seat

CEFRA1

/siːt/

noun · verb

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    A place designed for someone to sit.

  2. 02

    verb

    To provide someone with a place to sit.

Examples

  • The paint on the seat on which you are sitting is still wet.

  • Go back to your seat.

At a glance

Sits at A1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
2
Citations
5

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. Something to be sat upon.

  2. A place in which to sit.

  3. The horizontal portion of a chair or other furniture designed for sitting.

More examples

In context

  • She sat back in her seat.

  • He sat on the arm of the chair rather than the seat, which always annoyed his mother.

  • There are two hundred seats in this classroom.

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Origin

noun

From Middle English sete, from Old English sǣte, possibly from (or simply cognate with) Old Norse sæti (“seat”), both from Proto-Germanic *sētiją (“seat”), from Proto-Indo-European *sed- (“to sit”); compare Old English set (“seat”). Noun sense 2 (“location or site”) is probably derived from Old English sǣte (“house”), which is related to Old High German sāza (“sedan, seat, domicile”). Cognates * Middle Dutch gesaete * Old High German gisazi (modern German Gesäß)