Word: seat Part of Speech: noun Etymology: 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) Pronunciation: /siːt/ 1. Something to be sat upon. Example: Several pressmen have nearly lost their lives, to say nothing of the seats of their trousers, from these creatures. Example: I love these new biker pants I bought! There's padding in the seat to protect my rear end. 2. Something to be sat upon. Example: There are two hundred seats in this classroom. Example: The humor of my proposition appealed more strongly to Miss Trevor than I had looked for, and from that time forward she became her old self again;[…]. Our table in the dining-room became again the abode of scintillating wit and caustic repartee, Farrar bracing up to his old standard, and the demand for seats in the vicinity rose to an animated competition. 3. Something to be sat upon. Example: He sat on the arm of the chair rather than the seat, which always annoyed his mother. Example: the seat of a saddle 4. Something to be sat upon. Example: She pulled the seat from under the table to allow him to sit down. 5. Something to be sat upon. Labels: slang Example: Hey, fighter boy, our radar's putting out enough energy to launch your seat from this distance! 6. Something to be sat upon. Example: Instead of saying "sit down", she said "place your seat on this chair". 7. Something to be sat upon. Example: The seat of these trousers is almost worn through. 8. Something to be sat upon. Example: The seat of the valve had become corroded. 9. A location or site. Labels: figuratively Example: Our neighbor has a seat at the stock exchange and in congress. 10. A location or site. Example: Washington D.C. is the seat of the U.S. government. Example: The K'o-tzu-lo-su Kirghiz chou bordered on the K'o-shih chuan-ch'ü and its seat at A-t'u-shih was only twenty-five kilometers from K'o-shih shih. 11. A location or site. 12. A location or site. Example: A man of fortune, who lives in London, may, in plays, operas, routs, assemblies, French cookery, French sauces, and French wines, spend as much yearly, as he could do, were he to live in the most hospitable manner at his seat in the country. 13. A location or site. Example: Where thou dwellest, even where Satan's seat is. Example: He that builds a fair house upon an ill seat committeth himself to prison. 14. A location or site. Labels: England, Wales 15. A location or site. Labels: historical 16. The starting point of a fire. 17. Posture, or way of sitting, on horseback. Example: She had so good a seat and hand she might be trusted with any mount. Example: George was a perfect picture on horseback; he had a light, firm seat, and seemed as if he were a part of his horse, and was only happy when away in the saddle for hours together, mustering cattle or tracking a missing horse.