seatnoun
uk/siːt/us/siːt/seat noun (FURNITURE)
A2 [ C ] a piece of furniture or part of a train, plane, etc. that has been designed for someone to sit on:
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- Did I take your seat? Do excuse me.
 - If you'd like to take a seat, Mr Chang will be with you in a moment.
 - The back seat of the car folds down.
 - He leaned back in his seat with a sigh.
 - Please remain in your seat until the plane comes to a complete stop.
 
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Chairs & seats
- -seater
 - armchair
 - armrest
 - banquette
 - bar stool
 - beach chair
 - beanbag
 - booster seat
 - easy chair
 - footstool
 - front seat
 - high chair
 - living room suite
 - perch
 - rocker
 - rocking chair
 - sag bag
 - seating
 - stall
 - stool
 
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seat noun (BOTTOM PART)
[ C usually singular ] the part of a piece of furniture or clothing on which a person sits:
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Furniture & fittings - general words
- appointed
 - built-in
 - caster
 - castor
 - collapsible
 - fitment
 - fitted
 - fitting
 - fixture
 - flatpack
 - folding
 - furniture
 - ionizer
 - pullout
 - rattan
 - recessed
 - self-assembly
 - space-saving
 - sprung
 - sunshade
 
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seat noun (POSITION)
C2 [ C ] an official position as a politician or member of a group of people who control something:
[ C ] Indian English the place in an office where a particular person sits:
[ C ] Indian English a place on a course to study something:
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Organizations - position & status
- a rung on/of the ladder idiom
 - apparatchik
 - associate
 - back seat
 - be a big fish in a small pond idiom
 - betters 2
 - brethren
 - comrade
 - echelon
 - entry-level
 - equal
 - fellow
 - founder
 - low-level
 - position
 - role
 - second class
 - senior
 - standing
 - subordinate
 
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seat noun (BASE)
[ C ] a place that acts as a base or centre for an important activity:
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Places and locations
- a place for everything and everything in its place idiom
 - action
 - core
 - direction
 - ground zero
 - heartland
 - location
 - oxygen bar
 - place
 - point
 - post
 - scene
 - set
 - setting
 - situation
 - spot
 - station
 - stronghold
 - the holy of holies
 - venue
 
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Idiom(s)
seatverb
uk/siːt/us/siːt/[ T + adv/prep ] to arrange for someone to have a particular seat:
to sit somewhere:
C2 [ T not continuous ] (of a building, room, table, or vehicle) to have enough seats for the stated number of people:
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Sitting and standing
- akimbo
 - astride
 - attention
 - bestride
 - cross-legged
 - crouch
 - four
 - pew
 - plump (sb/sth) down
 - rampant
 - seated
 - seating
 - sit sth out
 - stand
 - stand aside
 - stand round
 - strike
 - take a pew! idiom
 - take the weight off your feet/legs idiom
 - weight
 
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