Seat meaning, definition and synonyms

1. Noun

The place or thing upon which one sits; hence; anything made to be sat in or upon, as a chair, bench, stool, saddle, or the like.

The place occupied by anything, or where any person or thing is situated, resides, or abides; a site; an abode, a station; a post; a situation.

That part of a thing on which a person sits; as, the seat of a chair or saddle; the seat of a pair of pantaloons.

A sitting; a right to sit; regular or appropriate place of sitting; as, a seat in a church; a seat for the season in the opera house.

Posture, or way of sitting, on horseback.

A part or surface on which another part or surface rests; as, a valve seat.

To place on a seat; to cause to sit down; as, to seat one's self.

To cause to occupy a post, site, situation, or the like; to station; to establish; to fix; to settle.

To assign a seat to, or the seats of; to give a sitting to; as, to seat a church, or persons in a church.

To fix; to set firm.

To settle; to plant with inhabitants; as to seat a country.

To put a seat or bottom in; as, to seat a chair.

To rest; to lie down.

the legal right to sit as a member in a legislative or similar body; "he was elected to a seat in the Senate"

Vocabulary classified under Law