seat

A chair or another object or surface that you sit on.

• This seat is very comfortable.
• The old seats had broken springs.
• She cleaned the seat of the chair.

Common phrases: comfortable seat, wooden seat, car seat

A place for one person to sit, especially in a vehicle, theater, or room.

• Is this seat free?
• We booked two seats on the train.
• Please take your seats before the show starts.

Similar words: place

Common phrases: take a seat, reserve a seat, window seat

The flat part of a chair that you sit on.

• The seat is soft.
• She cleaned the seats of all the chairs.
• This chair has a wide seat and a tall back.

Common phrases: padded seat, wooden seat, seat cushion

The place where a government, organization, or important activity is based.

• This town is the county seat.
• The palace was once the seat of royal power.
• Where is the seat of the national government?

How to use it: the seat of something (The city is the seat of the regional government.)

Similar words: center, headquarters

Common phrases: seat of government, county seat, seat of power

The part of trousers or similar clothes that covers your bottom.

• The seat of my jeans is wet.
• She patched the seat of his trousers.
• These shorts have extra fabric across the seat.

How to use it: the seat of something (There is a tear in the seat of his trousers.)

Common phrases: seat of something, seat of trousers, seat of pants

To have enough places for a particular number of people to sit.

• The car seats five people.
• Our old classroom seated thirty children.
• How many guests can this hall seat?

Similar words: accommodate

Common phrases: seat fifty people, seat six guests

To show someone where to sit or help them sit down.

• Please seat the guests.
• The usher seated us near the front.
• They seated my grandmother first.

How to use it: seat someone at something (The waiter seated us at a table by the window.)

Common phrases: seat someone, seat the guests

To fit something firmly into the right position.

• Seat the seal carefully.
• The mechanic seated the valve correctly.
• Make sure the ring is fully seated in its groove.

How to use it: seat something in something (Seat the bearing in the housing before tightening the bolts.)

Similar words: fit, position

Common phrases: seat the gasket, seat a valve, seat something firmly