1a thing made or used for sitting on, such as a chair or stool.
the roughly horizontal part of a chair, on which one’s weight rests directly.
a sitting place for a passenger in a vehicle or for a member of an audience:a fairly small theatre with 1,300 seats
2a person’s buttocks.
the part of a garment that covers the buttocks.
a manner of sitting on a horse:he’s got the worst seat on a horse of anyone I’ve ever seen
3a place in an elected legislative or other body:he lost his seat in the 1997 election
British a parliamentary constituency:a safe Labour seat in the North-East
4a principal site or location:Parliament House was the seat of the Scots Parliament until the Union with England
Britishshort for country seat.Lamport Hall was the seat of the Isham family for over 400 years
5a part of a machine that supports or guides another part:if the valve seat is damaged, it can be recut using a special tool
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1arrange for (someone) to sit somewhere:Owen seated his guests in the draughty baronial hall
(seat oneself or be seated) sit down:she invited them to be seated (as adjective seated)a dummy in a seated position
(of a vehicle or building) have seats for (a specified number of people):the jet seats up to 175 passengers
2 [with object and adverbial of place] fit in position:upper boulders were simply seated in the interstices below
take one's seat
start to take part in the business of an assembly after being elected:the House of Commons refused to allow him to take his seat although he had been duly elected
