seat

si:t 1. noun

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

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

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.) bak, buksebak

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.) plass, billett

5) (a place that is the centre of some activity etc: Universities are seats of learning.) sete, skueplass, arnested

2. verb

1) (to cause to sit down: I seated him in the armchair.) anvise plass

2) (to have seats for: Our table seats eight.) benke, forsyne med sitteplass

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- -seater

- seating
- seat belt
- take a seat

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subst. \/siːt\/

1) stol, benk, sete, krakk

2) sete, sitteplass, plass

• there are two seats in the car

3) billett, plass

4) (på møbel e.l.) sete

5) (anatomi) sete

6) (anatomi, hverdagslig) bakdel, bak, ende, bakende

7) buksebak

• the seat of my trousers is worn

8) (politikk, foreningsliv) plass, mandat, sete

• a seat in the House of Commons

• the party gained 100 seats

9) (sted) sete, sentrum

10) (overført) arnested

• their neighbours had always been the seat of trouble

11) leie, plass, beliggenhet, tilholdssted, sted hvor noe hører hjemme

12) basis, underlag, fundament, fot, sokkel, feste

13) (ridning) sete, sits (rytters kropsstilling)

14) (sjøfart) forklaring: hvor dypt en båt går i sjøen

book seats for something bestille plasser til noe

• book two seats for «Hamlet» next Sunday

country seat større landsted

do something by the seat of one's pants gjøre noe instinktivt

get a seat få sitteplass, få sitte få billett

give up one's seat gi fra seg plassen sin

have a good seat ha bra plass, sitte bra

• we had good seats at the theatre

(ridning) ha bra sits, ha godt sete, sitte bra til hest

have a seat on the board (politikk, forretningsliv) sitte i styret, ha en plass i styret

keep one's seat bli sittende (overført) holde seg i salen

keep your seats! sitt stille! , bli sittende!, forbli på plassene deres!

lose one's seat miste plassen sin tape sitt mandat, miste sin plass, ikke bli gjenvalgt

resign one's seat legge ned sitt mandat, gi avkall på sin plass, si fra seg sitt mandat

seat of learning lærdommens sete

the seat of the disease sykdommens sete

the seat of the trouble problemets kjerne, årsaken til problemet

seat of war krigsskueplass

seats, please! eller take your seats, please! (jernbane) ta plass!

take a seat sette seg, sitte ned, ta plass

• won't you take a seat?

take one's seat finne plassen sin, innta sin plass

• she took her seat in the House of Commons

this seat is taken denne stolen er opptatt, det sitter noen her, her er det opptatt

win a seat in the senate eller be elected to a seat in the senate bli valgt inn i senatet, vinne en plass i senatet

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verb \/siːt\/

1) anvise (sitte)plass, vise på plass, anbringe, plassere, sette

• he seated us in the front row

2) innsette, velge inn

• the candidate was seated

3) ha sitteplass til, romme, ha plass til

• the car seats five

4) skaffe sitteplass til, benke, plassere

• we can't seat them all

5) utstyre med sitteplasser (benker e.l.)

• seat a church

6) sette nytt sete på, bytte ut sete

• the carpenter seated a chair

7) (søm) sette ny buksebak i et plagg

8) feste, sette fast

9) (teknikk, om ventil) lukke

be seated sitte

• are you comfortably seated?

sette seg, ta plass

bli anvist plass, bli plassert ha sitt sete, ligge

be seated for ha sitteplass til

• the hall is seated for five hundred

hallen har sitteplass til fem hundre

please be seated! (formelt) vær så god og sitt! , vær så vennlig å ta plass!

seated sittende

• he drank his coffee seated on a chair

seat oneself sette seg, ta plass (gammeldags) slå seg ned, bosette seg