Definition

1. Verb:
   • To assign or show someone to a different seat: To direct a person to sit in a different location than originally occupied or assigned.
   • To provide with new seats: To furnish a venue, such as a theater or hall, with new seating.
   • To fit with a new seat: To repair or restore an object, typically a chair, by installing a new seat part.

Usage Examples

• Verb:
  • The flight attendant had to reseat the passenger next to the emergency exit.
  • The theater will be closed for a month to reseat the entire auditorium.
  • I need to reseat this antique dining chair; the cane seat is broken.

Advanced Usage

• "To reseat oneself": To move to and sit in a different seat of one's own volition.
  • After the intermission, several patrons reseated themselves closer to the stage.

Variants and Related Words

• Reseating (gerund/noun): The action or process of providing new seats.
  • The reseating of the stadium was completed ahead of schedule.

Synonyms

• Relocate: To move to a different place or position.
• Refit: To repair or restore by installing new parts or equipment.

Different Meanings

• The core meaning of "reseat" involves a change or renewal related to a seat. The context determines whether it applies to a person being moved, a venue being refurbished, or a piece of furniture being repaired.

Verb

1. show to a different seat
   • The usher insisted on reseating us
2. provide with new seats
   • reseat Carnegie Hall
3. provide with a new seat
   • reseat the old broken chair