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SEET/siːt/

A seat is a place where you can sit: a window seat, take a seat, is this seat free? Chair is a piece of furniture; seat is the place (on a bus, in a cinema, at a table). Sit is the verb. Book a seat means reserve it. Do not say “a sit” for the furniture — say a seat or a chair.

Meaning

A place where you can sit, such as a chair.

Examples

• “Is this seat free?”
• “There are no seats left at the front.”
• “Please take a seat; the doctor will see you soon.”

Good to know

take a seat / a window seat. is this seat free? Chair = the furniture. Verb: sit.

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