seats
Definition
Noun (plural) 1. An area that includes places where several people can sit: Refers to a designated space containing multiple sitting accommodations, such as in a theater, stadium, classroom, or vehicle. Example: The new auditorium has comfortable seats for 500 people.
Usage
The word "seats" is used to describe the collective sitting arrangements in a venue. It focuses on the availability, arrangement, or capacity of places to sit. * We need to book our seats for the concert in advance. * The car has leather seats. * All the seats in the lecture hall were taken.
Advanced Usage
- "To have/take a seat": This common phrase uses the singular form "a seat" to mean to sit down. It is a polite invitation or instruction.
- Please, take a seat. The manager will be with you shortly.
- "By the seat of one's pants" (idiom): This idiom means to do something by instinct and improvisation, without careful planning or preparation.
- He managed the project by the seat of his pants, without any formal training.
Variants and Related Words
- Seat (noun, singular): An individual place for one person to sit.
- He reserved a window seat on the plane.
- Seat (verb): To arrange for people to sit down; to have sitting capacity for a specific number.
- The usher will seat you at your table.
- This van seats eight passengers.
- Seating (noun, uncountable): The provision or arrangement of seats.
- The seating arrangement is alphabetical.
Synonyms
- Chairs: Often used interchangeably for seats, though "chairs" typically refers to movable furniture with a back.
- Places: Can be used in contexts like theaters or stadiums (e.g., ).
- Spots: Informal synonym for places to sit (e.g., ).
Phrasal Verbs
- "Seat oneself": A formal way to say "sit down".
- The guests seated themselves around the large table.
Related Idioms
- "In the driver's seat": To be in control of a situation.
- With the new contract signed, our company is finally in the driver's seat.
- "A ringside seat": A position from which one has a very clear and close view of an event.
- Living next to the capital gave her a ringside seat to political history.
Noun
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an area that includes places where several people can sit
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there is seating for 40 students in this classroom
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