Seat Sit I Siːt Back Place Extra Examples

• she sat back in her seat.
• he put his shopping on the seat behind him.
• please take a seat (= sit down).
• ladies and gentlemen, please take your seats (= sit down).

seat

1. a place where you can sit, for example a chair
• SEE ALSO back seat
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/back-seat
• She sat back in her seat.
• He put his shopping on the seat behind him.
• Please take a seat (= sit down).
• Ladies and gentlemen, please take your seats (= sit down).
• the front/passenger seat (= in a car)
• the back/rear seats
• a child seat (= for a child in a car)
• a window/an aisle seat (= on a plane or train)
• a window/corner seat (= one near a window/in a corner)
• a car/toilet seat
• We used the branch of an old tree as a seat.
• We all filed back to our seats in silence.

Extra Examples

• Do you have a spare seat in your car?
• He gave up his seat on the bus to a pregnant woman.
• He leaped out of his seat when he saw the rat.
• I got to the concert early to get a good seat.
• I had a terrifying journey on the pillion seat of a Honda 750.
• I slid into the leather bucket seat and fastened my seat belt.
• I took my usual seat at the front of the classroom.
• Is this seat taken?
• It is very uncomfortable to sit on these seats.
• The audience resumed their seats for the second half of the play.
• The best seats were occupied by the friends and families of the performers.
• There were no empty seats left in the hall.
• We had hardly settled into our seats when the first goal was scored.
• We had ringside seats for the boxing match.
• We had the best seats in the house for the concert.
• Would you prefer a window seat or an aisle seat?
2. with the number of seats mentioned
• a ten-seater minibus
• an all-seater stadium (= in which nobody is allowed to stand)
3. the part of a chair, etc. on which you actually sit
• a steel chair with a plastic seat
4. a place where you pay to sit in a plane, train, theatre, etc.
• Call the theatre box office to book your seats.
• To reserve a seat, visit our website.
• There are no seats left on that flight.
• Airlines often give great deals to fill empty seats.
• We had excellent seats for the show, on the third row.

Extra Examples

• I reserved seats for a performance of ‘King Lear’ at the New Theatre.
• an electronic seat-reservation system
• Seat reservations are free.
• Not all theatres can fill their seats so easily.
• Is it possible to book seats for the play?
• I managed to get some seats for the ballet.
5. an official position as a member of a parliament, council, committee, etc.
• SEE ALSO safe seat
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/safe-seat
• a seat on the city council/in Parliament/in Congress
• Republicans currently hold 51 seats in the Senate.
• The majority of seats on the board will be held by business representatives.
• The party won 32 seats in the recent elections.
• Several ministers are in danger of losing their seats.
• to take your seat (= to begin your duties, especially in Parliament)
• One vote could make all the difference in the highly marginal seat of Crawley.

Extra Examples

• He has been selected to fight the seat at the next election.
• She is expected to retain her seat at the next election.
• He lost his seat in the last election.
• She is running for a seat in the New York State Assembly.
• She took her seat in Parliament as Britain's youngest MP.
• The Democrats captured 18 of the 30 open seats.
• The Liberals took seven seats from Labour.
• The party held the seat with a 10 000 majority.
6. a place where people are involved in a particular activity, especially a city that has a university or the offices of a government
• Washington is the seat of government of the US.
• a university town renowned as a seat of learning
7. a large house in the country that belongs to a member of the upper class
• For the first two years of her life she lived at Ickworth, the family seat in Sussex.
8. the part of the body on which a person sits
• SYNONYM bottom (6)
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/bottom_1#bottom_sng_7
9. the part of a pair of trousers that covers a person’s seat
10. to have an advantage over other people or be in control of a situation
• Canada is in the catbird seat as an energy powerhouse.
11. to be the person in control of a situation
12. used to refer to the number of people who attend a show, talk, etc., especially when emphasizing the need or desire to attract a large number
• They're not bothered about attracting the right audience—they just want bums on seats.
13. to act without careful thought and without a plan that you have made in advance, hoping that you will be lucky and be successful
• SYNONYM wing it
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/wing_2#wing_idmg_7
14. very excited and giving your full attention to something
• The game had the crowd on the edge of their seats.
• I was on the edge of my seat waiting to find out what happened next.
15. to allow somebody else to play a more active and important role in a particular situation than you do
• Many managers take a back seat and leave recruitment to specialists.

Word Origin

• Middle English (as a noun): from Old Norse sæti, from the Germanic base of sit. The verb dates from the late 16th cent.