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seating

seating

64 1.0
An area with seats for many people
  • noun
  • /ˈsiːtɪŋ/
translation icon : zona de asientos
  • Inside the structure in the back, there is bench seating for witnesses and spectators.
  • wheelchair seating
  • seating arrangements
  • seating area

So restaurants opened up for us on Monday for outdoor seating, which is awesome.

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Examples

  • Well, here's a time lapse video of the three day construction that creates both the seating and the stage for Black Watch.

  • The altar area is beneath ground level, and the seating arrangement recalls traditional teaching circles.

    Academic text (1996)

  • Three small steps down into the transport, and inside, there was seating for at least a hundred.

    Fiction book (1995)

  • And then over here is the dining area, which has lots of seating around it.

  • I need your help with my seating chart.

    I Can't Breathe (God Forgive Them) (2022)

  • So restaurants opened up for us on Monday for outdoor seating, which is awesome.

    Carli Bybel

  • Coffee shops have comfortable seating and allow for breaks and social networking.

    Academic text (2015)

  • The building currently provides shelf space for 1.4 million volumes and seating capacity for 1,300 people.

    Academic text (2012)

  • You'd have a seating area at the other side where the posh people went.

    Being Frank: The Chris Sievey Story (2019)

  • The outdoor cafe has plenty of seating available for customers to enjoy their meals.

Synonyms

seating area
vsseating
5 1.4

A part of a room with seats for several people to sit

is a general arranged area rather than only a part of a larger place
seating room
vsseating
1 2.3

A place with seats for several people

is an arranged area of individual places and not necessarily an enclosed room
seats
vsseating
1.0

An area in a room or building with places for people to sit

is an arranged area grouping those places rather than the places themselves

Compounds

seating area
5 1.4

A part of a room with seats for several people to sit

seating capacity
1 2.6

The most people who can sit in a place like a theater or bus

seating room
1 2.3

A place with seats for several people

How Many Seats

stadium
659 1.4
seating
64 1.0
booth
72 2.1
seat
∞ 1.0

Surface Forms

seating singular
seatings plural

Morphology

seating = seat (semi-transparent) = seat + ing

The word is built from 'seat' + '-ing', but the sense has shifted from the act of seating to the place or arrangement containing seats.

Etymology

Seating comes from the simple word seat, which means 'a place to sit', plus the ending -ing that makes a thing or group. So seating often means the area or group of seats you use in a room, restaurant, or stadium.