English Explanatory Dictionary

seat

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Something to be sat upon.
  2. A place in which to sit.
  3. The horizontal portion of a chair or other furniture designed for sitting.
  4. A piece of furniture made for sitting, such as a chair, stool, or bench; any improvised place for sitting.
  5. An ejection seat.
  6. The part of an object or individual (usually the buttocks) directly involved in sitting.
  7. The part of a piece of clothing (usually pants or trousers) covering the buttocks.
  8. A part or surface on which another part or surface rests.
  9. A location or site.
  10. A membership in an organization, particularly a representative body.
  11. The location of a governing body.
  12. An electoral district, especially for a national legislature.
verb
  1. To put an object into a place where it will rest; to fix; to set firm.
  2. To provide with a place to sit.
  3. To request or direct one or more persons to sit.
  4. 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.
  5. To assign the seats of.
  6. To cause to occupy a post, site, or situation; to station; to establish; to fix; to settle.
  7. To rest; to lie down.
  8. To settle; to plant with inhabitants.
  9. To put a seat or bottom in.
noun
  1. Acronym of single-engine air tanker.
name
  1. Sociedad Española de Automóviles de Turismo, a Spanish automobile manufacturer.
noun
  1. An automobile from Sociedad Española de Automóviles de Turismo
name
  1. A surname.

Pronunciation

/siːt/ en-us-seat.ogg /ˈseɪæt/

Word forms

seat seats seating seated

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)

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

Translations

Afrikaans: stoel Asturian: asientu Bulgarian: стол Esperanto: seĝo Finnish: istuin French: siège m chaise German: Stuhl German: Sitzmöbel German: Gestühl German: Bestuhlung Gothic: 𐍃𐍄𐍉𐌻𐍃 Ancient Greek: ἕδρα Ancient Greek: δίφρος Ancient Greek: θᾶκος Hindi: आसन Italian: seduta Italian: sedia Latin: sedīle Latvian: sēdeklis Portuguese: assento Russian: стул Russian: сиде́нье Sanskrit: आसन Scottish Gaelic: suidheachan Sotho: setulo Spanish: butaca Spanish: dúho Spanish: duho Swahili: kiti Swedish: sits Ottoman Turkish: كرسی Vietnamese: ghế
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