seat: meaning and words from its letters
4 letters · 4 letter points · starts with S · ends with T
Meaning of seat
noun
Something to be sat upon.
Something to be sat upon. A place in which to sit.
Example: There are two hundred seats in this classroom.
Something to be sat upon. The horizontal portion of a chair or other furniture designed for sitting.
Example: He sat on the arm of the chair rather than the seat, which always annoyed his mother.
Something to be sat upon. A piece of furniture made for sitting, such as a chair, stool, or bench; any improvised place for sitting.
Example: She pulled the seat from under the table to allow him to sit down.
Listed forms: seats.
Source: Wiktionary — seat.
verb
- transitive
To put an object into a place where it will rest; to fix; to set firm.
Example: Be sure to seat the gasket properly before attaching the cover.
- transitive
To provide with a place to sit.
Example: This classroom seats two hundred students.
- transitive
To request or direct one or more persons to sit.
Example: Please seat the audience after the anthem and then introduce the first speaker.
- transitive
To recognize the standing of a person or persons by providing them with one or more seats which would allow them to participate fully in a meeting or session.
Example: Only half the delegates from the state were seated at the convention because the state held its primary too early.
Listed forms: seats, seating, seated.
Source: Wiktionary — seat.
Adapted from Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki.org. Selected senses and forms; quotations omitted. Definition text is CC BY-SA 4.0.
Synonyms by meaning
Words are grouped by sense, so they are not necessarily interchangeable in every context. Search synonyms for seat.
noun
a space reserved for sitting (as in a theater or on a train or airplane)
noun
the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on
verb
show to a seat; assign a seat for
- sit
- sit down
verb
place ceremoniously or formally in an office or position
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is seat in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
|---|---|
| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of seat
S(1) + E(1) + A(1) + T(1) = 4 points.
This is a sum of letter values without board bonuses or word multipliers. A blank tile is worth zero: subtract the value of each letter supplied by a blank. The score does not establish game validity. Full letter-value table.
Anagrams of seat
7 other standard-list words use exactly these letters, including repeated letters.
Shorter words from seat
15 shorter standard-list words can be made using no letter more often than it occurs in seat. Showing up to 24, longest first.