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Synonyms of seat in English:

seat


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See UK English definition of seat

See Spanish definition of asiento

noun

1‘enough seats for the audience/spectators’

SYNONYMS
chair, place, space
seating, seating accommodation, room

2‘the patient can then move his seat or legs’

SYNONYMS
buttocks, behind, backside, bottom, rear, rear end, rump, haunches, hindquarters, cheeks
derrière
Sitzfleisch
informal sit-upon, stern, BTM, tochus, rusty dusty
British informal bum, botty, prat, jacksie
Scottish informal bahookie
North American informal butt, fanny, tush, tushie, tail, duff, buns, booty, caboose, heinie, patootie, keister, tuchis, bazoo, bippy
West Indian informal batty, rass
humorous fundament, posterior
British vulgar slang arse, clunge
North American vulgar slang ass
technical nates
archaic breech

3‘the seat of government’

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headquarters, location, site, whereabouts, place, base, centre, nerve centre, nucleus, centre of activity, centre of operations, hub, focus, focal point, heart

4‘the family had a country seat in Surrey’

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residence, ancestral home, mansion, stately home, abode

verb

1‘they seated themselves round the table’

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position, put, place, stand, station
install, settle, arrange, dispose, array, range, deploy
informal plonk, park
rare posit

2‘the hall seats 500’

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have room for, contain, take, sit, hold, accommodate