to seat
- verb
- /siːt/
- The manager will seat you at a table near the window once the party arrives.
- seat participants
- seated at a table
- seated at a desk
Again, in this small space, you're able to seat so many people for dinner.
- Again, in this small space, you're able to seat so many people for dinner.
- Then the optician will sit you down and discuss their different lens options.
- If I am stressed and Jack is sat over there, will Jack feel my stress?
Examples
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Participants were seated on a stable chair 6 ft from the camera.
Academic text (2011) -
Ladies and gentlemen, may I ask you all kindly to be seated.
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So are you gonna seat us or you just gonna stand there?
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Again, in this small space, you're able to seat so many people for dinner.
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Please be seated for Judge Maccleston.
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Please be seated, everybody!
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Be seated, please.
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Please remain seated, and await docking procedure.
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Remain seated.
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Please be seated.
Synonyms
To guide people to their seats at events like a theater
To show someone to a seat or place them in one
To give your seat to someone who needs it
Idioms
Phrasal Verbs
Compounds
- Informal
A position where someone is under strong pressure and criticism because of their responsibilities
A place very close to the action at a sporting event or show that lets you watch events up close
- Specialized
A seat in a plane that pushes the pilot out in an emergency so they can use a parachute
- Specialized
A seat in a plane that pushes the pilot out in an emergency so they can use a parachute
- Archaic
An extra place to sit at the back of an old car that folds and is open to the air
- Archaic
A small extra folding seat at the back of a two-seat car often open to the weather
- Archaic
A rounded chair seat that looks like a small puffed cushion on 18th century chairs
- Specialized
A slightly curved place to sit like a horse saddle that gives extra comfort
- Specialized
A seat in a rowing boat that moves on runners so the rower can use their legs
How Many
Surface Forms
Etymology
Seat comes from the Old English setl, meaning 'to make sit'. So to seat people is simply to give them a place to sit or to show them where to sit.