reseat
To provide with more, or new, seatsTo provide (e.g. a room) with more, or new, seats.
Meaning
5 senses(transitive)To provide (e.g. a room) with more, or new, seats.
We should reseat this cinema: the old seats are worn.
provide with new seats
(transitive)To seat (someone) again, to give somebody a different seat.
We have to reseat you, sir: this seat is reserved for the guest speaker.
show to a different seat
(transitive)To plug (something) back into its socket.
Try reseating your video adapter, and see if that fixes your computer's problems.
More meanings 2
(transitive)To fit (something, especially a valve) back into its place.
To ensure that there are no leaks, clean the surfaces before you reseat the valve.
(intransitive, rare)To sit down again.
I reseated after standing up to applaud the prizewinner.
Forms
reseats, reseating, reseated, reseatedTenses
reseat · reseated · will reseat · have reseatedWord family
2 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.