seatingseat‧ing /ˈsiːtɪŋ/ noun [uncountable] 
a restaurant with seating for 40 customers The hall has a seating capacity of 650.2the places where people will sit, according to an arrangementseating plan/arrangements the seating plan for the wedding dinner
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
- And the language, like the seating, is worst in fringe comedy clubs.
- By comparison with trying to sleep on the cramped seating of today's long-haul flights it was luxury indeed.
- If storage space and seating are both at a premium, try building in boxes around the perimeter of the room.
- In the first class compartments the seating was two a side and in the brake third three a side.
- Planes, restaurants with fixed seating, cinemas and hairdressers all leave me cramped.
- She was surprised and sat herself down more carefully than was necessary on the stone seating.
- The seating in these open vehicles was two and one in the first class and the third.
- The theatre is quite spectacular, with the seating arrangement and the plays performed there are of a very high standard.
WORD SETS
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COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY The hall has a seating capacity of 650. the seating plan for the wedding dinnerCOLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
The hall has a seating capacity of 650. the seating plan for the wedding dinner (=plans for where people will sit/sleep)· What are the seating arrangements for dinner?
(=how many seats there are in a theatre, hall etc)· The largest hall in the university has a seating capacity of over 1,500.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSNOUN· The path leads down and around to a brick-paved seating area situated beneath a climber-covered arbour looking back towards the house.· Those in the villa which houses the reception are on upper floors and therefore do not have an outside seating area.· We got in to an unreserved seating area for 13 quid.
· The theatre is quite spectacular, with the seating arrangement and the plays performed there are of a very high standard.· A student assistant could help with this. 2 To facilitate learning of student names, alphabetical seating arrangements might be desirable.· I want to discuss the seating arrangements.· It has the usual seating arrangement three seats across the front and bench seats along each side of the back.
· It is also available for conferences and other presentations requiring a seating capacity of up to 600.· The scheme will nearly double the seating capacity of the stadium, creating an additional 7,650 seats.· The room had seating capacity for about eighty and Mark saw that it was about half full.· It had a total seating capacity of 378.· They had front exits and were of slightly lower seating capacity than the E/1s.· The seating capacity is in excess of 1000 and was full for the opening ceremony.
WORD FAMILYnounseatseatingadjectiveseatedverbseat ≠ unseat
1all the seats in a theatre, cinema etcseating for a restaurant with seating for 40 customers The hall has a seating capacity of 650.2the places where people will sit, according to an arrangementseating plan/arrangements the seating plan for the wedding dinner