Seat Definition
sēt
seated, seating, seats
noun
seats
The part on which one rests in sitting.
The seat of a chair; a bicycle seat.
American Heritage
A thing to sit on; chair, bench, stool, etc.
Webster's New World
A place in which one may sit.
Found a seat on the floor.
American Heritage
A place or space to sit, or the right to such a place, esp. as evidenced by a ticket.
To buy two seats to the opera.
Webster's New World
The buttocks.
Webster's New World
Synonyms:
verb
seated, seating, seats
To lead to a seat or help to settle into a seat.
Webster's New World
To cause or assist to sit down.
The ushers will seat the members of the bride's family.
American Heritage
To put or set in or on a seat.
Webster's New World
To have seats for; accommodate with seats.
A hall that seats 500
Webster's New World
To put a seat in or on; patch or renew the seat of; reseat.
Webster's New World
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idiom
by the seat of (one's) pants
- In a manner based on intuition and experience rather than method:
He ran the business by the seat of his pants.
- Without the use of instruments:
an inexperienced pilot who had to fly the aircraft by the seat of her pants.
American Heritage
be seated
- to assume a seated position; sit down
Webster's New World
by the seat of one's pants
- relying on one's intuition and experience rather than on instruments or a predetermined plan
Webster's New World
Idioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to Seat
- by the seat of (one's) pants
- be seated
- by the seat of one's pants
Origin of Seat
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From Middle English, from Old Norse sæti, from Proto-Germanic *sētiją; compare Old English set. Compare also Old High German gisazi (German Gesäß), Middle Dutch gesaete.
From Wiktionary
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Middle English sete probably from Old Norse sæti sed- in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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