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seats

The classroom has enough seats for all the students.

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.
seats

The classroom has enough seats for all the students.

Noun
  1. an area that includes places where several people can sit
    • there is seating for 40 students in this classroom

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