Seating
['siːtɪŋ] or ['sitɪŋ]
Definition
(noun.) the service of ushering people to their seats.
(noun.) an area that includes places where several people can sit; 'there is seating for 40 students in this classroom'.
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Definition
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Seat
(n.) The act of providong with a seat or seats; as, the seating of an audience.
(n.) The act of making seats; also, the material for making seats; as, cane seating.
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Examples
- Now, Topsy, let's see _you_ do this, said Miss Ophelia, pulling off the clothes, and seating herself. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- Vell, George,' said Mr. Weller senior, taking off his upper coat, and seating himself with his accustomed gravity. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- They do not want me at all, said she, seating herself. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
- Come, now, Marie, said St. Clare, seating himself on a stool beside her sofa, be gracious, and say something pretty to a fellow. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- I see you have had our Lowick Cicero here, she said, seating herself comfortably, throwing back her wraps, and showing a thin but well-built figure. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- Very extraordinary,' said Mr. Pickwick, going back into his room, and seating himself at the table in a musing attitude. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- Then I'll cut the dinner, and stay here all my life, said Meyler, quietly seating himself. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- I have sent a letter to Lowick Manor to-day, asking leave to see you, said Will, seating himself opposite to her. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- Shortly after we had been caged the amphitheater began to fill and within an hour every available part of the seating space was occupied. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
- I'll take her under my care, said Henrique, seating himself by the sofa, and taking Eva's hand. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- Also, when he said to Clennam, seating himself in the proffered chair, 'And you are in a new business, Mr Clennam? Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- Thank you,' said Bradley, seating himself in his constrained manner. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Seating herself on the upper step of the terrace, Lily leaned her head against the honeysuckles wreathing the balustrade. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- But I consented to listen; and, seating myself by the fire which my odious companion had lighted, he thus began his tale. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
- I want you to come here; and seating himself in an arm-chair, he intimated by a gesture that I was to approach and stand before him. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
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