seat

noun (POSITION)

/siːt/

Definition

C2 [C] an official position as a politician or member of a group of people who control something: She has a seat on the board of directors. He is expected to lose his seat on the council in next month's elections. She won her seat in Parliament in 1979. He has a very safe seat (= a position that is very unlikely to be lost in an election).Position and status in groups and organizations › [C] Indian English the place in an office where a particular person sits: I'm sorry - he's not in his seat right now. › [C] Indian English a place on a course to study something: On receipt of the tuition fees, the college will issue a letter confirming your seat on the course.

(Definition of seat noun (POSITION) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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