seat
/ˈseɪæt/
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.82 in modern English
4
Scrabble Score
4
Letters
1
Syllables
4
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
Something to be sat upon.
noun
Something to be sat upon.
noun
Something to be sat upon.
noun
Something to be sat upon.
noun
Something to be sat upon.
noun
Something to be sat upon.
noun
Something to be sat upon.
Example Sentences
- "Several pressmen have nearly lost their lives, to say nothing of the seats of their trousers, from these creatures."
- "I love these new biker pants I bought! There's padding in the seat to protect my rear end."
- "There are two hundred seats in this classroom."
- "The humor of my proposition appealed more strongly to Miss Trevor than I had looked for, and from that time forward she became her old self again;[…]. Our table in the dining-room became again the abode of scintillating wit and caustic repartee, Farrar bracing up to his old standard, and the demand for seats in the vicinity rose to an animated competition."
- "[…] Grand Union proposes making a seat part of the price of a ticket, with 50% refunds for those travelling for longer than 30 minutes unable to obtain a seat."
- "He sat on the arm of the chair rather than the seat, which always annoyed his mother."
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”). Noun 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)
Origin
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- British English: /ˈseɪæt/
Usage
- Slang
- Transitive verb
- Intransitive verb
- Obsolete
- American usage