[{"word":"seats","phonetic":"/siːts/","phonetics":[{"text":"/siːts/","audio":"https://api.dictionaryapi.dev/media/pronunciations/en/seats-us.mp3","sourceUrl":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=2100848","license":{"name":"BY-SA 3.0","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"}}],"meanings":[{"partOfSpeech":"noun","definitions":[{"definition":"Something to be sat upon.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"A location or site.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"The starting point of a fire.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"Posture, or way of sitting, on horseback.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]}],"synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"partOfSpeech":"verb","definitions":[{"definition":"To put an object into a place where it will rest; to fix; to set firm.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"Be sure to seat the gasket properly before attaching the cover."},{"definition":"To provide with places to sit.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"The waiter seated us and asked what we would like to drink."},{"definition":"To request or direct one or more persons to sit.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"Please seat the audience after the anthem and then introduce the first speaker."},{"definition":"(legislature) To recognize the standing of a person or persons by providing them with one or more seats which would allow them to participate fully in a meeting or session.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"Only half the delegates from the state were seated at the convention because the state held its primary too early."},{"definition":"To assign the seats of.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"to seat a church"},{"definition":"To cause to occupy a post, site, or situation; to station; to establish; to fix; to settle.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"To rest; to lie down.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"To settle; to plant with inhabitants.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"to seat a country"},{"definition":"To put a seat or bottom in.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"to seat a chair"}],"synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]}],"license":{"name":"CC BY-SA 3.0","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"},"sourceUrls":["https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/seat","https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/seats"]}]