seat

Meaning

Noun

1. Something to be sat upon.
2. Something to be sat upon.
3. Something to be sat upon.
4. (slang) Something to be sat upon.
5. Something to be sat upon.
6. Something to be sat upon.
7. Something to be sat upon.
8. A location or site.
9. A location or site.
10. A location or site.
11. A location or site.
12. A location or site.
13. A location or site.
14. A location or site.
15. The starting point of a fire.
16. Posture, or way of sitting, on horseback.

Verb

1. To put an object into a place where it will rest; to fix; to set firm.
2. To provide with a place to sit.
3. To request or direct one or more persons to sit.
4. To recognize the standing of a person or persons by providing them with one or more seats which would allow them to participate fully in a meeting or session.
5. To assign the seats of.
6. To cause to occupy a post, site, or situation; to station; to establish; to fix; to settle.
7. (obsolete) To rest; to lie down.
8. To settle; to plant with inhabitants.
9. To put a seat or bottom in.

Pronounced as (IPA)

/siːt/

Etymology

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”).
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)

Sentences

It is northwest of Wellington , the county seat , and east of Hedley .