Definitions for seating

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seating seat·ing

Spelling: [see-ting]

IPA: /ˈsi tɪŋ/

Seating is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 8 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 10 points.

You can make 285 anagrams from letters in seating (aeginst).

Definitions for seating

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, especially upholstery.
4. something designed to support a person in a sitting position, as a chair, bench, or pew; a place on or in which one sits.
5. the part of a chair, sofa, or the like, on which one sits.
6. the part of the body on which one sits; the buttocks.
7. the part of the garment covering it:
8. a manner of or posture used in sitting, as on a horse.
9. something on which the base of an object rests.
10. the base itself.
11. a place in which something belongs, occurs, or is established; site; location.
12. a place in which administrative power or the like is centered:
13. a part of the body considered as the place in which an emotion or function is centered:
14. the office or authority of a king, bishop, etc.:
15. a space in which a spectator or patron may sit; accommodation for sitting, as in a theater or stadium.
16. right of admittance to such a space, especially as indicated by a ticket.
17. a right to sit as a member in a legislative or similar body:
18. a right to the privileges of membership in a stock exchange or the like.

Idioms

1. by the seat of one's pants, using experience, instinct, or guesswork.

adjective

1. of or relating to seats or those who are sitting:

verb (used with object)

1. to place on a seat or seats; cause to sit down.
2. to usher to a seat or find a seat for:
3. to have seats for; accommodate with seats:
4. to put a seat on or into (a chair, garment, etc.).
5. to install in a position or office of authority, in a legislative body, etc.
6. to fit (a valve) with a seat.
7. to attach to or place firmly in or on something as a base:

verb (used without object)

1. (of a cap, valve, etc.) to be closed or in proper position:

Origin of seating

First recorded in 1590-1600; seat + -ing¹, -ing²

Examples for seating

His head pans around 360 degrees, surveying each and every seating possibility.

Your seating me at your table was an honour which I did not ambitiously affect.

He did this by seating himself on her chest and gazing steadfastly in her face.

He was on the point of seating himself when he heard Will's yell.

There is a grand wooden staircase that leads to a mezzanine with seating.

He dropped into the boat, seating himself to face the recalcitrant Mulready.

The main difference between second and third class was the seating.

"You are not in your habit," said Mrs. Vansittart, seating herself at the breakfast-table.

The seating looked like what many modern trains use in their dining car, minus the tables.

The seating plan is such that you can see people in other corners.