seat

/siːt/ verb

Translation

seat yourself in/on/next to, etc › to sit somewhere

oturmak

I seated myself next to the fire.1943

be seated › to be sitting down

oturmuş, oturuyor olmak

The director was seated on his right.1943 › used to politely ask a group of people to sit down

Lütfen oturunuz!'

Would the people at the back please be seated.1943

seat 4/12/200, etc › If a building, room, or vehicle seats a particular number of people, that many people can sit in it.

kişilik, kişi kapasiteli; ...koltuklu

The new concert hall seats 1500 people.1965

(Definition of seat verb from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary English-Turkish © Cambridge University Press)

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