seat

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in Vietnamese Ghế ngồi, ghế

BrE /siːt/ AmE /sit/

noun / verb en → vi

past seated pp seated ing seating

1 FURNITURE [countable] A1

Ghế ngồi, ghế

a piece of furniture for one person to sit on

  • in the seat

Collocations armchair seat · dining room seat

  • There are four seats in this row.

    Có bốn ghế trong hàng này.

2 ACTION [transitive] A2

Đặt ngồi, sắp xếp chỗ ngồi

to make someone sit down or to put something into a place where it can be used for sitting

  • seat somebody/something

Collocations seat a guest · seat the audience

  • The stewardess seated me next to the window.

    Hô sơ đã sắp xếp chỗ ngồi cho tôi bên cửa sổ.

3 POSITION [countable] B1

Vị trí, ghế ngồi

a position in an organization or a place where someone can be elected to make decisions for others

  • in the seat

Collocations parliamentary seat · boardroom seat

  • She won a seat in parliament.

    Cô ấy đã giành được một ghế trong quốc hội.

4 CAPACITY [countable] B1

Sức chứa, số chỗ ngồi

the number of people that can be seated somewhere, especially in a cinema or theatre

  • a seat for

Collocations cinema seats · theatre seats

  • The theatre has a seating capacity of 500.

    Rạp hát có sức chứa 500 chỗ ngồi.

Idioms

take a seat A2

Hãy ngồi xuống

  • Please take a seat.

    Xin mời ngồi.

fill the seats B1

Đầy chỗ ngồi

  • The concert filled all the seats.

    Chương trình hòa nhạc đã đầy chỗ ngồi.

seat of power B2

Trung tâm quyền lực

  • The capital is often considered the seat of power.

    Thủ đô thường được coi là trung tâm quyền lực.