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seat(noun)BrE / siːt / NAmE / siːt / - 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).
- a window/corner seat (= one near a window/in a corner)
- a child seat (= for a child in a car)
- Would you prefer a window seat or an aisle seat? (= on a plane)
- We used the branch of an old tree as a seat.
- We all filed back to our seats in silence.
- May I sit here?
- Sit still, will you!
- We sat talking for hours.
- Please sit down.
- Come in and sit yourselves down.
- She was seated at the head of the table.
- Please be seated.
- Please take a seat.
- She perched herself on the edge of the bed.
- with the number of seats mentioned
- a ten-seater minibus
- an all-seater stadium (= in which nobody is allowed to stand)
- the part of a chair, etc. on which you actually sit
- a steel chair with a plastic seat
- a place where you pay to sit in a plane, train, theatre, etc.
- to book/reserve a seat (= for a concert, etc.)
- There are no seats left on that flight.
- 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
- to win/lose a seat (= in an election)
- to take your seat (= to begin your duties, especially in Parliament)
- The majority of seats on the board will be held by business representatives.
- 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
- a large house in the country, that belongs to a member of the upper class
- the family seat in Norfolk
- the part of the body on which a person sits
synonym buttock
https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/buttock
- the part of a pair of trousers/pants that covers a person’s seat
- to be the person in control of a situation
- 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.
- 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
- 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.
- 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.
Extra Examples- Do you have a spare seat in your car?
- He gave up his seat on the bus to a pregnant woman.
- He has been selected to fight the seat at the next election.
- He leaped out of his seat when he saw the rat.
- He lost his seat in the last election.
- I always ask for an aisle seat when I fly.
- I always feel sick if I sit in the back seat of the car.
- I found my gloves lying on the back seat.
- 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 managed to get some seats for the ballet.
- I slid into the leather bucket seat and fastened my seat belt.
- I took my usual seat at the front of the classroom.
- Is it possible to book seats for the play?
- Is this seat taken?
- It is very uncomfortable to sit on these seats.
- Not all theatres/theaters can fill their seats so easily.
- Please take a seat.
- Republicans currently hold 51 seats in the Senate.
- Republicans won 52.7% of the House seats.
- Seat reservations are free.
- She is running for a seat in the New York State Assembly.
- She slid into the driver’s seat.
- 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 audience resumed their seats for the second half of the play.
- The best seats were occupied by the friends and families of the performers.
- The man in the passenger seat seemed to be asleep.
- The party held the seat with a 10 000 majority.
- 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.
- We settled back into our seats and waited for the show to begin.
- With two minutes to go before the end, I was on the edge of my seat.
- a seat in Congress
- a seat on the board
- a seat on the local council
- an electronic seat-reservation system
- the search for finance chiefs to fill board seats
- For the first two years of her life she lived at Ickworth, the family seat in Sussex.
- I reserved seats for a performance of ‘King Lear’ at the New Theatre.
- Ladies and gentlemen, please take your seats.
- Would you like an aisle seat or a window seat?
- a car seat
- a window/corner seat
- an aisle/a window seat
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.
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