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# seat

«seat» in Mova's school dictionary: **something to sit on, like a chair, a bench or a place on…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun, verb (seat, seats, seated, seating)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A seat is something to sit on, like a chair, a bench or a place on a bus. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/seat/#m1)

2) A seat is a place where one person can sit in a theatre, plane or classroom. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/seat/#m2)

3) To seat someone is to give them a place to sit or to show them where to sit. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/seat/#m3)

4) A table or room that seats 6 has room for 6 people. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/seat/#m4)

5) A seat is also a place in a parliament or council won in an election. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/seat/#m5)

### sense in the lessons

In maths seats are places counted: seats in rows, on a bus or in a theatre; empty and full seats; how many people a table seats. In everyday life: take a seat, save a seat, fasten your seat belt, the front seat, the back seat, car seat for babies. In stories: «Please be seated» is a polite way to say «sit down».

### examples

- A bus has 40 seats. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/seat/#x1)
- The hall has 12 rows of 20 seats. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/seat/#x2)
- 35 seats are taken; how many are empty? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/seat/#x3)
- Each table seats 6 people. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/seat/#x4)
- Please take a seat and wait for your name. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/seat/#x5)
- Small children must ride in a car seat in the back seat. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/seat/#x6)
- Can you save me a seat next to you at lunch? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/seat/#x7)
- The guests were seated at long tables. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/seat/#x8)
- Fasten your seat belt before the car moves. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/seat/#x9)
- The fool took his seat and drove off. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/seat/#x10)

### note

Countable: a seat, seats. «Seat» as a verb usually takes a person (seat the guests) or a number (seats 6). Rows × seats per row = all seats; seats taken + empty = all. «Seats 6» is a capacity. Trap: if people do not fit, you need one more table or bus (round up). Do not confuse seat with «sit» (the action) or «set» (to put).

### In the corpora

- [Orchestras usually seat the quieter strings at the front and the louder brass and percussion at the back, to balance the sound.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/arts/9-instrument-families-strings-wind-brass-percussion-keys/12/)
- [Crying on the platform, he wonders about hiding under a seat, when a kind engine-driver says «Hullo, mother!](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/54-willows-ch8-part3-no-money-no-pocket/3/)
- [In the front seat the old cravings rise up again: «It is fate!» he said to himself.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/63-willows-ch10-part3-the-conceited-song/27/)
- [On a moving bus you stay seated, or hold on tight if you must stand.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/43-buses-trains-and-being-seen/12/)
- [Putting the toilet seat down and closing the lid is polite, and stops toddlers falling in.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/118-energy-pets-and-bathroom/11/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «seat» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/seat/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.