seat
Pronunciation: /siːt/
The English word “seat” has 20 meanings listed here.
noun
- Something to be sat upon.
- A place in which to sit.
- The horizontal portion of a chair or other furniture designed for sitting.
- A piece of furniture made for sitting, such as a chair, stool, or bench; any improvised place for sitting.
- An ejection seat.
- The part of an object or individual (usually the buttocks) directly involved in sitting.
- The part of a piece of clothing (usually pants or trousers) covering the buttocks.
- A part or surface on which another part or surface rests.
- A membership in an organization, particularly a representative body.
- The location of a governing body.
- An electoral district, especially for a national legislature.
- A temporary residence, such as a country home or a hunting lodge.
- The place occupied by anything, or where any person, thing or quality is situated or resides; a site.
- One of a series of departmental placements given to a trainee solicitor as part of their training contract.
- Any of several autonomous regions in the medieval Kingdom of Hungary.
- The starting point of a fire.
- Posture, or way of sitting, on horseback.
verb
Etymology
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 *…
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