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Dictionary Entries (21 more entries. View all »)

seat

–noun

1.	something designed to support a person in a sitting position, as a chair, bench, or pew; a place on or in which one sits.

2.	the part of a chair, sofa, or the like, on which one sits.

3.	the part of the body on which one sits; the buttocks.

4.	the part of the garment covering it: the seat of one's pants.

5.	a manner of or posture used in sitting, as on a horse.

6.	something on which the base of an object rests.

7.	the base itself.

8.	a place in which something belongs, occurs, or is established; site; location.

9.	a place in which administrative power or the like is centered: the seat of the government.

10.	a part of the body considered as the place in which an emotion or function is centered: The heart is the seat of passion.

11.	the office or authority of a king, bishop, etc.: the episcopal seat.

12.	a space in which a spectator or patron may sit; accommodation for sitting, as in a theater or stadium.

13.	right of admittance to such a space, esp. as indicated by a ticket.

14.	a right to sit as a member in a legislative or similar body: to hold a seat in the senate.

15.	a right to the privileges of membership in a stock exchange or the like.

–verb (used with object)

16.	to place on a seat or seats; cause to sit down.

17.	to usher to a seat or find a seat for: to be seated in the front row.

18.	to have seats for; accommodate with seats: a theater that seats 1200 people.

19.	to put a seat on or into (a chair, garment, etc.).

20.	to install in a position or office of authority, in a legislative body, etc.

21.	to fit (a valve) with a seat.

22.	to attach to or place firmly in or on something as a base: Seat the telescope on the tripod.

–verb (used without object)

23.	(of a cap, valve, etc.) to be closed or in proper position: Be sure that the cap of the dipstick seats.

—Idiom

24.	by the seat of one's pants, using experience, instinct, or guesswork.

[Origin: 1150–1200; ME sete (n.) < ON sæti

]

—Related forms

seater, noun

seatless, adjective

—Synonyms 1. throne, stool. 3. bottom, fundament.

Thesaurus Entries (3 more entries. View all »)

	Roget's II: The New Thesaurus	Cite This Source
Main Entry:	seat
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	To cause to take a sitting position.
Synonyms:	sit
Source:	Roget's II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition by the Editors of the American Heritage® Dictionary. Copyright © 2003, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

	Synonym Collection v1.1	Cite This Source
Main Entry:	seat
Part of Speech:	verb
Synonyms:	backside, banquette, base, behind, bench, bleacher, bottom, buttocks, capital, center, chair, cushion, derriere, floor, foundation, fulcrum, home, house, hub, install, keister, locality, location, lounge, membership, ottoman, pew, place, posterior, residence, rest, room, rump, settle, sit, site, situate, station, stool, throne, usher
Source:	Synonym Collection v1.1 Copyright © 2008 by Lexico Publishing Group, LLC.

	Roget's II: The New Thesaurus	Cite This Source
Main Entry:	base
Part of Speech:	noun
Definition:	The lowest or supporting part or structure.
Synonyms:	basis, bed, bottom, foot, footing, foundation, fundament, ground, groundwork, substratum, underpinning
Source:	Roget's II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition by the Editors of the American Heritage® Dictionary. Copyright © 2003, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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