Seat | Mean of seat in English Dictionary

/ˈsiːt/

• Noun
• something (such as a chair) that you sit on
1. There were seats for six people at the table.
2. an uncomfortable bicycle seat
3. a car with leather seats
4. He used the box as a seat.
5. He couldn't find his seat in the concert hall.
6. The city recently built a new 1,000-seat theater.
7. She booked/reserved a seat on the next flight to Rome.
8. Please have/take a seat. [=please sit down]
9. The teacher asked us to take our seats. [=sit down in our usual or assigned places]
• the part of a chair or other piece of furniture that a person sits on
1. The stool's seat is broken.
2. The chairs have woven seats.
• the part of a piece of clothing (such as a skirt or pair of pants) that you sit on
1. You have a tear in the seat of your pants.

• the part of the body on which you sit
1. I fell off the horse and had a sore seat [=bottom] for weeks.
• an official position within an organization and the right to be present when that organization meets
1. The Democrats gained two more seats in the last election.
2. She won a Senate seat.
3. a seat on the federal court
4. a seat on the board
5. (chiefly Brit) He took his seat [=began his official duties as a member] in Parliament.
• a place or area where a particular activity, function, etc., occurs
1. The university has been a seat of learning since the Middle Ages.
2. the part of the brain that is the seat of reasoning
• a place (such as a city) where the people who run a government, religion, etc., are based
1. the seat of government/power
2. The Vatican is the seat of the Roman Catholic Church.
• by using your own judgment and feelings to deal with each new problem or task without planning, preparation, or help from others
1. He was running the company by the seat of his pants.
2. We were flying by the seat of our pants when we started our business.
• Verb
• to give (a person) a place to sit
1. I could seat you here if you wish.
2. Please be seated. [=please sit down]
3. She was seated in the front row.
• to have enough seats for (a certain number of people)
1. The restaurant seats 120 (people).
2. The plans call for a stadium seating 30,000 people.