OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 11626

seat

/siːt/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
asiento • curul • escaño • sitial
Something to be sat upon.
The humor of my proposition appealed more strongly to Miss Trevor than I had looked for, and from that time forward she became her old self again;[…]. Our table in the dining-room…
There are two hundred seats in this classroom.
asiento
Something to be sat upon.
He sat on the arm of the chair rather than the seat, which always annoyed his mother.
the seat of a saddle
asiento
Something to be sat upon.
Instead of saying "sit down", she said "place your seat on this chair".
curul • escaño
A location or site.
Our neighbor has a seat at the stock exchange and in congress.
sede
A location or site.
The K'o-tzu-lo-su Kirghiz chou bordered on the K'o-shih chuan-ch'ü and its seat at A-t'u-shih was only twenty-five kilometers from K'o-shih shih.
Washington D.C. is the seat of the U.S. government.
Word forms
📚 verb • entry_id 11627

seat

/siːt/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
colocar • engastar
To put an object into a place where it will rest; to fix; to set firm.
Be sure to seat the gasket properly before attaching the cover.
From their foundations, loosening to and fro, / They plucked the seated hills.
sentar
To provide with a place to sit.
The waiter seated us and asked what we would like to drink.
This classroom seats two hundred students.