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seat
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Meanings
noun
  • a thing made or used for sitting on, such as a chair or stool.
  • a person's buttocks.
  • a place in an elected legislative or other body.
    E.g. he lost his seat in the 1997 election
  • a principal site or location.
    E.g. Parliament House was the seat of the Scots Parliament until the Union with England
  • a part of a machine that supports or guides another part.
    E.g. if the valve seat is damaged, it can be recut using a special tool
verb
  • arrange for (someone) to sit somewhere.
    E.g. Owen seated his guests in the draughty baronial hall
  • fit in position.
    E.g. upper boulders were simply seated in the interstices below

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