
British informal bum, botty, prat, jacksie
Scottish informal bahookie
North American informal butt, fanny, tush, tushie, tail, duff, buns, booty, caboose, heinie, patootie, keister, tuchis, bazoo, bippy
West Indian informal batty, rass
humorous fundament, posterior
British vulgar slang arse, clunge
North American vulgar slang ass
technical nates
archaic breech
1. 2.1 The part of a garment that covers the buttocks.
  Example sentencesExamples
  Is there an " X " on the seat of your pants?
  The girl sighed at the dark stain that covered the seat of her pants.
  And for extra room in the seat, try jeans with a low waist, low pockets and a bit of a flare around the ankle.
  The lengthwise stability reduces bagginess in the garment knees and seat.
  As she was doing this, the instructor worked her tail through a hole in the seat of the garment.
2. 2.2 A manner of sitting on a horse.
  he's got the worst seat on a horse of anyone I've ever seen
  Example sentencesExamples
  Waging war with such tools required more than courage, common sense, and a firm seat on a horse.
  If your seat is quiet, the horse is more likely to relax and slow his pace.
  At the same time she will correct your position on the horse, your seat, your hand and legs.
  The rider who can set a steady rhythm with her seat can help the green horse through these awkward stages.
  Put one hand on the small of your back, or lift both of your knees to feel how to align your seat and pelvic bones properly in the sitting trot.
3A place in an elected legislative or other body.
he lost his seat in the 1997 election
Example sentencesExamples
- An electoral system includes procedures for translating individual votes into seats in the legislature.
- The redrawn constitution of 1975 established a single legislative body with three hundred seats.
- In all, there were 153 congressional and state legislative seats in play in California last November.
- Of the country's 7,424 state legislative seats, 22 percent are held by women.
- In 1867, the Maori won the right to a certain number of reserved seats in Parliament.
- Only half of the 60 seats in the Legislative Council, the lawmaking body, are elected directly.
- Labour will lose the Maori seats in this election.
- There would be no basis on which anybody could ask me to vacate my seat in Parliament.
- He also unsuccessfully sought Liberal Party preselection in 1990 to contest a seat in the Australian Parliament.
- Of all state legislative seats nationwide, Republicans had won or were leading in 3,647, Democrats in 3,630.
- At present, only one-third of the 60 legislative seats are directly elected.
- Also, the proportional representation system used in the Assembly elections means that votes do not translate directly into seats.
- Against the tide of history the presidential party had gained congressional seats at the mid-term elections.
- Labour took five seats with the rest being held by independents.
- Other Greens will compete for other statewide offices and for state legislative seats.
- The additional directly elected seats are also expected to attract more democrats to join the race.
- Upper house elections are held every three years, with roughly half the seats up for re-election.
- The rest of the seats, about half, would go to independents - but the parties would have a role in nominating these independents.
- He left the MAC to pursue a successful bid for a seat in the legislature.
- A vacant senate seat is usually filled by appointment by the state's governor.
Synonyms
residence, ancestral home, mansion, stately home, abode
1. 3.1British A parliamentary constituency.
  a safe Labour seat in the North-East
  Example sentencesExamples
  When he was 21, his father bought him a parliamentary seat for the Irish borough of Cashel.
  The government lost a safe parliamentary seat in Wyre Forest because of its plans to close Kidderminster Hospital.
  She claimed the Tories could win all five Labour parliamentary seats in Merton and Wandsworth at the next general election.
  In 1945 he won the safe Tory parliamentary seat of Chislehurst for Labour.
  We will be standing in all 59 parliamentary seats across Scotland.
4A principal site or location.
Parliament House was the seat of the Scots Parliament until the Union with England
Example sentencesExamples
- Strasbourg is a central seat of administration for them, that's right, just as it is for the European Commission.
- The beck breaks to the surface at the site of the former seat of the city's textile industry.
- While the seat of power still rests in the city zone, there are signs that the game is becoming very popular in many provincial schools.
- Under Charlemagne and his heirs, the royal court's principal seats were Aachen (Aix-la-Chapelle) and Paris.
- He regarded it as the principal seat of the soul and the place in which all our thoughts are formed.
- The question of the site of the Federal capital and seat of the Federal government and so on was of little significance.
- It was once a garrison town, a market centre and an important seat of learning.
- These first forts at Madras, Bombay and Calcutta were the principal seats from where the Company oversaw its affairs.
Synonyms
headquarters, location, site, whereabouts, place, base, centre, nerve centre, nucleus, centre of operations/activity, hub, focus, focal point, heart
1. 4.1British
  Lamport Hall was the seat of the Isham family for over 400 years
  short for country seat
  Example sentencesExamples
  Her brother and mother have sent her to the Castlewood seat in the country; to be away from the attentions of the Prince.
  Kilkenny castle was built in the 12th century and was the principal seat of the Butlers until 1935.
5A part of a machine that supports or guides another part.
if the valve seat is damaged, it can be recut using a special tool

verb siːtsit

[with object]

1Arrange for (someone) to sit somewhere.
Owen seated his guests in the draughty baronial hall
Example sentencesExamples
- Why would you take two hours to begin seating passengers, and then rush them?
- One of McRae's other decisions is to seat the audience on both sides of the long, narrow stage, one section facing the other.
- In a post-feminist world, he adds, boys may want to relearn courtesies such as holding open doors and seating a girl at dinner.
- They seated the audience on a hillside and the action of the play took place in a grassy circle.
- Where else would he seat his guests for his famous five-course suppers?
- The engine has been placed below the floor, thus reducing sound within the boat and making use of this space for seating passengers, he says.
- All the time spent getting the plane ready, seating the passengers and then helping people off doesn't count.
- A waitress was serving the two people their main meals - she said she'd seat us in a minute.
- It looked as lavish as they usually do and seated you as uncomfortably as they usually do.
- Apparently based upon the passenger load, this dining car steward was able to implement a rather ingenious plan for seating his passengers.
- A very friendly waiter welcomed us and quickly seated us at a small table outside.
- I note a report showing that seating students in rows works best for learning.
- I arrived and told the person who seats people, whom I was looking for.
- If you are a guest for dinner, they would seat you facing the door, and the host would sit with their back to the door.
- The décor is strange, yes, as is the fact that we're offered a glass of wine by the waiter who seats us.
- We were greeted by a cheerful young waitress who seated us by the window.
- It's one of those places where they seat you with other people and the chef cooks in front of everybody.
- He seated me at a table for two in the window, and I waited.
- He seats his guests in the living room, while the meeting gets reanimated.
- Canada and Australia have also contacted Maine officials to learn more about the state's approach to seating tribal delegates.
Synonyms
position, put, place, stand, station
install, settle, arrange, dispose, array, range, deploy
informal plonk, park
rare posit
1. 1.1seat oneself" or "be seated Sit down.
  she invited them to be seated
  Example sentencesExamples
  Guests are scolded for seating themselves in a restaurant with no host at the door, and no sign indicating another policy.
  "Okay, " I said, once they were all seated on the couches in our living room.
  The audience were seated in rows of benches surrounding the ring.
  Once seated in the armchairs around a blazing fire, they ordered tea and waited silently.
  Rising slightly from his awkward position, he seated himself wearily on the bed, then pulled her down next to him.
  Jurors and spectators fared more poorly, all being seated on rough wooden benches.
  Dinner began after we said Grace and we were all seated comfortably around the table.
  She breathed inspiration into all seated in front of her.
  They dive into the meal before she's even comfortably seated at the table.
  Sighing, she seated herself in her usual position in the Geography class and prepared herself for a long day.
  But when he approached his first seated passenger, he found himself frozen.
  The best halls were rectangular, with a platform at one end and the audience seated in rows facing it.
  I was seated on the floor, while Nick was laying on the bed.
  Upon seating himself, he reached into his school bag and drew out a medal.
  Mr. Thomas was already seated at the table, with Mr. Marcel beside him.
  She is seated on a sofa in the living room and watches him, smiling.
  They were seated on seven thrones on top of a dais with seven steps.
  Inside of the house, there were a group of people already seated in the spacious living room.
  There were two people seated on a bench, staring at the wall.
  Start by seating yourself in a comfortable position in a quiet area.
  Synonyms
  take a seat, seat oneself, settle down, be seated, take a chair
2. 1.2 (of a vehicle or building) have seats for (a specified number of people)
  the jet seats up to 175 passengers
  Example sentencesExamples
  The desks were all labdesks able to seat two people each with labstools to sit on.
  The tables are mainly placed in alcoves and are large enough to seat large people with large appetites!
  Scott walked in the dinning room and seated himself at a table that could seat two people.
  The X-TRAIL can seat five persons and will offer a four-wheel option.
  At each table are four small benches, each large enough to seat two people.
  Business needs are well-catered for with seven meeting rooms and four theatres seating a maximum of 1340 people.
  There is space for a table that could seat ten people and room for free-standing storage units.
  The arena seated about 15,000 and was about a third full, according to James Perry.
  All that could be seen were their long, grayish necks and broad backs that could seat ten people.
  There are 19 tables, six of which seat six people; the rest of the tables are smaller, for two or three people.
  The table was big enough to seat ten people, five on each side.
  We were given a table in the upstairs section that seated us all.
  It looked as if it would seat two people, both at the front of the craft.
  There were ample enough seats, considering that the table could seat thirty-six people.
  But estate cars usually seat just five, and this good-looking car seats seven.
  (By the way, the theatre seats three hundred and fifteen or six hundred and thirty over two nights).
  A stadium seating 22,000 people is not necessary.
  Normally configured, there are two forward-facing bench seats that will seat six people.
  It seated three people in a row behind the engine, with the front two who had to wear crash helmets while the last one did not.
  Not only can it seat four passengers and carry all the shopping you could want, there is room for two people standing and a quarter of a tonne of coal.
  Synonyms
  have room for, contain, take, sit, hold, accommodate
2 Fit in position.
upper boulders were simply seated in the interstices below
Example sentencesExamples
- When installed properly, your Toyota hubcaps should be evenly seated around the edge of the wheel.
- She arrived at her desk and found that her laptop was not fully seated in the docking station.
- She flipped the second safety off before seating it in the holster and stood up.
- It would be unwise to assume that this test proves that you can get better pistol accuracy by simply seating the bullet out further.

Phrases

take one's seat

Start to take part in the business of an assembly after being elected.
the House of Commons refused to allow him to take his seat although he had been duly elected
Example sentencesExamples
- Not until 1886 was Bradlaugh, an avowed atheist, allowed to take his seat in Parliament.
- When Mr Chamberlain entered the Chamber at noon and took his seat on the Treasury bench he was greeted with an enthusiastic cheering from all sides.
- The London newspaper which made the boob quickly acknowledged its error, and Mr Singh took his seat in Parliament.
- Britain's long-awaited e-envoy will finally take his seat in Downing Street on Tuesday afternoon and start work immediately on wiring up Britain for the future, The Register can confirm.
- Election of replacement MLCs occurs at a Joint Sitting, but the MLC cannot take their seat for two days.
- She will take her seat in the assembly from May 1.
- National Assembly Speaker Park Kwan Yong was unable to take his seat to call the assembly into session and hold a floor vote because some 40 Uri Party lawmakers held him back.
- Controversy raged when Parliament refused to let him take his seat, even though he was elected Member of Parliament for Middlesex on four consecutive occasions.
- She was elected to the Dail in 1923 but did not take her seat.
- Perhaps if elected she plans to do a Gerry Adams and not take her seat in Parliament on principle.

Derivatives

seatless

adjective

The party has three seats out of 47 in greater Dublin, is much reduced in Cork and is seatless in several rural areas.
Example sentencesExamples
- This means that, ultimately, the new Verso cannot become a seatless, low-floored delivery van in the way the old one could.
- Each Spartan cell has a seatless toilet, a small sink and metal bed bolted into the wall.

Origin

Middle English (as a noun): from Old Norse sæti, from the Germanic base of sit. The verb dates from the late 16th century.

An old Scandinavian word which goes back even further to the same source as Latin sedere ‘to sit’. The Latin word is also the origin of sedentary (late 16th century), sedative (Late Middle English), and sediment (mid 16th century), and from its past tense session (Late Middle English) literally an act of sitting, so settling down to deal with something. The sense ‘a place where a government is based’, as in seat of government or power, comes from the throne or ‘seat’ of a king or governor. American pilots in the 1940s were the first to use by the seat of the pants, meaning that they flew the plane using their instinct and experience rather than relying on the aircraft's instrument panel. An experienced pilot could tell by a change in the vibrations of the seat if, for example, the plane was about to stall, and so take early action to rescue the situation.

Rhymes

accrete, autocomplete, beet, bittersweet, bleat, cheat, cleat, clubfeet, compete, compleat, complete, conceit, Crete, deceit, delete, deplete, discreet, discrete, eat, effete, élite, entreat, escheat, estreat, excrete, feat, feet, fleet, gîte, greet, heat, leat, leet, Magritte, maltreat, marguerite, meat, meet, meet-and-greet, mesquite, mete, mistreat, neat, outcompete, peat, Pete, petite, pleat, receipt, replete, sangeet, secrete, sheet, skeet, sleet, splay-feet, street, suite, sweet, teat, treat, tweet, wheat

Definition of seat in US English:

seat

nounsētsit

1A thing made or used for sitting on, such as a chair or stool.
Example sentencesExamples
- The stage was marvellously decorated to look like a shabby pub with its bar stools, spongy seats, Guinness mirrors and jukebox.
- Milly gave him a radiant smile and ushered him into the room, onto one of the seats at the kitchen table.
- There are only so many seats around the cabinet table.
- The stone furniture includes cupboards, beds and seats.
- Barron's enthusiastic in his greetings until he realizes the only empty seat is next to me.
- Maddy slid into his creative writing desk, several seats away from where Linda had been sitting for a while.
- The interiors have soft colours, stone and cement walls, wooden cushioned seats and sofas in the A / C room.
- Walking quickly back into my home from the mailbox, I went to the kitchen and plopped down in a seat at the dining table.
- She took a vacant seat at the table and looked over the map as well.
- She escaped to the solace of the dark bedchamber, easily finding the window bench seat without a candle.
- From her seat at the kitchen table, Miri took a small sip of her tea and swung one leg toward the housekeeper.
- One improvement is its over all look: the re-upholstered seats, new tables, carpets in the front room and the clean and fresh feel of the place.
- He was now taking a seat on the swivel chair that went with the desk.
- Benches are more flexible than stools or individual seats because you can squeeze in more people along them.
- She talks sitting perched on the edge of a seat in her sitting room, her arms neatly folded in her lap.
- I sat down in the white chair while Dr. Clark took a seat on a stool that sat to my left.
- She returned to her seat at the writing desk just as Richard and Adam entered the room.
- Those who attend school are often seen walking there carrying tins or plastic or wooden stools as seats since many school have no furniture.
- Jenny and Jim watched him get up passively from his seat at the kitchen table.
- Keith watches me from his seat at the kitchen table, his eyes are a mix of anger, amazement and confusion.
Synonyms
chair, place, space
1. 1.1 The roughly horizontal part of a chair, on which one's weight rests directly.
  Example sentencesExamples
  Ryan laughed from his comfy seat on the olive green armchair.
  I raised the armrest between two seats and covered our laps with the light blanket.
  Artemis sat on top of the back of a chair, his bare feet resting on the seat.
  Filthy, smelly toilets: flooded, missing their seats, and covered in obscene graffiti.
  Facing a bench or chair, place the right foot on the bench or the seat of the chair.
  Another oven is brought out - a stool with the seat cut out - so the cake tin can sit over the hole.
  I love it because bartenders in airports ask you for ID even if you look 106 and the toilets seats dispense nifty plastic covers with the wave of your hand.
  He sat up straight, gripped the seat of the stool and, for the first time in his life, shivered.
  I headed into the bathroom and was greeted by a chilling site: the seat was up!
  Theresa smiled faintly at me, a sideways smile because her head was still resting on the toilet seat.
  Conner disappeared down the hallway, and I took a seat on a couch.
  I got up from my comfy seat on the couch and answered it, just so it would stop ringing.
  Invariably they have cushioned seats and foot rests.
  He sat, not on the seat of the bench, but on the back, his feet resting on the seat.
  Royce looked around the small living room from her seat on the couch, not looking at all comfortable.
  The upright wooden chairs have raffia seats - on every table a sprig of red carnations.
  The package Campbell had brought the night before rested unassumingly on the seat of my chair.
  Tack pairs of ribbons on either side of the cover where the seat joins the back.
  The seat of this wood-slat stool lifts off to reveal a handy storage container.
  In the middle of the room was round, low table surrounded by a couch with two seats and three chairs.
2. 1.2 A sitting place for a passenger in a vehicle or for a member of an audience.
  we have a fairly small theater with about 1,300 seats
  Example sentencesExamples
  In that case the seating available for passengers comprised three single seats and a bench seat 7 ft 4 ins in length.
  Finding the rear seats occupied by white men, she sat in the front section of the car.
  The gear is fused into a series of thick, metallic protective boxes situated between the vehicle's passenger and driver seats.
  There are still a few vacant seats on the bus to Knock on Sunday, September 26.
  During the return flight to Philadelphia we settled into plush leather seats.
  Jennifer climbed into the driver's seat of the car and ignited the engine.
  He has removed reclining seats, so now passengers have to endure the whole flight sitting up straight.
  Some audience members took their seats more than 30 minutes ago.
  Before I know it he's sitting in the driver's seat next to me and starting the car.
  The marginal cost of filling an empty seat on a plane that's going anyway is almost nothing.
  On the plane, I sat in my window seat, and another passenger has the aisle seat.
  Also new are the rear reclining seats, which recline up to 10 degrees.
  The large rear door provides great access to comfy seats with unbelievable legroom.
  The pilot's seat had been removed and placed in the sand and it made the perfect picture.
  The airline will fly two daily round-trip flights on 50 - seat regional jets.
  Only back row seats are left, leaving just 80 tickets available per match.
  All the while, audience members sit in their seats, wondering how these illusions are possible.
  I smiled and got in the empty front passenger seat of the black Escalade.
  I had arrived early enough to get an aisle seat in an exit row.
  She settled against the cushioned leather seat and listened to the air controlled calm in the cabin.
2A person's buttocks.
Example sentencesExamples
- They tossed beach balls to one another between the decks and nibbled on cucumber sandwiches as they shook sand from the towels covering their seats.
Synonyms
buttocks, behind, backside, rear, rear end, rump, haunches, hindquarters, cheeks
1. 2.1 The part of a garment that covers the buttocks.
  Example sentencesExamples
  And for extra room in the seat, try jeans with a low waist, low pockets and a bit of a flare around the ankle.
  The lengthwise stability reduces bagginess in the garment knees and seat.
  The girl sighed at the dark stain that covered the seat of her pants.
  As she was doing this, the instructor worked her tail through a hole in the seat of the garment.
  Is there an " X " on the seat of your pants?
2. 2.2 A manner of sitting on a horse.
  he's got the worst seat on a horse of anyone I've ever seen
  Example sentencesExamples
  If your seat is quiet, the horse is more likely to relax and slow his pace.
  Waging war with such tools required more than courage, common sense, and a firm seat on a horse.
  Put one hand on the small of your back, or lift both of your knees to feel how to align your seat and pelvic bones properly in the sitting trot.
  The rider who can set a steady rhythm with her seat can help the green horse through these awkward stages.
  At the same time she will correct your position on the horse, your seat, your hand and legs.
3A place in an elected legislative or other body.
he lost his seat in the 1998 election
Example sentencesExamples
- Also, the proportional representation system used in the Assembly elections means that votes do not translate directly into seats.
- In 1867, the Maori won the right to a certain number of reserved seats in Parliament.
- He left the MAC to pursue a successful bid for a seat in the legislature.
- The additional directly elected seats are also expected to attract more democrats to join the race.
- In all, there were 153 congressional and state legislative seats in play in California last November.
- Of the country's 7,424 state legislative seats, 22 percent are held by women.
- Labour will lose the Maori seats in this election.
- Against the tide of history the presidential party had gained congressional seats at the mid-term elections.
- Only half of the 60 seats in the Legislative Council, the lawmaking body, are elected directly.
- The redrawn constitution of 1975 established a single legislative body with three hundred seats.
- At present, only one-third of the 60 legislative seats are directly elected.
- There would be no basis on which anybody could ask me to vacate my seat in Parliament.
- Upper house elections are held every three years, with roughly half the seats up for re-election.
- Other Greens will compete for other statewide offices and for state legislative seats.
- A vacant senate seat is usually filled by appointment by the state's governor.
- He also unsuccessfully sought Liberal Party preselection in 1990 to contest a seat in the Australian Parliament.
- An electoral system includes procedures for translating individual votes into seats in the legislature.
- Labour took five seats with the rest being held by independents.
- Of all state legislative seats nationwide, Republicans had won or were leading in 3,647, Democrats in 3,630.
- The rest of the seats, about half, would go to independents - but the parties would have a role in nominating these independents.
Synonyms
residence, ancestral home, mansion, stately home, abode
4A principal site or location.
Washington, the seat of the federal government
Example sentencesExamples
- He regarded it as the principal seat of the soul and the place in which all our thoughts are formed.
- The question of the site of the Federal capital and seat of the Federal government and so on was of little significance.
- These first forts at Madras, Bombay and Calcutta were the principal seats from where the Company oversaw its affairs.
- The beck breaks to the surface at the site of the former seat of the city's textile industry.
- Strasbourg is a central seat of administration for them, that's right, just as it is for the European Commission.
- While the seat of power still rests in the city zone, there are signs that the game is becoming very popular in many provincial schools.
- It was once a garrison town, a market centre and an important seat of learning.
- Under Charlemagne and his heirs, the royal court's principal seats were Aachen (Aix-la-Chapelle) and Paris.
Synonyms
headquarters, location, site, whereabouts, place, base, centre, nerve centre, nucleus, centre of activity, centre of operations, hub, focus, focal point, heart
1. 4.1British
  short for country seat
  Example sentencesExamples
  Kilkenny castle was built in the 12th century and was the principal seat of the Butlers until 1935.
  Her brother and mother have sent her to the Castlewood seat in the country; to be away from the attentions of the Prince.
2. 4.2
  short for county seat
5A part of a machine that supports or guides another part.

verbsētsit

[with object]

1Arrange for (someone) to sit somewhere.
he seated her next to her husband
Example sentencesExamples
- One of McRae's other decisions is to seat the audience on both sides of the long, narrow stage, one section facing the other.
- I arrived and told the person who seats people, whom I was looking for.
- Where else would he seat his guests for his famous five-course suppers?
- It's one of those places where they seat you with other people and the chef cooks in front of everybody.
- He seats his guests in the living room, while the meeting gets reanimated.
- All the time spent getting the plane ready, seating the passengers and then helping people off doesn't count.
- It looked as lavish as they usually do and seated you as uncomfortably as they usually do.
- Why would you take two hours to begin seating passengers, and then rush them?
- If you are a guest for dinner, they would seat you facing the door, and the host would sit with their back to the door.
- They seated the audience on a hillside and the action of the play took place in a grassy circle.
- A waitress was serving the two people their main meals - she said she'd seat us in a minute.
- We were greeted by a cheerful young waitress who seated us by the window.
- Canada and Australia have also contacted Maine officials to learn more about the state's approach to seating tribal delegates.
- I note a report showing that seating students in rows works best for learning.
- The engine has been placed below the floor, thus reducing sound within the boat and making use of this space for seating passengers, he says.
- The décor is strange, yes, as is the fact that we're offered a glass of wine by the waiter who seats us.
- A very friendly waiter welcomed us and quickly seated us at a small table outside.
- He seated me at a table for two in the window, and I waited.
- Apparently based upon the passenger load, this dining car steward was able to implement a rather ingenious plan for seating his passengers.
- In a post-feminist world, he adds, boys may want to relearn courtesies such as holding open doors and seating a girl at dinner.
Synonyms
position, put, place, stand, station
1. 1.1seat oneself" or "be seated Sit down.
  she invited them to be seated
  Example sentencesExamples
  Jurors and spectators fared more poorly, all being seated on rough wooden benches.
  They were seated on seven thrones on top of a dais with seven steps.
  Rising slightly from his awkward position, he seated himself wearily on the bed, then pulled her down next to him.
  She is seated on a sofa in the living room and watches him, smiling.
  Guests are scolded for seating themselves in a restaurant with no host at the door, and no sign indicating another policy.
  They dive into the meal before she's even comfortably seated at the table.
  Mr. Thomas was already seated at the table, with Mr. Marcel beside him.
  I was seated on the floor, while Nick was laying on the bed.
  But when he approached his first seated passenger, he found himself frozen.
  There were two people seated on a bench, staring at the wall.
  Dinner began after we said Grace and we were all seated comfortably around the table.
  The audience were seated in rows of benches surrounding the ring.
  Once seated in the armchairs around a blazing fire, they ordered tea and waited silently.
  She breathed inspiration into all seated in front of her.
  Sighing, she seated herself in her usual position in the Geography class and prepared herself for a long day.
  Inside of the house, there were a group of people already seated in the spacious living room.
  The best halls were rectangular, with a platform at one end and the audience seated in rows facing it.
  Upon seating himself, he reached into his school bag and drew out a medal.
  "Okay, " I said, once they were all seated on the couches in our living room.
  Start by seating yourself in a comfortable position in a quiet area.
  Synonyms
  take a seat, seat oneself, settle down, be seated, take a chair
2. 1.2 (of a place such as a theater or restaurant) have seats for (a specified number of people)
  a large tent that seats 100 to 150 people
  Example sentencesExamples
  At each table are four small benches, each large enough to seat two people.
  But estate cars usually seat just five, and this good-looking car seats seven.
  There are 19 tables, six of which seat six people; the rest of the tables are smaller, for two or three people.
  Business needs are well-catered for with seven meeting rooms and four theatres seating a maximum of 1340 people.
  We were given a table in the upstairs section that seated us all.
  Scott walked in the dinning room and seated himself at a table that could seat two people.
  The arena seated about 15,000 and was about a third full, according to James Perry.
  All that could be seen were their long, grayish necks and broad backs that could seat ten people.
  There were ample enough seats, considering that the table could seat thirty-six people.
  The table was big enough to seat ten people, five on each side.
  It seated three people in a row behind the engine, with the front two who had to wear crash helmets while the last one did not.
  The desks were all labdesks able to seat two people each with labstools to sit on.
  There is space for a table that could seat ten people and room for free-standing storage units.
  It looked as if it would seat two people, both at the front of the craft.
  The X-TRAIL can seat five persons and will offer a four-wheel option.
  Not only can it seat four passengers and carry all the shopping you could want, there is room for two people standing and a quarter of a tonne of coal.
  A stadium seating 22,000 people is not necessary.
  (By the way, the theatre seats three hundred and fifteen or six hundred and thirty over two nights).
  Normally configured, there are two forward-facing bench seats that will seat six people.
  The tables are mainly placed in alcoves and are large enough to seat large people with large appetites!
  Synonyms
  have room for, contain, take, sit, hold, accommodate
3. 1.3 Fit in position.
  upper boulders were simply seated in the interstices below
  Example sentencesExamples
  She arrived at her desk and found that her laptop was not fully seated in the docking station.
  When installed properly, your Toyota hubcaps should be evenly seated around the edge of the wheel.
  She flipped the second safety off before seating it in the holster and stood up.
  It would be unwise to assume that this test proves that you can get better pistol accuracy by simply seating the bullet out further.

Phrases

take one's seat

Sit down, typically in a seat assigned to one.
Example sentencesExamples
- She will take her seat in the assembly from May 1.
- Perhaps if elected she plans to do a Gerry Adams and not take her seat in Parliament on principle.
- She was elected to the Dail in 1923 but did not take her seat.
- Election of replacement MLCs occurs at a Joint Sitting, but the MLC cannot take their seat for two days.
- When Mr Chamberlain entered the Chamber at noon and took his seat on the Treasury bench he was greeted with an enthusiastic cheering from all sides.
- The London newspaper which made the boob quickly acknowledged its error, and Mr Singh took his seat in Parliament.
- Controversy raged when Parliament refused to let him take his seat, even though he was elected Member of Parliament for Middlesex on four consecutive occasions.
- Not until 1886 was Bradlaugh, an avowed atheist, allowed to take his seat in Parliament.
- Britain's long-awaited e-envoy will finally take his seat in Downing Street on Tuesday afternoon and start work immediately on wiring up Britain for the future, The Register can confirm.
- National Assembly Speaker Park Kwan Yong was unable to take his seat to call the assembly into session and hold a floor vote because some 40 Uri Party lawmakers held him back.

by the seat of one's pants

informal By instinct rather than logic or knowledge.
Example sentencesExamples
- I, on the other hand, play by the seat of my pants, improvising from the chords and syncopating most every rhythm with a lazy roadhouse beat.
- It sounds like the orchestra is playing by the seat of their pants.
- I haven't heard playing of this intensity since Pablo Casals conducted Mozart where his orchestra, too, played by the seat of their pants.
- From now on we will not be a disorganized rabble fighting by the seat of our pants.
- The rest of the trip will be conducted by the seat of our pants.
- The steering is utterly lifeless, which means you have to steer by sight rather than by the seat of your pants.
- I don't like playing music unless it's by the seat of your pants.
- Often you find yourself operating by the seat of your pants, with no real idea of what you are doing or where the business is going.
- Once aviation became routine, the landing strips were refined and smoothed, but those first fliers had to land by the seat of their pants.
- But wars never proceed according to plan; they are always fought by the seat of one's pants, through constant improvisation.

Origin

Middle English (as a noun): from Old Norse sæti, from the Germanic base of sit. The verb dates from the late 16th century.

单词	seat
释义	Definition of seat in English: seat noun siːtsit 1A thing made or used for sitting on, such as a chair or stool. Example sentencesExamples The stone furniture includes cupboards, beds and seats. From her seat at the kitchen table, Miri took a small sip of her tea and swung one leg toward the housekeeper. The stage was marvellously decorated to look like a shabby pub with its bar stools, spongy seats, Guinness mirrors and jukebox. Milly gave him a radiant smile and ushered him into the room, onto one of the seats at the kitchen table. Jenny and Jim watched him get up passively from his seat at the kitchen table. Those who attend school are often seen walking there carrying tins or plastic or wooden stools as seats since many school have no furniture. Benches are more flexible than stools or individual seats because you can squeeze in more people along them. Walking quickly back into my home from the mailbox, I went to the kitchen and plopped down in a seat at the dining table. One improvement is its over all look: the re-upholstered seats, new tables, carpets in the front room and the clean and fresh feel of the place. Maddy slid into his creative writing desk, several seats away from where Linda had been sitting for a while. He was now taking a seat on the swivel chair that went with the desk. Keith watches me from his seat at the kitchen table, his eyes are a mix of anger, amazement and confusion. There are only so many seats around the cabinet table. Barron's enthusiastic in his greetings until he realizes the only empty seat is next to me. She returned to her seat at the writing desk just as Richard and Adam entered the room. She talks sitting perched on the edge of a seat in her sitting room, her arms neatly folded in her lap. The interiors have soft colours, stone and cement walls, wooden cushioned seats and sofas in the A / C room. She took a vacant seat at the table and looked over the map as well. I sat down in the white chair while Dr. Clark took a seat on a stool that sat to my left. She escaped to the solace of the dark bedchamber, easily finding the window bench seat without a candle. Synonyms chair, place, space (seats), seating, seating accommodation, room 1.1 The roughly horizontal part of a chair, on which one's weight rests directly. Example sentencesExamples In the middle of the room was round, low table surrounded by a couch with two seats and three chairs. The package Campbell had brought the night before rested unassumingly on the seat of my chair. Royce looked around the small living room from her seat on the couch, not looking at all comfortable. Artemis sat on top of the back of a chair, his bare feet resting on the seat. Ryan laughed from his comfy seat on the olive green armchair. I headed into the bathroom and was greeted by a chilling site: the seat was up! Facing a bench or chair, place the right foot on the bench or the seat of the chair. He sat up straight, gripped the seat of the stool and, for the first time in his life, shivered. Filthy, smelly toilets: flooded, missing their seats, and covered in obscene graffiti. Theresa smiled faintly at me, a sideways smile because her head was still resting on the toilet seat. The seat of this wood-slat stool lifts off to reveal a handy storage container. Invariably they have cushioned seats and foot rests. I raised the armrest between two seats and covered our laps with the light blanket. Tack pairs of ribbons on either side of the cover where the seat joins the back. The upright wooden chairs have raffia seats - on every table a sprig of red carnations. I got up from my comfy seat on the couch and answered it, just so it would stop ringing. He sat, not on the seat of the bench, but on the back, his feet resting on the seat. Conner disappeared down the hallway, and I took a seat on a couch. Another oven is brought out - a stool with the seat cut out - so the cake tin can sit over the hole. I love it because bartenders in airports ask you for ID even if you look 106 and the toilets seats dispense nifty plastic covers with the wave of your hand. 1.2 A sitting place for a passenger in a vehicle or for a member of an audience. a fairly small theatre with 1,300 seats Example sentencesExamples The gear is fused into a series of thick, metallic protective boxes situated between the vehicle's passenger and driver seats. On the plane, I sat in my window seat, and another passenger has the aisle seat. The marginal cost of filling an empty seat on a plane that's going anyway is almost nothing. The airline will fly two daily round-trip flights on 50 - seat regional jets. There are still a few vacant seats on the bus to Knock on Sunday, September 26. He has removed reclining seats, so now passengers have to endure the whole flight sitting up straight. Only back row seats are left, leaving just 80 tickets available per match. I had arrived early enough to get an aisle seat in an exit row. Some audience members took their seats more than 30 minutes ago. Finding the rear seats occupied by white men, she sat in the front section of the car. The large rear door provides great access to comfy seats with unbelievable legroom. During the return flight to Philadelphia we settled into plush leather seats. She settled against the cushioned leather seat and listened to the air controlled calm in the cabin. I smiled and got in the empty front passenger seat of the black Escalade. Also new are the rear reclining seats, which recline up to 10 degrees. All the while, audience members sit in their seats, wondering how these illusions are possible. Before I know it he's sitting in the driver's seat next to me and starting the car. Jennifer climbed into the driver's seat of the car and ignited the engine. The pilot's seat had been removed and placed in the sand and it made the perfect picture. In that case the seating available for passengers comprised three single seats and a bench seat 7 ft 4 ins in length. 2A person's buttocks. Example sentencesExamples They tossed beach balls to one another between the decks and nibbled on cucumber sandwiches as they shook sand from the towels covering their seats. Synonyms buttocks, behind, backside, rear, rear end, rump, haunches, hindquarters, cheeks British bottom French derrière German Sitzfleisch informal sit-upon, stern, BTM, tochus, rusty dusty British informal bum, botty, prat, jacksie Scottish informal bahookie North American informal butt, fanny, tush, tushie, tail, duff, buns, booty, caboose, heinie, patootie, keister, tuchis, bazoo, bippy West Indian informal batty, rass humorous fundament, posterior British vulgar slang arse, clunge North American vulgar slang ass technical nates archaic breech 2.1 The part of a garment that covers the buttocks. Example sentencesExamples Is there an " X " on the seat of your pants? The girl sighed at the dark stain that covered the seat of her pants. And for extra room in the seat, try jeans with a low waist, low pockets and a bit of a flare around the ankle. The lengthwise stability reduces bagginess in the garment knees and seat. As she was doing this, the instructor worked her tail through a hole in the seat of the garment. 2.2 A manner of sitting on a horse. he's got the worst seat on a horse of anyone I've ever seen Example sentencesExamples Waging war with such tools required more than courage, common sense, and a firm seat on a horse. If your seat is quiet, the horse is more likely to relax and slow his pace. At the same time she will correct your position on the horse, your seat, your hand and legs. The rider who can set a steady rhythm with her seat can help the green horse through these awkward stages. Put one hand on the small of your back, or lift both of your knees to feel how to align your seat and pelvic bones properly in the sitting trot. 3A place in an elected legislative or other body. he lost his seat in the 1997 election Example sentencesExamples An electoral system includes procedures for translating individual votes into seats in the legislature. The redrawn constitution of 1975 established a single legislative body with three hundred seats. In all, there were 153 congressional and state legislative seats in play in California last November. Of the country's 7,424 state legislative seats, 22 percent are held by women. In 1867, the Maori won the right to a certain number of reserved seats in Parliament. Only half of the 60 seats in the Legislative Council, the lawmaking body, are elected directly. Labour will lose the Maori seats in this election. There would be no basis on which anybody could ask me to vacate my seat in Parliament. He also unsuccessfully sought Liberal Party preselection in 1990 to contest a seat in the Australian Parliament. Of all state legislative seats nationwide, Republicans had won or were leading in 3,647, Democrats in 3,630. At present, only one-third of the 60 legislative seats are directly elected. Also, the proportional representation system used in the Assembly elections means that votes do not translate directly into seats. Against the tide of history the presidential party had gained congressional seats at the mid-term elections. Labour took five seats with the rest being held by independents. Other Greens will compete for other statewide offices and for state legislative seats. The additional directly elected seats are also expected to attract more democrats to join the race. Upper house elections are held every three years, with roughly half the seats up for re-election. The rest of the seats, about half, would go to independents - but the parties would have a role in nominating these independents. He left the MAC to pursue a successful bid for a seat in the legislature. A vacant senate seat is usually filled by appointment by the state's governor. Synonyms residence, ancestral home, mansion, stately home, abode 3.1British A parliamentary constituency. a safe Labour seat in the North-East Example sentencesExamples When he was 21, his father bought him a parliamentary seat for the Irish borough of Cashel. The government lost a safe parliamentary seat in Wyre Forest because of its plans to close Kidderminster Hospital. She claimed the Tories could win all five Labour parliamentary seats in Merton and Wandsworth at the next general election. In 1945 he won the safe Tory parliamentary seat of Chislehurst for Labour. We will be standing in all 59 parliamentary seats across Scotland. 4A principal site or location. Parliament House was the seat of the Scots Parliament until the Union with England Example sentencesExamples Strasbourg is a central seat of administration for them, that's right, just as it is for the European Commission. The beck breaks to the surface at the site of the former seat of the city's textile industry. While the seat of power still rests in the city zone, there are signs that the game is becoming very popular in many provincial schools. Under Charlemagne and his heirs, the royal court's principal seats were Aachen (Aix-la-Chapelle) and Paris. He regarded it as the principal seat of the soul and the place in which all our thoughts are formed. The question of the site of the Federal capital and seat of the Federal government and so on was of little significance. It was once a garrison town, a market centre and an important seat of learning. These first forts at Madras, Bombay and Calcutta were the principal seats from where the Company oversaw its affairs. Synonyms headquarters, location, site, whereabouts, place, base, centre, nerve centre, nucleus, centre of operations/activity, hub, focus, focal point, heart 4.1British Lamport Hall was the seat of the Isham family for over 400 years short for country seat Example sentencesExamples Her brother and mother have sent her to the Castlewood seat in the country; to be away from the attentions of the Prince. Kilkenny castle was built in the 12th century and was the principal seat of the Butlers until 1935. 5A part of a machine that supports or guides another part. if the valve seat is damaged, it can be recut using a special tool verb siːtsit [with object] 1Arrange for (someone) to sit somewhere. Owen seated his guests in the draughty baronial hall Example sentencesExamples Why would you take two hours to begin seating passengers, and then rush them? One of McRae's other decisions is to seat the audience on both sides of the long, narrow stage, one section facing the other. In a post-feminist world, he adds, boys may want to relearn courtesies such as holding open doors and seating a girl at dinner. They seated the audience on a hillside and the action of the play took place in a grassy circle. Where else would he seat his guests for his famous five-course suppers? The engine has been placed below the floor, thus reducing sound within the boat and making use of this space for seating passengers, he says. All the time spent getting the plane ready, seating the passengers and then helping people off doesn't count. A waitress was serving the two people their main meals - she said she'd seat us in a minute. It looked as lavish as they usually do and seated you as uncomfortably as they usually do. Apparently based upon the passenger load, this dining car steward was able to implement a rather ingenious plan for seating his passengers. A very friendly waiter welcomed us and quickly seated us at a small table outside. I note a report showing that seating students in rows works best for learning. I arrived and told the person who seats people, whom I was looking for. If you are a guest for dinner, they would seat you facing the door, and the host would sit with their back to the door. The décor is strange, yes, as is the fact that we're offered a glass of wine by the waiter who seats us. We were greeted by a cheerful young waitress who seated us by the window. It's one of those places where they seat you with other people and the chef cooks in front of everybody. He seated me at a table for two in the window, and I waited. He seats his guests in the living room, while the meeting gets reanimated. Canada and Australia have also contacted Maine officials to learn more about the state's approach to seating tribal delegates. Synonyms position, put, place, stand, station install, settle, arrange, dispose, array, range, deploy informal plonk, park rare posit 1.1seat oneself" or "be seated Sit down. she invited them to be seated Example sentencesExamples Guests are scolded for seating themselves in a restaurant with no host at the door, and no sign indicating another policy. "Okay, " I said, once they were all seated on the couches in our living room. The audience were seated in rows of benches surrounding the ring. Once seated in the armchairs around a blazing fire, they ordered tea and waited silently. Rising slightly from his awkward position, he seated himself wearily on the bed, then pulled her down next to him. Jurors and spectators fared more poorly, all being seated on rough wooden benches. Dinner began after we said Grace and we were all seated comfortably around the table. She breathed inspiration into all seated in front of her. They dive into the meal before she's even comfortably seated at the table. Sighing, she seated herself in her usual position in the Geography class and prepared herself for a long day. But when he approached his first seated passenger, he found himself frozen. The best halls were rectangular, with a platform at one end and the audience seated in rows facing it. I was seated on the floor, while Nick was laying on the bed. Upon seating himself, he reached into his school bag and drew out a medal. Mr. Thomas was already seated at the table, with Mr. Marcel beside him. She is seated on a sofa in the living room and watches him, smiling. They were seated on seven thrones on top of a dais with seven steps. Inside of the house, there were a group of people already seated in the spacious living room. There were two people seated on a bench, staring at the wall. Start by seating yourself in a comfortable position in a quiet area. Synonyms take a seat, seat oneself, settle down, be seated, take a chair 1.2 (of a vehicle or building) have seats for (a specified number of people) the jet seats up to 175 passengers Example sentencesExamples The desks were all labdesks able to seat two people each with labstools to sit on. The tables are mainly placed in alcoves and are large enough to seat large people with large appetites! Scott walked in the dinning room and seated himself at a table that could seat two people. The X-TRAIL can seat five persons and will offer a four-wheel option. At each table are four small benches, each large enough to seat two people. Business needs are well-catered for with seven meeting rooms and four theatres seating a maximum of 1340 people. There is space for a table that could seat ten people and room for free-standing storage units. The arena seated about 15,000 and was about a third full, according to James Perry. All that could be seen were their long, grayish necks and broad backs that could seat ten people. There are 19 tables, six of which seat six people; the rest of the tables are smaller, for two or three people. The table was big enough to seat ten people, five on each side. We were given a table in the upstairs section that seated us all. It looked as if it would seat two people, both at the front of the craft. There were ample enough seats, considering that the table could seat thirty-six people. But estate cars usually seat just five, and this good-looking car seats seven. (By the way, the theatre seats three hundred and fifteen or six hundred and thirty over two nights). A stadium seating 22,000 people is not necessary. Normally configured, there are two forward-facing bench seats that will seat six people. It seated three people in a row behind the engine, with the front two who had to wear crash helmets while the last one did not. Not only can it seat four passengers and carry all the shopping you could want, there is room for two people standing and a quarter of a tonne of coal. Synonyms have room for, contain, take, sit, hold, accommodate 2 Fit in position. upper boulders were simply seated in the interstices below Example sentencesExamples When installed properly, your Toyota hubcaps should be evenly seated around the edge of the wheel. She arrived at her desk and found that her laptop was not fully seated in the docking station. She flipped the second safety off before seating it in the holster and stood up. It would be unwise to assume that this test proves that you can get better pistol accuracy by simply seating the bullet out further. Phrases take one's seat Start to take part in the business of an assembly after being elected. the House of Commons refused to allow him to take his seat although he had been duly elected Example sentencesExamples Not until 1886 was Bradlaugh, an avowed atheist, allowed to take his seat in Parliament. When Mr Chamberlain entered the Chamber at noon and took his seat on the Treasury bench he was greeted with an enthusiastic cheering from all sides. The London newspaper which made the boob quickly acknowledged its error, and Mr Singh took his seat in Parliament. Britain's long-awaited e-envoy will finally take his seat in Downing Street on Tuesday afternoon and start work immediately on wiring up Britain for the future, The Register can confirm. Election of replacement MLCs occurs at a Joint Sitting, but the MLC cannot take their seat for two days. She will take her seat in the assembly from May 1. National Assembly Speaker Park Kwan Yong was unable to take his seat to call the assembly into session and hold a floor vote because some 40 Uri Party lawmakers held him back. Controversy raged when Parliament refused to let him take his seat, even though he was elected Member of Parliament for Middlesex on four consecutive occasions. She was elected to the Dail in 1923 but did not take her seat. Perhaps if elected she plans to do a Gerry Adams and not take her seat in Parliament on principle. Derivatives seatless adjective The party has three seats out of 47 in greater Dublin, is much reduced in Cork and is seatless in several rural areas. Example sentencesExamples This means that, ultimately, the new Verso cannot become a seatless, low-floored delivery van in the way the old one could. Each Spartan cell has a seatless toilet, a small sink and metal bed bolted into the wall. Origin Middle English (as a noun): from Old Norse sæti, from the Germanic base of sit. The verb dates from the late 16th century. An old Scandinavian word which goes back even further to the same source as Latin sedere ‘to sit’. The Latin word is also the origin of sedentary (late 16th century), sedative (Late Middle English), and sediment (mid 16th century), and from its past tense session (Late Middle English) literally an act of sitting, so settling down to deal with something. The sense ‘a place where a government is based’, as in seat of government or power, comes from the throne or ‘seat’ of a king or governor. American pilots in the 1940s were the first to use by the seat of the pants, meaning that they flew the plane using their instinct and experience rather than relying on the aircraft's instrument panel. An experienced pilot could tell by a change in the vibrations of the seat if, for example, the plane was about to stall, and so take early action to rescue the situation. Rhymes accrete, autocomplete, beet, bittersweet, bleat, cheat, cleat, clubfeet, compete, compleat, complete, conceit, Crete, deceit, delete, deplete, discreet, discrete, eat, effete, élite, entreat, escheat, estreat, excrete, feat, feet, fleet, gîte, greet, heat, leat, leet, Magritte, maltreat, marguerite, meat, meet, meet-and-greet, mesquite, mete, mistreat, neat, outcompete, peat, Pete, petite, pleat, receipt, replete, sangeet, secrete, sheet, skeet, sleet, splay-feet, street, suite, sweet, teat, treat, tweet, wheat noun.1 phr. Definition of seat in US English: seat nounsētsit 1A thing made or used for sitting on, such as a chair or stool. Example sentencesExamples The stage was marvellously decorated to look like a shabby pub with its bar stools, spongy seats, Guinness mirrors and jukebox. Milly gave him a radiant smile and ushered him into the room, onto one of the seats at the kitchen table. There are only so many seats around the cabinet table. The stone furniture includes cupboards, beds and seats. Barron's enthusiastic in his greetings until he realizes the only empty seat is next to me. Maddy slid into his creative writing desk, several seats away from where Linda had been sitting for a while. The interiors have soft colours, stone and cement walls, wooden cushioned seats and sofas in the A / C room. Walking quickly back into my home from the mailbox, I went to the kitchen and plopped down in a seat at the dining table. She took a vacant seat at the table and looked over the map as well. She escaped to the solace of the dark bedchamber, easily finding the window bench seat without a candle. From her seat at the kitchen table, Miri took a small sip of her tea and swung one leg toward the housekeeper. One improvement is its over all look: the re-upholstered seats, new tables, carpets in the front room and the clean and fresh feel of the place. He was now taking a seat on the swivel chair that went with the desk. Benches are more flexible than stools or individual seats because you can squeeze in more people along them. She talks sitting perched on the edge of a seat in her sitting room, her arms neatly folded in her lap. I sat down in the white chair while Dr. Clark took a seat on a stool that sat to my left. She returned to her seat at the writing desk just as Richard and Adam entered the room. Those who attend school are often seen walking there carrying tins or plastic or wooden stools as seats since many school have no furniture. Jenny and Jim watched him get up passively from his seat at the kitchen table. Keith watches me from his seat at the kitchen table, his eyes are a mix of anger, amazement and confusion. Synonyms chair, place, space 1.1 The roughly horizontal part of a chair, on which one's weight rests directly. Example sentencesExamples Ryan laughed from his comfy seat on the olive green armchair. I raised the armrest between two seats and covered our laps with the light blanket. Artemis sat on top of the back of a chair, his bare feet resting on the seat. Filthy, smelly toilets: flooded, missing their seats, and covered in obscene graffiti. Facing a bench or chair, place the right foot on the bench or the seat of the chair. Another oven is brought out - a stool with the seat cut out - so the cake tin can sit over the hole. I love it because bartenders in airports ask you for ID even if you look 106 and the toilets seats dispense nifty plastic covers with the wave of your hand. He sat up straight, gripped the seat of the stool and, for the first time in his life, shivered. I headed into the bathroom and was greeted by a chilling site: the seat was up! Theresa smiled faintly at me, a sideways smile because her head was still resting on the toilet seat. Conner disappeared down the hallway, and I took a seat on a couch. I got up from my comfy seat on the couch and answered it, just so it would stop ringing. Invariably they have cushioned seats and foot rests. He sat, not on the seat of the bench, but on the back, his feet resting on the seat. Royce looked around the small living room from her seat on the couch, not looking at all comfortable. The upright wooden chairs have raffia seats - on every table a sprig of red carnations. The package Campbell had brought the night before rested unassumingly on the seat of my chair. Tack pairs of ribbons on either side of the cover where the seat joins the back. The seat of this wood-slat stool lifts off to reveal a handy storage container. In the middle of the room was round, low table surrounded by a couch with two seats and three chairs. 1.2 A sitting place for a passenger in a vehicle or for a member of an audience. we have a fairly small theater with about 1,300 seats Example sentencesExamples In that case the seating available for passengers comprised three single seats and a bench seat 7 ft 4 ins in length. Finding the rear seats occupied by white men, she sat in the front section of the car. The gear is fused into a series of thick, metallic protective boxes situated between the vehicle's passenger and driver seats. There are still a few vacant seats on the bus to Knock on Sunday, September 26. During the return flight to Philadelphia we settled into plush leather seats. Jennifer climbed into the driver's seat of the car and ignited the engine. He has removed reclining seats, so now passengers have to endure the whole flight sitting up straight. Some audience members took their seats more than 30 minutes ago. Before I know it he's sitting in the driver's seat next to me and starting the car. The marginal cost of filling an empty seat on a plane that's going anyway is almost nothing. On the plane, I sat in my window seat, and another passenger has the aisle seat. Also new are the rear reclining seats, which recline up to 10 degrees. The large rear door provides great access to comfy seats with unbelievable legroom. The pilot's seat had been removed and placed in the sand and it made the perfect picture. The airline will fly two daily round-trip flights on 50 - seat regional jets. Only back row seats are left, leaving just 80 tickets available per match. All the while, audience members sit in their seats, wondering how these illusions are possible. I smiled and got in the empty front passenger seat of the black Escalade. I had arrived early enough to get an aisle seat in an exit row. She settled against the cushioned leather seat and listened to the air controlled calm in the cabin. 2A person's buttocks. Example sentencesExamples They tossed beach balls to one another between the decks and nibbled on cucumber sandwiches as they shook sand from the towels covering their seats. Synonyms buttocks, behind, backside, rear, rear end, rump, haunches, hindquarters, cheeks 2.1 The part of a garment that covers the buttocks. Example sentencesExamples And for extra room in the seat, try jeans with a low waist, low pockets and a bit of a flare around the ankle. The lengthwise stability reduces bagginess in the garment knees and seat. The girl sighed at the dark stain that covered the seat of her pants. As she was doing this, the instructor worked her tail through a hole in the seat of the garment. Is there an " X " on the seat of your pants? 2.2 A manner of sitting on a horse. he's got the worst seat on a horse of anyone I've ever seen Example sentencesExamples If your seat is quiet, the horse is more likely to relax and slow his pace. Waging war with such tools required more than courage, common sense, and a firm seat on a horse. Put one hand on the small of your back, or lift both of your knees to feel how to align your seat and pelvic bones properly in the sitting trot. The rider who can set a steady rhythm with her seat can help the green horse through these awkward stages. At the same time she will correct your position on the horse, your seat, your hand and legs. 3A place in an elected legislative or other body. he lost his seat in the 1998 election Example sentencesExamples Also, the proportional representation system used in the Assembly elections means that votes do not translate directly into seats. In 1867, the Maori won the right to a certain number of reserved seats in Parliament. He left the MAC to pursue a successful bid for a seat in the legislature. The additional directly elected seats are also expected to attract more democrats to join the race. In all, there were 153 congressional and state legislative seats in play in California last November. Of the country's 7,424 state legislative seats, 22 percent are held by women. Labour will lose the Maori seats in this election. Against the tide of history the presidential party had gained congressional seats at the mid-term elections. Only half of the 60 seats in the Legislative Council, the lawmaking body, are elected directly. The redrawn constitution of 1975 established a single legislative body with three hundred seats. At present, only one-third of the 60 legislative seats are directly elected. There would be no basis on which anybody could ask me to vacate my seat in Parliament. Upper house elections are held every three years, with roughly half the seats up for re-election. Other Greens will compete for other statewide offices and for state legislative seats. A vacant senate seat is usually filled by appointment by the state's governor. He also unsuccessfully sought Liberal Party preselection in 1990 to contest a seat in the Australian Parliament. An electoral system includes procedures for translating individual votes into seats in the legislature. Labour took five seats with the rest being held by independents. Of all state legislative seats nationwide, Republicans had won or were leading in 3,647, Democrats in 3,630. The rest of the seats, about half, would go to independents - but the parties would have a role in nominating these independents. Synonyms residence, ancestral home, mansion, stately home, abode 4A principal site or location. Washington, the seat of the federal government Example sentencesExamples He regarded it as the principal seat of the soul and the place in which all our thoughts are formed. The question of the site of the Federal capital and seat of the Federal government and so on was of little significance. These first forts at Madras, Bombay and Calcutta were the principal seats from where the Company oversaw its affairs. The beck breaks to the surface at the site of the former seat of the city's textile industry. Strasbourg is a central seat of administration for them, that's right, just as it is for the European Commission. While the seat of power still rests in the city zone, there are signs that the game is becoming very popular in many provincial schools. It was once a garrison town, a market centre and an important seat of learning. Under Charlemagne and his heirs, the royal court's principal seats were Aachen (Aix-la-Chapelle) and Paris. Synonyms headquarters, location, site, whereabouts, place, base, centre, nerve centre, nucleus, centre of activity, centre of operations, hub, focus, focal point, heart 4.1British short for country seat Example sentencesExamples Kilkenny castle was built in the 12th century and was the principal seat of the Butlers until 1935. Her brother and mother have sent her to the Castlewood seat in the country; to be away from the attentions of the Prince. 4.2 short for county seat 5A part of a machine that supports or guides another part. verbsētsit [with object] 1Arrange for (someone) to sit somewhere. he seated her next to her husband Example sentencesExamples One of McRae's other decisions is to seat the audience on both sides of the long, narrow stage, one section facing the other. I arrived and told the person who seats people, whom I was looking for. Where else would he seat his guests for his famous five-course suppers? It's one of those places where they seat you with other people and the chef cooks in front of everybody. He seats his guests in the living room, while the meeting gets reanimated. All the time spent getting the plane ready, seating the passengers and then helping people off doesn't count. It looked as lavish as they usually do and seated you as uncomfortably as they usually do. Why would you take two hours to begin seating passengers, and then rush them? If you are a guest for dinner, they would seat you facing the door, and the host would sit with their back to the door. They seated the audience on a hillside and the action of the play took place in a grassy circle. A waitress was serving the two people their main meals - she said she'd seat us in a minute. We were greeted by a cheerful young waitress who seated us by the window. Canada and Australia have also contacted Maine officials to learn more about the state's approach to seating tribal delegates. I note a report showing that seating students in rows works best for learning. The engine has been placed below the floor, thus reducing sound within the boat and making use of this space for seating passengers, he says. The décor is strange, yes, as is the fact that we're offered a glass of wine by the waiter who seats us. A very friendly waiter welcomed us and quickly seated us at a small table outside. He seated me at a table for two in the window, and I waited. Apparently based upon the passenger load, this dining car steward was able to implement a rather ingenious plan for seating his passengers. In a post-feminist world, he adds, boys may want to relearn courtesies such as holding open doors and seating a girl at dinner. Synonyms position, put, place, stand, station 1.1seat oneself" or "be seated Sit down. she invited them to be seated Example sentencesExamples Jurors and spectators fared more poorly, all being seated on rough wooden benches. They were seated on seven thrones on top of a dais with seven steps. Rising slightly from his awkward position, he seated himself wearily on the bed, then pulled her down next to him. She is seated on a sofa in the living room and watches him, smiling. Guests are scolded for seating themselves in a restaurant with no host at the door, and no sign indicating another policy. They dive into the meal before she's even comfortably seated at the table. Mr. Thomas was already seated at the table, with Mr. Marcel beside him. I was seated on the floor, while Nick was laying on the bed. But when he approached his first seated passenger, he found himself frozen. There were two people seated on a bench, staring at the wall. Dinner began after we said Grace and we were all seated comfortably around the table. The audience were seated in rows of benches surrounding the ring. Once seated in the armchairs around a blazing fire, they ordered tea and waited silently. She breathed inspiration into all seated in front of her. Sighing, she seated herself in her usual position in the Geography class and prepared herself for a long day. Inside of the house, there were a group of people already seated in the spacious living room. The best halls were rectangular, with a platform at one end and the audience seated in rows facing it. Upon seating himself, he reached into his school bag and drew out a medal. "Okay, " I said, once they were all seated on the couches in our living room. Start by seating yourself in a comfortable position in a quiet area. Synonyms take a seat, seat oneself, settle down, be seated, take a chair 1.2 (of a place such as a theater or restaurant) have seats for (a specified number of people) a large tent that seats 100 to 150 people Example sentencesExamples At each table are four small benches, each large enough to seat two people. But estate cars usually seat just five, and this good-looking car seats seven. There are 19 tables, six of which seat six people; the rest of the tables are smaller, for two or three people. Business needs are well-catered for with seven meeting rooms and four theatres seating a maximum of 1340 people. We were given a table in the upstairs section that seated us all. Scott walked in the dinning room and seated himself at a table that could seat two people. The arena seated about 15,000 and was about a third full, according to James Perry. All that could be seen were their long, grayish necks and broad backs that could seat ten people. There were ample enough seats, considering that the table could seat thirty-six people. The table was big enough to seat ten people, five on each side. It seated three people in a row behind the engine, with the front two who had to wear crash helmets while the last one did not. The desks were all labdesks able to seat two people each with labstools to sit on. There is space for a table that could seat ten people and room for free-standing storage units. It looked as if it would seat two people, both at the front of the craft. The X-TRAIL can seat five persons and will offer a four-wheel option. Not only can it seat four passengers and carry all the shopping you could want, there is room for two people standing and a quarter of a tonne of coal. A stadium seating 22,000 people is not necessary. (By the way, the theatre seats three hundred and fifteen or six hundred and thirty over two nights). Normally configured, there are two forward-facing bench seats that will seat six people. The tables are mainly placed in alcoves and are large enough to seat large people with large appetites! Synonyms have room for, contain, take, sit, hold, accommodate 1.3 Fit in position. upper boulders were simply seated in the interstices below Example sentencesExamples She arrived at her desk and found that her laptop was not fully seated in the docking station. When installed properly, your Toyota hubcaps should be evenly seated around the edge of the wheel. She flipped the second safety off before seating it in the holster and stood up. It would be unwise to assume that this test proves that you can get better pistol accuracy by simply seating the bullet out further. Phrases take one's seat Sit down, typically in a seat assigned to one. Example sentencesExamples She will take her seat in the assembly from May 1. Perhaps if elected she plans to do a Gerry Adams and not take her seat in Parliament on principle. She was elected to the Dail in 1923 but did not take her seat. Election of replacement MLCs occurs at a Joint Sitting, but the MLC cannot take their seat for two days. When Mr Chamberlain entered the Chamber at noon and took his seat on the Treasury bench he was greeted with an enthusiastic cheering from all sides. The London newspaper which made the boob quickly acknowledged its error, and Mr Singh took his seat in Parliament. Controversy raged when Parliament refused to let him take his seat, even though he was elected Member of Parliament for Middlesex on four consecutive occasions. Not until 1886 was Bradlaugh, an avowed atheist, allowed to take his seat in Parliament. Britain's long-awaited e-envoy will finally take his seat in Downing Street on Tuesday afternoon and start work immediately on wiring up Britain for the future, The Register can confirm. National Assembly Speaker Park Kwan Yong was unable to take his seat to call the assembly into session and hold a floor vote because some 40 Uri Party lawmakers held him back. by the seat of one's pants informal By instinct rather than logic or knowledge. Example sentencesExamples I, on the other hand, play by the seat of my pants, improvising from the chords and syncopating most every rhythm with a lazy roadhouse beat. It sounds like the orchestra is playing by the seat of their pants. I haven't heard playing of this intensity since Pablo Casals conducted Mozart where his orchestra, too, played by the seat of their pants. From now on we will not be a disorganized rabble fighting by the seat of our pants. The rest of the trip will be conducted by the seat of our pants. The steering is utterly lifeless, which means you have to steer by sight rather than by the seat of your pants. I don't like playing music unless it's by the seat of your pants. Often you find yourself operating by the seat of your pants, with no real idea of what you are doing or where the business is going. Once aviation became routine, the landing strips were refined and smoothed, but those first fliers had to land by the seat of their pants. But wars never proceed according to plan; they are always fought by the seat of one's pants, through constant improvisation. Origin Middle English (as a noun): from Old Norse sæti, from the Germanic base of sit. The verb dates from the late 16th century. noun.1 phr.
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