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seat
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- pronunciation:
- sit
- parts of speech:
- noun, verb
- features:
- Word Combinations (noun, verb), Word Builder, Word Explorer
| part of speech: |
noun |
| definition 1: |
a chair, bench, or other object for sitting on.
We have six seats around our kitchen table.
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| definition 2: |
a space in which one may sit.
There were no seats left on the train. |
| definition 3: |
membership or position.
My mother has a seat on the library board of directors. |
| definition 4: |
the buttocks or the area of one's clothing that covers the buttocks.
The dog bit him in the seat of his pants.- similar words:
- bottom, buttock
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| definition 5: |
a space for someone in a theater or elsewhere.
This hall has seats for 200 people. |
| related words: |
bottom, capital, center, place, position |
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| part of speech: |
verb |
| inflections: |
seats, seating, seated |
| definition: |
to assist to sit; provide with a place to sit.
They seated the guests of honor first. |
| related words: |
accommodate, hold, lay, place, position, root, usher |
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