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seat·ing

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–noun

1.	an act or instance of furnishing with, assigning, or escorting to a seat.

2.	the arrangement of seats in a theater, stadium, etc.

3.	material for seats, esp. upholstery.

–adjective

4.	of or pertaining to seats or those who are sitting: the seating plan of a theater.

[Origin: 1590–1600; seat + -ing¹, -ing²

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seat Audio Help (sēt) Pronunciation Key
n.

Something, such as a chair or bench, that may be sat on.
1. A place in which one may sit.
2. The right to occupy such a place or a ticket indicating this right: got seats for the concert.
3. The buttocks.
4. The part of a garment that covers the buttocks.
5. A part serving as the base of something else.
6. The surface or part on which another part sits or rests.
7. The place where something is located or based: The heart is the seat of the emotions.
8. A center of authority; a capital: the county seat. See Synonyms at center.
The part on which one rests in sitting: a bicycle seat.
1. The buttocks.
2. The part of a garment that covers the buttocks.
3. A part serving as the base of something else.
4. The surface or part on which another part sits or rests.
5. The place where something is located or based: The heart is the seat of the emotions.
6. A center of authority; a capital: the county seat. See Synonyms at center.
1. A part serving as the base of something else.
2. The surface or part on which another part sits or rests.
3. The place where something is located or based: The heart is the seat of the emotions.
4. A center of authority; a capital: the county seat. See Synonyms at center.
1. The place where something is located or based: The heart is the seat of the emotions.
2. A center of authority; a capital: the county seat. See Synonyms at center.
A place of abode or residence, especially a large house that is part of an estate: the squire's country seat.
Membership in an organization, such as a legislative body or stock exchange, that is obtained by appointment, election, or purchase.
The manner of sitting on a horse: a fox hunter with a good seat.

v. seat·ed, seat·ing, seats

v. tr.

1. To place in or on a seat.
2. To cause or assist to sit down: The ushers will seat the members of the bride's family.
To provide with a particular seat: The usher seated me in the back row.
To have or provide seats for: We can seat 300 in the auditorium.
To install in a position of authority or eminence.
To fix firmly in place: seat an ammunition clip in an automatic rifle.

v. intr.
To rest on or fit into another part: The O-rings had not seated correctly in their grooves.

[Middle English sete, probably from Old Norse sæti; see sed- in Indo-European roots.]

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seat·ing Audio Help (sē'tĭng) Pronunciation Key
n.

1. The act of providing or furnishing with a seat or seats.
2. The seats so provided or furnished: seating for 500.
The arrangement of seats in a room, auditorium, or banquet hall: a theater that offers semicircular seating.
The member or part on or within which another part is seated.
Material for upholstering seats.

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WordNet - Cite This Source - Share This

seating
noun
1.	an area that includes places where several people can sit; "there is seating for 40 students in this classroom"
2.	the service of ushering people to their seats

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ˈseating noun

the supply or arrangement of seats
Example: She arranged the seating for the lecture.

Arabic:	تَرْتيب الجُلوس
Chinese (Simplified):	安排座位
Chinese (Traditional):	安排座位
Czech:	zasedací pořádek
Danish:	siddeplads
Dutch:	plaatsing
Estonian:	istekohad
Finnish:	istumapaikat, istumajärjestys
French:	répartition des places
German:	die Bestuhlung
Greek:	διάταξη θέσεων
Hungarian:	(le)ültetés
Icelandic:	sætaskipan
Indonesian:	tempat duduk
Italian:	(posti a sedere)

Japanese:	座席の設備
Korean:	좌석의 배치
Latvian:	sēdvieta
Lithuanian:	sėdimos vietos
Norwegian:	sitteplasser; bordplassering
Polish:	miejsca do siedzenia
Portuguese (Brazil):	disposição de lugares
Portuguese (Portugal):	disposição de lugares
Romanian:	repartizare a locurilor
Russian:	рассадка
Slovak:	zasadací poriadok
Slovenian:	razdelitev sedežev
Spanish:	aforo, cabida
Swedish:	placering, sittplatser
Turkish:	oturacak yer, oturma, yerleştirme

See also: -seater, seat, seat belt, take a seat, "seating" in any language

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Seating

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.

The guests were no sooner seated but they entered into a warm debate. --Arbuthnot.

2. To cause to occupy a post, site, situation, or the like; to station; to establish; to fix; to settle.

Thus high . . . is King Richard seated. --Shak.

They had seated themselves in New Guiana. --Sir W. Raleigh.

3. To assign a seat to, or the seats of; to give a sitting to; as, to seat a church, or persons in a church.

4. To fix; to set firm.

From their foundations, loosening to and fro, They plucked the seated hills. --Milton.

5. To settle; to plant with inhabitants; as to seat a country. [Obs.] --W. Stith.

6. To put a seat or bottom in; as, to seat a chair.

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