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DictionaryseatPlace to sit
noun / verb

seat

SEET/siːt/

A place designed to hold someone sitting.

The wooden chair has a broad seat and a backrest.

A single empty wooden chair in three-quarter view, with its broad sitting surface, supportive backrest, and four stable legs clearly visible.
Etymology
seatOld Norseseat, position

Old Norse sæti named a seat or position. English preserves the concrete sitting sense, covering both an object to sit on and a designated sitting place.

In context

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And I was sitting a little closer to the front. So, our first flight, I had an aisle seat, which I like.
OneFall - Flight to Vegas - Media Scrum - WWE World

More examples

  • She saves a seat for her friend on the bus.
  • The host seats us near the window.
  • This dining room seats twenty people.

Forms

seat · seats · seated · seating

seating noun — Seats available for people to use.

Similar words

chair
A separate seat for one person, usually with a back.
bench
A long seat designed for several people to share.
stool
A seat without a back, usually for one person.