seat
Part of speech: noun
verb
Morphological type: simple
Topics: aeronautics
aerospace
aviation
business
engineering
government
law
military
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
politics
war
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)
Inflected forms:
form: seats
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: seats
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: seating
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: seated
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: seated
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: Something to be sat upon.
pos: noun
examples: Several pressmen have nearly lost their lives, to say nothing of the seats of their trousers, from these creatures.
I love these new biker pants I bought! There's padding in the seat to protect my rear end.
gloss: Something to be sat upon.
pos: noun
examples: There are two hundred seats in this classroom.
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.
[…] Grand Union proposes making a seat part of the price of a ticket, with 50% refunds for those travelling for longer than 30 minutes unable to obtain a seat.
gloss: Something to be sat upon.
pos: noun
examples: He sat on the arm of the chair rather than the seat, which always annoyed his mother.
the seat of a saddle
gloss: Something to be sat upon.
pos: noun
examples: She pulled the seat from under the table to allow him to sit down.
gloss: Something to be sat upon.
pos: noun
tags: slang
examples: Hey, fighter boy, our radar's putting out enough energy to launch your seat from this distance!
gloss: Something to be sat upon.
pos: noun
examples: Instead of saying "sit down", she said "place your seat on this chair".
gloss: Something to be sat upon.
pos: noun
examples: The seat of these trousers is almost worn through.
gloss: Something to be sat upon.
pos: noun
examples: The seat of the valve had become corroded.
gloss: A location or site.
pos: noun
tags: figuratively
examples: Our neighbor has a seat at the stock exchange and in congress.
gloss: A location or site.
pos: noun
examples: Washington D.C. is the seat of the U.S. government.
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.
But how the neurons are organised in these lobes and ganglia remains obscure. Yet this is the level of organisation that does the actual thinking—and is, presumably, the seat of consciousness.
gloss: A location or site.
pos: noun
gloss: A location or site.
pos: noun
examples: 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.
gloss: A location or site.
pos: noun
examples: Where thou dwellest, even where Satan's seat is.
He that builds a fair house upon an ill seat committeth himself to prison.
a seat of plenty, content, and tranquillity
I stopped taking the sweets and condiments I had got from home. The mind having taken a different turn, the fondness for condiments wore away, and I now relished the boiled spinach which in Richmond tasted insipid, cooked without condiments. Many such experiments taught me that the real seat of taste was not the tongue but the mind.
gloss: A location or site.
pos: noun
tags: England
Wales
gloss: A location or site.
pos: noun
tags: historical
gloss: The starting point of a fire.
pos: noun
gloss: Posture, or way of sitting, on horseback.
pos: noun
examples: She had so good a seat and hand she might be trusted with any mount.
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.
gloss: To put an object into a place where it will rest; to fix; to set firm.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: Be sure to seat the gasket properly before attaching the cover.
From their foundations, loosening to and fro, / They plucked the seated hills.
One morning I had been driven to the precarious refuge afforded by the steps of the inn, after rejecting offers from the Celebrity to join him in a variety of amusements. But even here I was not free from interruption, for he was seated on a horse-block below me, playing with a fox terrier.
gloss: To provide with a place to sit.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: This classroom seats two hundred students.
The waiter seated us and asked what we would like to drink.
The guests were no sooner seated but they entered into a warm debate.
He used to seat you on the piano and then, with vehement gestures and pirouettings, would argue the case. Not one word of the speech did you understand.
The older Jungfrau locomotives are of 330 h.p. only, but can push two coaches seating a total of 80 passengers up the 1 in 4 at 4 m.p.h.
gloss: To request or direct one or more persons to sit.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: Please seat the audience after the anthem and then introduce the first speaker.
gloss: 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.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: 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.
gloss: To assign the seats of.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: to seat a church
gloss: To cause to occupy a post, site, or situation; to station; to establish; to fix; to settle.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: This valve isn't seating properly.
Thus high […] is King Richard seated.
They had seated themselves in Nova Guiana.
gloss: To rest; to lie down.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
obsolete
examples: The folds, where sheepe at night doe seat.
gloss: To settle; to plant with inhabitants.
pos: verb
examples: to seat a country
The Plantations, for the most Part, are high and pleasantly seated
gloss: To put a seat or bottom in.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: to seat a chair
Related words: seat of honor
seat of learning
Seat of Wisdom
sedentary
see
sit
Derived words: Arthurs Seat
auto safety seat
available seat-mile
backseat
back-seat
back-seat driver
back-seat game
back-seat gamer
beseat
bums in seats
bums on seats
car safety seat
chair seat
child seat
deseat
disseat
fly by the seat of one's pants
have a seat
have several seats
hunt seat
infant safety seat
infant seat
in the driver's seat
in the driving seat
in the hot seat
is this seat taken
loveseat
multiseat
municipal seat
on the edge of one's seat
rearseat
safety seat
seat at the table
seatback
seat back
seat belt
seat-belt
seat belt syndrome
seatbox
seat cushion
seat earth
seatearth
seater
-seater
seat filler
seat hogging
seatholder
seatie
seating
seatless
seatlike
seat lock
seatmate
seatment
seatmile
seat-mile
seat of ease
seat of government
seat-of-the-pants
Seat of Wisdom
seat only
seatpin
seat post
seat rail
seat reservation ticket
seat sale
seatside
seat stay
seat time
seat tube
seatwork
seatworm
shooting seat
shower seat
take a back seat
take a seat
take one's seat
take the front seat
toddler seat
window-seat
would you mind putting on your seat belt
unseated
misseat
reseat
seatable
seat down
seated
seat out
unseat
Translations:
lang: Afrikaans
word: stoel
lang: Asturian
word: asientu
lang: Bulgarian
word: стол
roman: stol
lang: Esperanto
word: seĝo
lang: Finnish
word: istuin
lang: French
word: siège m chaise
lang: German
word: Stuhl
lang: German
word: Sitzmöbel
lang: German
word: Gestühl
lang: German
word: Bestuhlung
lang: Gothic
word: 𐍃𐍄𐍉𐌻𐍃
roman: stōls
lang: Ancient Greek
word: ἕδρα
roman: hédra
lang: Ancient Greek
word: δίφρος
roman: díphros
lang: Ancient Greek
word: θᾶκος
roman: thâkos
lang: Hindi
word: आसन
roman: āsan
lang: Italian
word: seduta
lang: Italian
word: sedia
lang: Latin
word: sedīle
lang: Latvian
word: sēdeklis
lang: Portuguese
word: assento
lang: Russian
word: стул
roman: stul
lang: Russian
word: сиде́нье
roman: sidénʹje
lang: Sanskrit
word: आसन
roman: āsana
lang: Scottish Gaelic
word: suidheachan
lang: Sotho
word: setulo
lang: Spanish
word: butaca
lang: Spanish
word: dúho
lang: Spanish
word: duho
lang: Swahili
word: kiti
lang: Swedish
word: sits
lang: Ottoman Turkish
word: كرسی
roman: kürsi
lang: Vietnamese
word: ghế