seat

1. (transitive)To put an object into a place where it will rest; to fix; to set firm.

   Be sure to seat the gasket properly before attaching the cover.

2. (transitive)To provide with a place to sit.

   This classroom seats two hundred students.

   The waiter seated us and asked what we would like to drink.

   place in or on a seat

3. (transitive)To request or direct one or more persons to sit.

   Please seat the audience after the anthem and then introduce the first speaker.

4. (transitive)To recognize the standing of a person or persons by providing them with one or more seats which would allow them to participate fully in a meeting or session.

   Only half the delegates from the state were seated at the convention because the state held its primary too early.

   You have to be a member to be seated at the meeting. Guests are welcome to sit in the visitors section.

5. (transitive)To assign the seats of.

   to seat a church

   provide with seats

6. (transitive)To cause to occupy a post, site, or situation; to station; to establish; to fix; to settle.

   This valve isn't seating properly.

7. To settle; to plant with inhabitants.

   to seat a country

8. (transitive)To put a seat or bottom in.

   to seat a chair

   put a seat on a chair

9. (intransitive, obsolete)To rest; to lie down.

1. Do you have any cheaper seats?

   Чи є місця подешевше? — deniko

   ruУ вас есть места подешевле? — odexed

   deHaben Sie billigere Plätze? — Waldelfe

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2. Tom held a seat for me.

   Том зайняв для мене місце. — deniko

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3. Excuse me, is this seat taken?

   Перепрошую, це місце зайняте? — rozmaita

   ruИзвините, это место занято? — ae5s

   deEntschuldigen Sie, ist dieser Platz schon besetzt? — Wolf

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4. I'd like a window seat, please.

   Мені місце біля вікна, будь ласка. — deniko

   ruБудьте добры, место у окна. — marafon

   deIch hätte gerne einen Fensterplatz. — Yorwba

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5. Would you like a window seat?

   Ви хочете місце біля вікна? — ChickenKiev

   deWünschen Sie einen Fensterplatz? — Pfirsichbaeumchen

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regular · Lesson

• seat downсісти, сідатиSynonym of sit down.
• seat outTo modify a horseshoe to relieve pressure from the sole.