seat

verb

seated; seating; seats

transitive verb

1

a

: to install in a seat of dignity or office

b(1)

: to cause to sit or assist in finding a seat

(2)

: to provide seats for

a theater seating 1000 persons

c

: to put in a sitting position

2

: to repair the seat of or provide a new seat for

3

: to fit to or with a seat

seat a valve

intransitive verb

1

archaic : to take one's seat or place

2

: to fit correctly on a seat

Synonyms of seat

• sit

Examples of seat in a Sentence

I could seat you here if you wish.

The plans call for a stadium seating 30,000 people.

Recent Examples on the Web

Sleek Noise-cancelling Headphones From the roar of the engine to conversations from nearby neighbors, plane travel can often be noisy, even if you’re seated in first class. —Jasmine Gomez, Travel + Leisure, 6 June 2026

The jury, seated earlier this week, consists of 12 jurors and six alternates, none of whom are Black, the Star-Telegram previously reported. —Lillie Davidson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 6 June 2026

Harlan was then seated on the ground near deputies, the sheriff's office said. —Brandon Downs, CBS News, 6 June 2026

The facility would seat about 65,000 for football, with standing room up to 70,000, and a capacity of 77,000 for basketball. —Chicago Tribune, 5 June 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1589, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1b(1)

Phrases Containing seat

• back seat
• banana seat
• bench seat
• booster seat
• box seat
• bucket seat
• by the seat of one's pants
• car seat
• catbird seat
• country seat
• county seat
• driver's seat
• drop seat
• ejection seat
• grab a seat
• have a seat
• hot seat
• house seat
• in the driver's seat
• jump seat
• love seat
• on the edge of one's seat
• passenger seat
• rumble seat
• saddle seat
• safe seat
• seat belt
• seat-of-the-pants
• shotgun seat
• (sitting) in the catbird seat
• sliding seat
• take a back seat
• take a seat
• take one's seat
• the hot seat
• window seat

Rhymes for seat

• beat
• beet
• bleat
• cheat
• cleat
• creat
• deet
• eat
• feat
• feet
• fleet
• greet

Kids Definition

seat

1 of 2 noun

ˈsēt 

1

a

: something (as a chair) intended to be sat in or on

b

: the part of something on which one rests in sitting

seat of the trousers

a chair seat

c

: the part of the body on which a person sits : buttock sense 2a

2

a

: the place on or at which a person sits

had three seats for the game

b

: a right of sitting usually as a member

a seat in the senate

c

: membership sense 1

3

: a place or area where something is located

the seat of the pain

seats of learning

especially : a place (as a city) from which authority is exercised

the new seat of the government

4

: posture in or way of sitting especially on horseback

5

: a part or surface on which another part or surface rests

seated

-əd

adjective

seat

2 of 2 verb

1

a

: to place in or on a seat

seat a guest

b

: to provide seats for

a theater seating 1000 persons

2

: to repair the seat of or provide a new seat for

seat a chair

seater noun

Medical Definition

seat

1 of 2 noun

ˈsēt 

: a part or surface especially in dentistry on or in which another part or surface rests see rest seat

seat

2 of 2 transitive verb

: to provide with or position on a dental seat

intransitive verb

: to fit correctly on a dental seat