What is the meaning of seats?

noun

  • A space reserved for sitting (as in a theater or on a train or airplane. )
    • usage: "he booked their seats in advance"; "he sat in someone else's place"
  • The fleshy part of the human body that you sit on.
    • usage: "he deserves a good kick in the butt"; "are you going to sit on your fanny and do nothing"
  • Furniture that is designed for sitting on.
    • usage: "there were not enough seats for all the guests"
  • Any support where you can sit (especially the part of a chair or bench etc. On which you sit. )
    • usage: "he dusted off the seat before sitting down"
  • A center of authority (as a city from which authority is exercised.
  • The location (metaphorically speaking) where something is based.
    • usage: "the brain is said to be the seat of reason"
  • The legal right to sit as a member in a legislative or similar body.
    • usage: "he was elected to a seat in the Senate"
  • A part of a machine that supports or guides another part.
  • The cloth covering for the buttocks.
    • usage: "the seat of his pants was worn through"
  • An area that includes places where several people can sit.
    • usage: "there is seating for 40 students in this classroom"

verb

  • Show to a seat; assign a seat for.
    • usage: "The host seated me next to Mrs. Smith"
  • Be able to seat.
    • usage: "The theater seats 2, 000"
  • Place ceremoniously or formally in an office or position.
    • usage: "there was a ceremony to induct the president of the Academy"
  • Put a seat on a chair.
  • Provide with seats.
    • usage: "seat a concert hall"
  • Place or attach firmly in or on a base.
    • usage: "seat the camera on the tripod"
  • Place in or on a seat.
    • usage: "the mother seated the toddler on the high chair"
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APAWordNet. (2010). seats. Retrieved September 20, 2026, from http://smartdefine.org/seats/definitions/1309377
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