I.
noun
1 for sitting on
ADJECTIVE
▪ available , empty , spare , vacant
▪
There were no empty ~s left in the hall.
▪
Do you have a spare ~ in your car?
▪ comfortable , comfy ( informal )
▪ plush
▪ cushioned , leather
▪
plush leather ~s
▪ bicycle , car
▪ back , front , middle , rear
▪
I always feel sick if I sit in the back ~ of the car.
▪ driver's ( AmE ), driving ( BrE ), passenger
▪ bucket
▪
I slid into the leather bucket ~ and fastened my ~ belt.
▪ booster , car , child ( esp. BrE ), safety
▪ airline , theatre/theater
▪ aisle , window
▪
I always ask for an aisle ~ when I fly.
▪ front-row , good , ringside
▪
I got to the concert early to get a good ~.
▪
We had ringside ~s for the boxing match.
▪ bleacher ( AmE ) (usually just bleachers )
▪
Seating will consist of 2 140 bleacher ~s and 1 610 chairs.
▪ bench
▪ love (= a comfortable seat for two people to sit on) ( AmE )
▪ ejection ( AmE ), ejector ( esp. BrE )
▪ lavatory ( BrE ), loo ( BrE , informal ), toilet
▪ usual
▪
I took my usual ~ at the front of the classroom.
VERB + SEAT
▪ find , get , grab ( informal ), have , take
▪
Please take a ~.
▪
Is this ~ taken?
▪ occupy , sit on
▪
The best ~s were occupied by the friends and families of the performers.
▪
It is very uncomfortable to sit on these ~s.
▪ get (up) out of , leave , rise from
▪ give up , offer , vacate
▪
He gave up his ~ on the bus to a pregnant woman.
▪ resume , return to
▪
The audience resumed their ~s for the second half of the play.
▪ fill
▪
Not all theatres/theaters can fill their ~s so easily.
▪ book ( esp. BrE ), reserve
▪
Is it possible to reserve ~s for the play?
▪ save
▪
Can you save me a ~ if you get there first?
▪ lean back in , recline in , settle back in
▪ lean forward in
▪ settle into
▪
We had hardly settled into our ~s when the first goal was scored.
▪ slide into
▪
She slid into the driver's ~.
▪ shift in
▪ put back , recline
SEAT + NOUN
▪ cover
▪ cushion
▪ reservation ( BrE )
▪
Seat reservations are free.
▪
an electronic seat-reservation system
PREPOSITION
▪ in a/the ~
▪
The man in the passenger ~ seemed to be asleep.
▪ on a/the ~
▪
I found my gloves lying on the back ~.
▪ out of a/the ~
▪
He leaped out of his ~ when he saw the rat.
▪ ~ for
▪
I managed to get some ~s for the ballet.
PHRASES
▪ the best ~ in the house
▪
We had the best ~s in the house for the concert.
▪ lean back in your ~ , settle back in your ~
▪
We settled back into our ~s and waited for the show to begin.
▪ on the edge of your ~
▪
With two minutes to go before the end, I was on the edge of my ~.
2 in Parliament, Congress, etc.
ADJECTIVE
▪ congressional , House , Senate ( all in the US )
▪
Republicans won 52.7% of the House ~s.
▪ Commons , parliamentary ( both in the UK )
▪ council ( BrE )
▪ board
▪
the search for finance chiefs to fill board ~s
▪ marginal ( esp. BrE )
▪ open ( AmE )
▪
The Democrats captured 18 of the 30 open ~s.
▪ safe
▪ Democratic , Labour , Republican , Tory , etc.
VERB + SEAT
▪ gain , pick up , secure , take ( BrE ), win
▪
Republicans gained five ~s in the Senate.
▪
The Liberals took seven ~s from Labour.
▪
The Labour candidate took the ~ with a majority of 163.
▪ lose
▪
He lost his ~ in the last election.
▪ hold , keep , retain
▪
The party held the ~ with a 10 000 majority.
▪ regain , win back
▪ contest ( esp. BrE ), fight ( BrE ), run for ( AmE )
▪
He has been selected to fight the ~ at the next election.
▪
She is running for a ~ in the New York State Assembly.
▪ defend
▪ take (= begin your duties in Parliament) ( BrE )
▪
She took her ~ in Parliament as Britain's youngest MP.
▪ hold , occupy
▪
Republicans currently hold 51 ~s in the Senate.
▪ resign , vacate
PREPOSITION
▪ ~ in
▪
a ~ in Congress
▪ ~ on
▪
a ~ on the board
II.
verb
ADVERB
▪ comfortably
▪
He ~ed himself comfortably at the foot of the bed.
▪
The car ~s six comfortably.
PREPOSITION
▪ at
▪
Ramirez was ~ed at a table near the window.
▪ in
▪
The old woman was ~ed in a chair.
▪ on
▪
She ~ed herself on the sofa.
PHRASES
▪ be ~ed
▪
Please be ~ed.
▪ be ~ed cross-legged
▪ remain ~ed , stay ~ed
▪
Please remain ~ed until your name is called.
Seat is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑ auditorium , ↑ dining room
Seat is used with these nouns as the object: ↑ guest , ↑ spectator