seating

seating
seat NOUN 1) a thing made or used for sitting on. 2) the horizontal part of a chair. 3) a sitting place for a passenger in a vehicle or for a member of an audience. 4) a person's buttocks. 5) chiefly Brit. a place in an elected parliament or council. 6) Brit. a parliamentary constituency. 7) a site or location. 8) a large country house and estate belonging to an aristocratic family. 9) a part of a machine that supports or guides another part. 10) a manner of sitting on a horse.
VERB 1) arrange for (someone) to sit somewhere. 2) (seat oneself or be seated) sit down. 3) (of a place) have sufficient seats for.
DERIVATIVES seating noun seatless adjective.
ORIGIN Old Norse, related to SIT(Cf. ↑sit).

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  • seating — [sēt′iŋ] n. 1. the act of providing with or directing to a seat or seats 2. material for covering chair seats, etc. 3. the arrangement of seats or of persons seated 4. SEAT (n. 5b) …   English World dictionary

  • Seating — Reserved and free seatingSeating arrangements:*Reserved seating: each seat is reserved for a specific ticket holder. *General admission, open seating, free seating: **A seat is guaranteed, but not a specific one, one may choose on a first come,… …   Wikipedia

  • seating — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ comfortable ▪ The auditorium has comfortable seating and modern acoustics. ▪ outdoor ▪ allocated (BrE), assigned (AmE), reserved …   Collocations dictionary

  • seating — seat|ing [ sitıŋ ] noun uncount 1. ) the seats in a public place such as a movie theater or on a bus, train, etc.: seating for: The auditorium has seating for over 200 people. seating capacity (=the number of people that can sit in a place): The… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • seating — UK [ˈsiːtɪŋ] / US [ˈsɪtɪŋ] noun [uncountable] 1) the seats in a public place such as a cinema or on a bus, train etc seating for: The school hall has seating for over 200 people. seating capacity (= the number of people that can sit in a place):… …   English dictionary

  • seating — seat|ing [ˈsi:tıŋ] n [U] 1.) all the seats in a theatre, cinema etc seating for ▪ a restaurant with seating for 40 customers ▪ The hall has a seating capacity of 650. 2.) the places where people will sit, according to an arrangement seating… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • seating — [[t]si͟ːtɪŋ[/t]] 1) N UNCOUNT You can refer to the seats in a place as the seating. The stadium has been fitted with seating for over eighty thousand spectators. 2) N UNCOUNT: oft N n The seating at a public place or a formal occasion is the… …   English dictionary

  • seating — noun (U) 1 all the seats in a theatre, cinema etc: seating capacity (=the number of people that can fit in a theatre, cinema etc) 2 a way of arranging seats, or a plan of who will sit in them: seating plan/arrangements etc: Do you have a seating… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • Seating — Seat Seat, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Seated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Seating}.] 1. To place on a seat; to cause to sit down; as, to seat one s self. [1913 Webster] The guests were no sooner seated but they entered into a warm debate. Arbuthnot. [1913… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • seating — noun Date: 1761 1. a. material for covering or upholstering seats b. a seat on or in which something rests < a valve seating > 2. the act of providing with seats …   New Collegiate Dictionary

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