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seat¹

  • /siːt/

Rhymes with -iːt

Where it comes from

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)

noun seats

  1. A place in which to sit. There are two hundred seats in this classroom.
  2. The horizontal portion of a chair or other furniture designed for sitting. He sat on the arm of the chair rather than the seat, which always annoyed his mother.
  3. A piece of furniture made for sitting, such as a chair, stool, or bench; any improvised place for sitting. She pulled the seat from under the table to allow him to sit down.
  4. slang An ejection seat. Hey, fighter boy, our radar's putting out enough energy to launch your seat from this distance!
  5. The part of an object or individual (usually the buttocks) directly involved in sitting. Instead of saying "sit down", she said "place your seat on this chair".
  6. The part of a piece of clothing (usually pants or trousers) covering the buttocks. The seat of these trousers is almost worn through.
  7. A part or surface on which another part or surface rests. The seat of the valve had become corroded.
  8. figuratively A membership in an organization, particularly a representative body. Our neighbor has a seat at the stock exchange and in congress.
  9. The location of a governing body. Washington D.C. is the seat of the U.S. government.
  10. An electoral district, especially for a national legislature.
  11. A temporary residence, such as a country home or a hunting lodge. 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.
  12. The place occupied by anything, or where any person, thing or quality is situated or resides; a site. Where thou dwellest, even where Satan's seat is.
  13. England, Wales One of a series of departmental placements given to a trainee solicitor as part of their training contract.
  14. historical Any of several autonomous regions in the medieval Kingdom of Hungary.
  15. The starting point of a fire.
  16. Posture, or way of sitting, on horseback. She had so good a seat and hand she might be trusted with any mount.

verb seats · seating · seated

  1. transitive To put an object into a place where it will rest; to fix; to set firm. Be sure to seat the gasket properly before attaching the cover.
  2. transitive To provide with a place to sit. This classroom seats two hundred students.
  3. transitive To request or direct one or more persons to sit. Please seat the audience after the anthem and then introduce the first speaker.
  4. transitive 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. Only half the delegates from the state were seated at the convention because the state held its primary too early.
  5. transitive To assign the seats of. to seat a church
  6. transitive To cause to occupy a post, site, or situation; to station; to establish; to fix; to settle. This valve isn't seating properly.
  7. intransitive, obsolete To rest; to lie down. The folds, where sheepe at night doe seat.
  8. To settle; to plant with inhabitants. to seat a country
  9. transitive To put a seat or bottom in. to seat a chair

SEAT²

noun SEATs

  1. US, abbreviation, acronym Acronym of single-engine air tanker

SEAT³

  • /ˈseɪæt/ UK

Rhymes with -eɪæt

proper noun

  1. Sociedad Española de Automóviles de Turismo, a Spanish automobile manufacturer.

noun SEATs

  1. An automobile from Sociedad Española de Automóviles de Turismo

Seat⁴

Where it comes from

Perhaps a variant of Sait.

proper noun Seats

  1. A surname.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: sit, sit down, rear end, tail end, behind, derriere, induct, place, fundament, rear, stern, invest, prat, backside, can, bottom

Translations

Every language

noun piece of furniture

Españolbutaca, dúho, duho
हिन्दीआसन āsan
Kiswahilikiti
Portuguêsassento
Françaissiège m chaise
DeutschStuhl, Sitzmöbel, Gestühl, Bestuhlung
Italianoseduta, sedia
Русскийстул stul, сиде́нье sidénʹje
Tiếng Việtghế

noun place in which to sit

Españolasiento, curul, escaño, sitial
한국어자리 jari, 좌석 jwaseok, 시트 siteu
日本語席 seki, シート shīto, 腰掛け koshikake, 座席 zaseki
中文座位 zuòwèi, 位子 wèizi, 座席 zuòxí
हिन्दीआसन āsan, आसनी āsnī
Portuguêslugar, assento
Françaisplace
DeutschSitz, Sitzplatz, Sitzgelegenheit
Italianoposto, seduta, sedile, scranno
Ελληνικάκάθισμα káthisma
Românăscaun
Русскийсиде́нье sidénʹje, ме́сто mésto
Tiếng Việtghế
العربيةمَقْعَد maqʕad, مَقْعَدَة maqʕada, وِثَاب wiṯāb

noun horizontal portion of a chair

Españolasiento
Françaisassise
Italianoassito, seduta
Русскийседа́лище sedálišče

noun part of an object or individual directly involved in sitting

Españolasiento
日本語座部 zabu
Portuguêsassento
Françaisséant, siège
Italianoposto
Русскийседа́лище sedálišče

noun part of clothing

Portuguêsfundilhos
Françaisfond
Italianocavallo, fondo

noun membership in a representative body

Españolescaño, curul
日本語席 seki, 籍 seki
Portuguêslugar
Françaissiège
Italianoseggio
Ελληνικάέδρα édra, καρέκλα karékla
Русскийме́сто mésto, пост post

noun location of a governing body

Españolsede
日本語中枢 chūsū
हिन्दीसिंहासन sĩhāsan
Portuguêssede
Françaissiège
DeutschSitz
Italianosede
Русскийместонахожде́ние mestonaxoždénije, местоположе́ние mestopoložénije, местопребыва́ние mestoprebyvánije

noun electoral district

日本語中枢 chūsū
Italianosezione

verb to put an object into a place

Españolengastar, colocar
日本語設置する secchi suru
Italianoposizionare, porre, collocare

verb to provide places to sit

Españolsentar
한국어앉다 anda
日本語座る suwaru, 着席する chakuseki suru, 在籍する zaiseki suru
Italianoalloggiare, contenere, accogliere, ospitare, accomodare, far sedere

verb legislature: to provide seat

Italianoinsediare

verb to request or direct to sit

Italianomettere a sedere

verb to cause to occupy a post; to settle

Italianostabilirsi

verb to put a seat or bottom in

Italianoaccomodarsi

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@misc{seat_2026,
  title = {seat},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/seat},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}