seating

noun

seat·​ing ˈsē-tiŋ 

1

a

: material for covering or upholstering seats

b

: a seat on or in which something rests

a valve seating

2

: the act of providing with seats

Examples of seating in a Sentence

There won't be enough seating for everyone.

The auditorium has seating for 400.

There is additional seating on the deck.

The auditorium has a seating capacity of 400.

There are two seatings for tea.

We bought tickets for the 5:30 seating of the show.

Recent Examples on the Web

On the top floor of the eight-story building was a recital hall called Steinhall Auditorium that had a seating capacity of nearly 250. —Sarah Biegelsen, Kansas City Star, 14 Sep. 2025

Positioned squarely in the mid-size SUV segment, the G7 offers spacious seating, advanced driver-assist features, and triple Turing AI chips that enable L3-level computing power. —Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 14 Sep. 2025

The shop offers grab-and-go service, but also indoor and outdoor seating for guests. —Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Sep. 2025

Siemens Mobility Group seating area in Deutsche Bahn's new train car. —Eileen Falkenberg-Hull, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 Sep. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1761, in the meaning defined at sense 1a

Phrases Containing seating

• seating arrangement/plan
• seating plan

Rhymes for seating

• beating
• bleating
• cheating
• eating
• fleeting
• greeting
• heating
• meeting
• sheeting
• sweeting
• treating
• accreting