seat

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noun

1 for sitting on

ADJECTIVE

▪ available, empty, spare, vacant

▪

There were no empty seats left in the hall.

▪

Do you have a spare seat in your car?

▪ comfortable, comfy (informal)

▪ plush

▪ cushioned, leather

▪

plush leather seats

▪ bicycle, car

▪ back, front, middle, rear

▪

I always feel sick if I sit in the back seat of the car.

▪ driver's (AmE), driving (BrE), passenger

▪ bucket

▪

I slid into the leather bucket seat and fastened my seat belt.

▪ booster, car, child (esp. BrE), safety

▪ airline, theatre/theater

▪ aisle, window

▪

I always ask for an aisle seat when I fly.

▪ front-row, good, ringside

▪

I got to the concert early to get a good seat.

▪

We had ringside seats for the boxing match.

▪ bleacher (AmE) (usually just bleachers)

▪

Seating will consist of 2 140 bleacher seats and 1 610 chairs.

▪ bench

▪ love (= a comfortable seat for two people to sit on) (AmE)

▪ ejection (AmE), ejector (esp. BrE)

▪ lavatory (BrE), loo (BrE, informal), toilet

▪ usual

▪

I took my usual seat at the front of the classroom.

VERB + SEAT

▪ find, get, grab (informal), have, take

▪

Please take a seat.

▪

Is this seat taken?

▪ occupy, sit on

▪

The best seats were occupied by the friends and families of the performers.

▪

It is very uncomfortable to sit on these seats.

▪ get (up) out of, leave, rise from

▪ give up, offer, vacate

▪

He gave up his seat on the bus to a pregnant woman.

▪ resume, return to

▪

The audience resumed their seats for the second half of the play.

▪ fill

▪

Not all theatres/theaters can fill their seats so easily.

▪ book (esp. BrE), reserve

▪

Is it possible to reserve seats for the play?

▪ save

▪

Can you save me a seat if you get there first?

▪ lean back in, recline in, settle back in

▪ lean forward in

▪ settle into

▪

We had hardly settled into our seats when the first goal was scored.

▪ slide into

▪

She slid into the driver's seat.

▪ shift in

▪ put back, recline

SEAT + NOUN

▪ cover

▪ cushion

▪ reservation (BrE)

▪

Seat reservations are free.

▪

an electronic seat-reservation system

PREPOSITION

▪ in a/the seat

▪

The man in the passenger seat seemed to be asleep.

▪ on a/the seat

▪

I found my gloves lying on the back seat.

▪ out of a/the seat

▪

He leaped out of his seat when he saw the rat.

▪ seat for

▪

I managed to get some seats for the ballet.

PHRASES

▪ the best seat in the house

▪

We had the best seats in the house for the concert.

▪ lean back in your seat, settle back in your seat

▪

We settled back into our seats and waited for the show to begin.

▪ on the edge of your seat

▪

With two minutes to go before the end, I was on the edge of my seat.

2 in Parliament, Congress, etc.

ADJECTIVE

▪ congressional, House, Senate (all in the US)

▪

Republicans won 52.7% of the House seats.

▪ Commons, parliamentary (both in the UK)

▪ council (BrE)

▪ board

▪

the search for finance chiefs to fill board seats

▪ marginal (esp. BrE)

▪ open (AmE)

▪

The Democrats captured 18 of the 30 open seats.

▪ safe

▪ Democratic, Labour, Republican, Tory, etc.

VERB + SEAT

▪ gain, pick up, secure, take (BrE), win

▪

Republicans gained five seats in the Senate.

▪

The Liberals took seven seats from Labour.

▪

The Labour candidate took the seat with a majority of 163.

▪ lose

▪

He lost his seat in the last election.

▪ hold, keep, retain

▪

The party held the seat with a 10 000 majority.

▪ regain, win back

▪ contest (esp. BrE), fight (BrE), run for (AmE)

▪

He has been selected to fight the seat at the next election.

▪

She is running for a seat in the New York State Assembly.

▪ defend

▪ take (= begin your duties in Parliament) (BrE)

▪

She took her seat in Parliament as Britain's youngest MP.

▪ hold, occupy

▪

Republicans currently hold 51 seats in the Senate.

▪ resign, vacate

PREPOSITION

▪ seat in

▪

a seat in Congress

▪ seat on

▪

a seat on the board

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verb

ADVERB

▪ comfortably

▪

He seated himself comfortably at the foot of the bed.

▪

The car seats six comfortably.

PREPOSITION

▪ at

▪

Ramirez was seated at a table near the window.

▪ in

▪

The old woman was seated in a chair.

▪ on

▪

She seated herself on the sofa.

PHRASES

▪ be seated

▪

Please be seated.

▪ be seated cross-legged

▪ remain seated, stay seated

▪

Please remain seated until your name is called.

Seat is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑auditorium, ↑dining room

Seat is used with these nouns as the object: ↑guest, ↑spectator