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US
/ˈsit/
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[ UK /sˈiːt/ ]
[ UK /sˈiːt/ ]
NOUN
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the cloth covering for the buttocks
the seat of his pants was worn through -
the location (metaphorically speaking) where something is based
the brain is said to be the seat of reason -
any support where you can sit (especially the part of a chair or bench etc. on which you sit)
he dusted off the seat before sitting down -
a space reserved for sitting (as in a theater or on a train or airplane)
he booked their seats in advance
he sat in someone else's place - a part of a machine that supports or guides another part
- a center of authority (as a city from which authority is exercised)
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the legal right to sit as a member in a legislative or similar body
he was elected to a seat in the Senate -
furniture that is designed for sitting on
there were not enough seats for all the guests -
the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on
he deserves a good kick in the butt
are you going to sit on your fanny and do nothing?
VERB
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show to a seat; assign a seat for
The host seated me next to Mrs. Smith -
place ceremoniously or formally in an office or position
there was a ceremony to induct the president of the Academy -
provide with seats
seat a concert hall -
be able to seat
The theater seats 2,000 -
place or attach firmly in or on a base
seat the camera on the tripod -
place in or on a seat
the mother seated the toddler on the high chair - put a seat on a chair
How To Use seat In A Sentence
- Once you got into the stadium, there were no seats, only grassy banks.
- Assemble the table on a level surface, turn the top wheel upside down and place the seat wheel on top of it.
- The experience was a little like being seated next to a cheerful, open-faced fellow on a long airplane flight who begins talking to you - and then never, ever, ever stops, not even when he has his Salisbury steak dinner in his mouth.
- Lee waved down the server behind the counter, who seemed to have been engulfed in conversation with one of the two men seated next to us.
- Former Rep. Steve Pearce (R) is running to re-claim his old seat. House Democrats reserve $49 million in ad time
- Would you like an aisle seat or would you prefer to be by the window?
- De Forest had only one seat to his buggy, and it was rather irksome to be conveying two ladies around all the time. The Expressman and the Detective
- A swingle-tree hung at the pole's end, and a second pair of reins was fast to the driver's seat, the four cheek-buckles lying crossed over the wheeler's backs. Ambrotox and Limping Dick
- A second wave of emigrations of Ashkenazic Jews from Eastern Europe at the end of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries brought larger numbers of Yiddish-speaking, traditional Orthodox Jews into the Seattle community. Weaving Women's Words: Seattle Stories
- After putting its energy into the 2008 acquisition of Northwest Airlines, the Atlanta-based carrier plans to spend more than $2 billion through 2013 to lure travelers with new flat-bed seats, video on demand and upgraded facilities in hotly contested markets such as New York. Delta Refocuses