seat

seat is part of the Basic English 850.

Pronunciation

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Noun

Singular seat

Plural seats

1. A place to sit.

   Pull up a seat and sit down.

2. The part of clothes covering the buttocks.

   The seat of your pants is muddy.

Synonyms

• (place to sit) chair
• (part of clothes) rear, back

Related words

• four-seater
• on the edge of one’s seat
• seatbelt
• seating
• two-seater

Verb

Plain form seat

Third-person singular seats

Past tense seated

Past participle seated

Present participle seating

1. (transitive) To help someone sit down.

   Follow me. I will seat you near the stage.

   I will pull out your chair to seat you.

Related words

• unseat