seat

[si:t] 1. noun

1) (something for sitting on: Are there enough seats for everyone?) sæti

2) (the part of a chair etc on which the body sits: This chair-seat is broken.) seta, sessa

3) ((the part of a garment covering) the buttocks: I've got a sore seat after all that horse riding; a hole in the seat of his trousers.) buxnaseta

4) (a place in which a person has a right to sit: two seats for the play; a seat in Parliament; a seat on the board of the company.) sæti

5) (a place that is the centre of some activity etc: Universities are seats of learning.) (að)setur

2. verb

1) (to cause to sit down: I seated him in the armchair.) láta setjast

2) (to have seats for: Our table seats eight.) taka í sæti

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- -seater

- seating
- seat belt
- take a seat