seat

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   Something you sit on, such as a chair or part of a chair.

   I dusted off the seat before sitting down.

2. 2
   noun

   A place where you can sit, for example in a theatre or on a train.

   I booked our seats in advance.

3. 3
   verb

   To help someone sit down, or to give them a place to sit.

   The waiter seated us at a table near the window.

4. 4
   noun

   An official position as a member of a parliament or similar body.

   She won a seat in the Senate.

Common collocations

• back seat Adjective + noun
• empty seat Adjective + noun
• front seat Adjective + noun
• save a seat Verb + noun
• take a seat Verb + noun
• book a seat Verb + noun
• reserve a seat Verb + noun
• bucket seat Noun + noun
• ejection seat Noun + noun
• rumble seat Noun + noun

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 * Middle Dutch gesaete * Old High German gisazi (modern German Gesäß)

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