seat

1 a place from which authority is exercised all applications had to be submitted at the county seat for proper processing Synonyms command, headquarters Related Words high command; center, home; capital

2 the part of the body upon which someone sits fell down on his well-padded seat Synonyms backside, behind, booty (also bootie) [slang], bottom, breech, bum, buns, butt, caboose, can, cheeks, derriere (or derrière), duff, fanny, fundament, hams, haunches, heinie [slang], hunkers, keister (also keester) [slang], nates, posterior, rear, rear end, rump, buttocks, tail, tail end, tush [slang]Related Words beam, stern; moon [slang]

3 a thing or place that is of greatest importance to an activity or interest a capital that is the seat of culture for the whole nation Synonyms axis, base, capital, central, core, cynosure, epicenter, eye, focus, ground zero, heart, hub, locus, mecca, navel, nerve center, nexus, nucleus, omphalos, centerRelated Words headquarters; happy hunting ground, hive, hotbed, hot spot, playground, playland; kernel, nub, pith; deep, thick; essence, quintessence, soul; attraction, lodestone (also loadstone), magnet, polestar

1 to cause to sit down the usher seated them in the third row Synonyms set down, sit Related Words ensconce, settle; lay, lie, rest; place, put; recline, repose

2 to put into an office or welcome into an organization with special ceremonies one of the first appointments that he made after being seated as president of the state senate Synonyms baptize, inaugurate, induct, initiate, instate, invest, installRelated Words swear in; consecrate, enshrine; accept, admit, receive, take in; enlist, enroll (also enrol)Near Antonyms can, discharge, fire, terminate; muster out