SEAT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does seat mean? 

• SEAT (noun)
  The noun SEAT has 9 senses:

1. a space reserved for sitting (as in a theater or on a train or airplane)

2. the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on

3. furniture that is designed for sitting on

4. any support where you can sit (especially the part of a chair or bench etc. on which you sit)

5. a center of authority (as a city from which authority is exercised)

6. the location (metaphorically speaking) where something is based

7. the legal right to sit as a member in a legislative or similar body

8. a part of a machine that supports or guides another part

9. the cloth covering for the buttocks

  Familiarity information: SEAT used as a noun is familiar.

• SEAT (verb)
  The verb SEAT has 7 senses:

1. show to a seat; assign a seat for

2. be able to seat

3. place ceremoniously or formally in an office or position

4. put a seat on a chair

5. provide with seats

6. place or attach firmly in or on a base

7. place in or on a seat

  Familiarity information: SEAT used as a verb is common.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SEAT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A space reserved for sitting (as in a theater or on a train or airplane)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Synonyms:

place; seat

Context example:

he sat in someone else's place

Hypernyms ("seat" is a kind of...):

space (an area reserved for some particular purpose)

Domain category:

aeroplane; airplane; plane (an aircraft that has a fixed wing and is powered by propellers or jets)

dramatic art; dramatics; dramaturgy; theater; theatre (the art of writing and producing plays)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "seat"):

perch (an elevated place serving as a seat)

Derivation:

seat (show to a seat; assign a seat for)

seat (provide with seats)

seat (put a seat on a chair)

seat (be able to seat)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The fleshy part of the human body that you sit on

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

arse; ass; backside; behind; bottom; bum; buns; butt; buttocks; can; derriere; fanny; fundament; hind end; hindquarters; keister; nates; posterior; prat; rear; rear end; rump; seat; stern; tail; tail end; tooshie; tush

Context example:

are you going to sit on your fanny and do nothing?

Hypernyms ("seat" is a kind of...):

body part (any part of an organism such as an organ or extremity)

Holonyms ("seat" is a part of...):

body; torso; trunk (the body excluding the head and neck and limbs)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Furniture that is designed for sitting on

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Context example:

there were not enough seats for all the guests

Hypernyms ("seat" is a kind of...):

article of furniture; furniture; piece of furniture (furnishings that make a room or other area ready for occupancy)

Meronyms (parts of "seat"):

seat (any support where you can sit (especially the part of a chair or bench etc. on which you sit))

upholstery (covering (padding and springs and webbing and fabric) on a piece of furniture)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "seat"):

bench (a long seat for more than one person)

toilet seat (the hinged seat on a toilet)

stool (a simple seat without a back or arms)

couch; lounge; sofa (an upholstered seat for more than one person)

hassock; ottoman; pouf; pouffe; puff (thick cushion used as a seat)

box seat (a special seat in a theater or grandstand box)

box; box seat (the driver's seat on a coach)

bench ((law) the seat for judges in a courtroom)

chair (a seat for one person, with a support for the back)

Instance hyponyms:

Siege Perilous (the legendary seat at King Arthur's Round Table reserved for the knight who would find the Holy Grail; it was fatal for anyone else to sit in it)

Holonyms ("seat" is a member of...):

seating; seating area; seating room; seats (an area that includes places where several people can sit)

Derivation:

seat (show to a seat; assign a seat for)

seat (provide with seats)

seat (put a seat on a chair)

seat (be able to seat)

Sense 4

Meaning:

Any support where you can sit (especially the part of a chair or bench etc. on which you sit)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Context example:

he dusted off the seat before sitting down

Hypernyms ("seat" is a kind of...):

support (any device that bears the weight of another thing)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "seat"):

backseat (a seat at the back of a vehicle (especially the seat at the back of an automobile))

backbench (any of the seats occupied by backbenchers in the House of Commons)

sliding seat (rower's seat that slides fore and aft)

saddle seat (a chair seat that is slightly concave and sometimes has a thickened ridge in the center)

saddle (a seat for the rider of a horse or other animal)

rumble seat (a folding outside seat in the back of some early cars)

rumble (a servant's seat (or luggage compartment) in the rear of a carriage)

plane seat (a seat on a commercial airliner)

pillion (a seat behind the rider of a horse or motorbike etc.)

jump seat (a folding seat in an automobile)

houdah; howdah (a (usually canopied) seat for riding on the back of a camel or elephant)

front bench (any of the front seats in the House of Commons that are reserved for ministers or former ministers)

capsule; ejection seat; ejector seat (a pilot's seat in an airplane that can be forcibly ejected in the case of an emergency; then the pilot descends by parachute)

crossbench (any of the seats in the House of Commons used by members who do not vote regularly with either the government or the Opposition)

cockpit (seat where the driver sits while driving a racing car)

chair (a particular seat in an orchestra)

car seat (a seat in a car)

bucket seat (a low single seat as in cars or planes)

boatswain's chair; bosun's chair (a seat consisting of a board and a rope; used while working aloft or over the side of a ship)

bicycle seat; saddle (a seat for the rider of a bicycle)

balloon seat; bell seat (a seat that has a bell shape (on some 18th century chairs))

Holonyms ("seat" is a part of...):

seat (furniture that is designed for sitting on)

Derivation:

seat (provide with seats)

seat (show to a seat; assign a seat for)

Sense 5

Meaning:

A center of authority (as a city from which authority is exercised)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Hypernyms ("seat" is a kind of...):

center; centre; eye; heart; middle (an area that is approximately central within some larger region)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "seat"):

capital (a seat of government)

county courthouse; county seat (the town or city that is the seat of government for a county)

county town; shire town (the town or city that is the seat of government for a shire)

see (the seat within a bishop's diocese where his cathedral is located)

Derivation:

seat (place ceremoniously or formally in an office or position)

Sense 6

Meaning:

The location (metaphorically speaking) where something is based

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Context example:

the brain is said to be the seat of reason

Hypernyms ("seat" is a kind of...):

location (a point or extent in space)

Sense 7

Meaning:

The legal right to sit as a member in a legislative or similar body

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Context example:

he was elected to a seat in the Senate

Hypernyms ("seat" is a kind of...):

legal right (a right based in law)

Sense 8

Meaning:

A part of a machine that supports or guides another part

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("seat" is a kind of...):

part; portion (something less than the whole of a human artifact)

Sense 9

Meaning:

The cloth covering for the buttocks

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Context example:

the seat of his pants was worn through

Hypernyms ("seat" is a kind of...):

cloth covering (a covering made of cloth)

Holonyms ("seat" is a part of...):

skirt (cloth covering that forms the part of a garment below the waist)

pair of trousers; pant; trousers ((usually in the plural) a garment extending from the waist to the knee or ankle, covering each leg separately)

• SEAT (verb)

Conjugation:

Sense 1

Meaning:

Show to a seat; assign a seat for

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Synonyms:

seat; sit; sit down

Context example:

The host seated me next to Mrs. Smith

Hypernyms (to "seat" is one way to...):

lay; place; pose; position; put; set (put into a certain place or abstract location)

Cause:

sit; sit down (be seated)

Verb group:

sit; sit down (be seated)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "seat"):

reseat (show to a different seat)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s somebody
Somebody ----s somebody PP

Derivation:

seat (furniture that is designed for sitting on)

seating (the service of ushering people to their seats)

seat (a space reserved for sitting (as in a theater or on a train or airplane))

seat (any support where you can sit (especially the part of a chair or bench etc. on which you sit))

Sense 2

Meaning:

Be able to seat

Classified under:

Verbs of being, having, spatial relations

Context example:

The theater seats 2,000

Hypernyms (to "seat" is one way to...):

accommodate; admit; hold (have room for; hold without crowding)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s something

Derivation:

seat (furniture that is designed for sitting on)

seat (a space reserved for sitting (as in a theater or on a train or airplane))

seating (an area that includes places where several people can sit)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Place ceremoniously or formally in an office or position

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Synonyms:

induct; invest; seat

Context example:

there was a ceremony to induct the president of the Academy

Hypernyms (to "seat" is one way to...):

instal; install (put into an office or a position)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s somebody
Somebody ----s somebody PP

Derivation:

seat (a center of authority (as a city from which authority is exercised))

Sense 4

Meaning:

Put a seat on a chair

Classified under:

Verbs of buying, selling, owning

Hypernyms (to "seat" is one way to...):

furnish; provide; render; supply (give something useful or necessary to)

Domain category:

cabinetry; cabinetwork (the craft of making furniture (especially furniture of high quality))

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "seat"):

reseat (provide with a new seat)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

seat (furniture that is designed for sitting on)

seat (a space reserved for sitting (as in a theater or on a train or airplane))

Sense 5

Meaning:

Provide with seats

Classified under:

Verbs of buying, selling, owning

Context example:

seat a concert hall

Hypernyms (to "seat" is one way to...):

furnish; provide; render; supply (give something useful or necessary to)

Domain category:

architecture (the profession of designing buildings and environments with consideration for their esthetic effect)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "seat"):

reseat (provide with new seats)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

seat (any support where you can sit (especially the part of a chair or bench etc. on which you sit))

seat (furniture that is designed for sitting on)

seat (a space reserved for sitting (as in a theater or on a train or airplane))

Sense 6

Meaning:

Place or attach firmly in or on a base

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Context example:

seat the camera on the tripod

Hypernyms (to "seat" is one way to...):

lay; place; pose; position; put; set (put into a certain place or abstract location)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something PP

Sense 7

Meaning:

Place in or on a seat

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Context example:

the mother seated the toddler on the high chair

Hypernyms (to "seat" is one way to...):

lay; place; pose; position; put; set (put into a certain place or abstract location)

Cause:

sit; sit down (be seated)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s somebody
Somebody ----s somebody PP

 Context examples 

Captain Wentworth left his seat, and walked to the fire-place; probably for the sake of walking away from it soon afterwards, and taking a station, with less bare-faced design, by Anne.

(Persuasion, by Jane Austen)

Compared to this seat, all the learning of the schools is as empty air.

(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)

Health Assessment Questionnaire Disability Index (HAQ-DI) Aids or devices that you usually use for any of these activities - Bathtub seat.

(HAQ-DI - Aids or Devices - Bathtub Seat, NCI Thesaurus)

A distant bell tinkled: immediately three ladies entered the room, each walked to a table and took her seat.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)

To avoid their wrangling I moved some little way apart, and was seated smoking upon the trunk of a fallen tree, when Lord John strolled over in my direction.

(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

If only one editor, he sometimes thought, would descend from his high seat of pride to write me one cheering line!

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

When Mars moves into Aquarius on March 30, to remain until May 12, you will be in the driver’s seat.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

Health Assessment Questionnaire Disability Index (HAQ-DI) Aids or devices that you usually use for any of these activities - Raised toilet seat.

(HAQ-DI - Aids or Devices - Raised Toilet Seat, NCI Thesaurus)

Catherine, supposing some uneasiness on Captain Tilney's account, could only express her concern by silent attention, obliged her to be seated, rubbed her temples with lavender-water, and hung over her with affectionate solicitude.

(Northanger Abbey, by Jane Austen)

To be so near happiness, so near fame, so near the long paragraph in praise of the private theatricals at Ecclesford, the seat of the Right Hon.

(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)