seat
a space reserved for sitting (as in a theater or on a train or airplane)
How often you will meet it
Rank 866 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 21,190 times across 155,370 chapters — 0.010% of every word in the library.
It belongs to the first 1,000 words, the band worth learning before any other.
What it means
noun
- a space reserved for sitting (as in a theater or on a train or airplane) also: place he booked their seats in advancehe sat in someone else's place
- the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on also: buttocks, nates, arse, butt, backside, bum he deserves a good kick in the buttare you going to sit on your fanny and do nothing?
- furniture that is designed for sitting on there were not enough seats for all the guests
- any support where you can sit (especially the part of a chair or bench etc. on which you sit) he dusted off the seat before sitting down
- a center of authority (as a city from which authority is exercised)
- the location (metaphorically speaking) where something is based the brain is said to be the seat of reason
seat in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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Hallward got up from the seat and walked up and down the garden.
The Picture of Dorian Gray · Oscar Wilde · Chapter 1
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He hath put down the mighty from their seat: and hath exalted the humble and meek.
The White Christmas and other Merry · Walter Ben Hare · Chapter 1
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The lady meanwhile had led the gentleman into the room and asked him to seat himself.
Cornelli · Johanna Spyri · Chapter 1
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She knelt down before her as soon as she saw her seat herself to take off her muddy boots.
Emily Fox-Seton · Frances Hodgson Burnett · Chapter 1
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Father Philemy filled the seat of honor at the head of the table, with his back to an immense fire.
The Station · William Carleton · Chapter 1