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1a place where you can sit, for example a chair She sat back in her seat. He put his bags on the seat behind him. Please take a seat (= sit down). Ladies and gentlemen, please take your seats (= sit down). a window/corner seat (= one near a window/in a corner) a child seat (= for a child in a car) Would you prefer a window seat or an aisle seat? (= on a plane) We used the branch of an old tree as a seat. We all filed back to our seats in silence. see back seat, bucket seat, ejection seat, hot seat, love seat, passenger seat
-seater - 2(in nouns and adjectives) with the number of seats mentioned a ten-seater minibus
- 3the part of a chair, etc. on which you actually sit a steel chair with a plastic seat in plane/train/theater
- 4a place where you pay to sit in a plane, train, theater, etc. to reserve a seat (= for a concert, etc.) There are no seats left on that flight. official position
- 5an official position as a member of a council, committee, etc. a seat on the city council/in Congress to win/lose a seat (= in an election) The majority of seats on the board will be held by business representatives. town/city
- 6seat of something (formal) a place where people are involved in a particular activity, especially a city that has a university or the offices of a government Washington is the seat of government of the U.S. a university town renowned as a seat of learning part of body
- 7(especially formal) the part of the body on which a person sits synonym buttocks
- 8the part of a pair of pants that covers a person's seat Thesaurussit
- sit down
- be seated
- have/take a seat
- perch
- sit to rest your weight on your bottom with your back upright, for example on a chair:May I sit here? Sit still, will you! Sit is usually used with an adverb or a prepositional phrase to show where or how someone sits, but sometimes another phrase or clause is used to show what someone does while they are sitting:We sat talking for hours.
- sit down to move from a standing position to a sitting position:Please sit down.
- be seated (formal) to be sitting:She was seated at the head of the table. Be seated is often used as a formal way of inviting someone to sit down:Please be seated.
- have/take a seat to sit down Have/Take a seat is used especially as a polite way of inviting someone to sit down:Please have a seat.
- perch (somewhat informal) to sit on something, especially on the edge of something:She perched herself on the edge of the bed. Perch is always used with an adverb or prepositional phrase to show where someone is perching.
- to sit/sit down/be seated/have a seat/take a seat/perch on something
- to sit/sit down/be seated/have a seat/take a seat in something
place to sit
to have an advantage over other people or be in control of a situation
to be the person in control of a situation
to act without careful thought and without a plan that you have made in advance, hoping that you will be lucky and be successful synonym wing it
very excited and giving your full attention to something The game had the crowd on the edge of their seats. I was on the edge of my seat waiting to find out what happened next.
to allow someone else to play a more active and important role in a particular situation than you do Many managers take a back seat and leave recruitment to specialists.
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