seat
/siːt/noun
उच्चारण सीट
सीट, आसन; (संसद में) स्थान; केंद्र
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Asked in previous papers
as idiom
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[C]
a place where you can sit, for example a chair; a place where you pay to sit in a plane, train, theatre; a position as a member of a parliament or committee; a place where a particular activity happens
सीट, आसन; (संसद में) स्थान; केंद्र
- Take a seat.
- a Lok Sabha seat
- the seat of government
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- I reserved a window seat on the train to Jaipur.
- The party won six seats in the state assembly.
- Please keep your seat until the bus stops.
- Delhi is the seat of the central government.
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[T]
to give somebody a place to sit; to have enough seats for a particular number of people
बैठाना; बैठने की जगह होना
- Please be seated.
- The hall seats 500.
- The usher seated the guests near the stage.
+ 2 more examples
- The new stadium seats sixty thousand people.
- Please be seated; the lecture is about to begin.
Synonyms sit place accommodate hold settle
§Structures (grammar patterns) 5
take / have a seat; be seated
Take a seat and Please be seated are polite ways of asking someone to sit down.
'Take a seat' और 'Please be seated' किसी से बैठने को कहने के विनम्र तरीके हैं।
- Please take a seat; the principal will see you soon.
- Passengers are requested to be seated.
seat + number of people
As a verb, seat means to have enough places for a number of people; it is not used in the continuous form.
Verb के रूप में 'seat' का अर्थ एक संख्या के लोगों के लिए पर्याप्त स्थान होना है; यह continuous रूप में नहीं आता।
- The auditorium seats five hundred people.
seat in parliament / assembly
A seat in the House means a position as an elected member; use win or lose a seat.
सदन में 'seat' का अर्थ निर्वाचित सदस्य का पद है; इसके साथ win या lose a seat आता है।
- The party won thirty seats in the election.
seat of government / learning
Seat of means the place where something is based, in a formal sense.
'Seat of' का औपचारिक अर्थ वह स्थान है जहाँ कोई चीज़ आधारित होती है।
- New Delhi is the seat of the Indian government.
- Nalanda was an ancient seat of learning.
seat (noun) in the plural, seats
Seats in the plural can mean places for sale or reserved in a college or exam.
Plural में 'seats' बिक्री या कॉलेज और परीक्षा में आरक्षित स्थानों के लिए आता है।
- There are only fifty seats in this course.
- All the seats for the match were sold out.
+Collocations 4
adjective + seat
windowemptyfrontreservedback
- Radhika asked for a window seat on the train.
verb + seat
bookreserveoccupygive uplose
- He gave up his seat for an old woman.
seat + noun
beltcovernumbercushioncapacity
- Fasten your seat belt before the bus starts.
political seat
winholdcontestretainsecure
- She contested a seat in the state assembly.
“More examples 6
- Please keep the seat next to you free for my friend.
कृपया अपने बगल की सीट मेरे मित्र के लिए खाली रखिए।
- The candidate retained his seat with a large majority.
उम्मीदवार ने बड़े बहुमत से अपनी सीट बरकरार रखी।
- Radhika got a seat in a good medical college.
राधिका को एक अच्छे मेडिकल कॉलेज में सीट मिल गई।
- The hall can seat two hundred students.
यह हॉल दो सौ विद्यार्थियों को बिठा सकता है।
- The teacher seated the new students in the front row.
शिक्षक ने नए विद्यार्थियों को आगे की पंक्ति में बैठाया।
- Is this seat taken?
क्या यह सीट ली जा चुकी है?
!Common mistakes 2
✗ Please seat down.
✓ Please sit down.
To sit yourself, use sit down; seat needs an object or the passive form.
स्वयं बैठने के लिए 'sit down' आता है; 'seat' के साथ object या passive रूप आता है।
✗ Please be sit and wait for your turn.
✓ Please be seated and wait for your turn.
After be, use the past participle seated.
'Be' के बाद past participle 'seated' आता है।
¶Idioms 1
in the driving seat / in the driver's seat
in control of a situation
नियंत्रण में, कमान संभाले हुए
- With a two-goal lead, India are in the driving seat.
- Now that she runs the company, Radhika is in the driving seat.
§Grammar and usage
'Please be seated' (formal) or 'Please sit down'; seat is transitive ('He seated himself').
'Please be seated' (औपचारिक) या 'Please sit down'; seat सकर्मक है ('He seated himself')।
“Collocations, idioms and sayings
Take a back seat (choose to be less active or important), in the driving or driver's seat (in control), on the edge of your seat (very excited, especially while watching something), keep sb on the edge of their seat, the hot seat (a position of difficult responsibility), by the seat of your pants (without planning; relying on luck).
Idioms बहुत पूछे जाते हैं: take a back seat (कम सक्रिय या महत्वपूर्ण होना चुनना, पीछे हट जाना), in the driving या driver's seat (नियंत्रण में), on the edge of your seat (बहुत उत्साहित, विशेषकर कुछ देखते हुए), keep sb on the edge of their seat, the hot seat (कठिन ज़िम्मेदारी का पद), by the seat of your pants (बिना योजना के; भाग्य के भरोसे)।
✓In the exam
General knowledge
The Lok Sabha has 543 seats filled by direct election; a reserved seat is kept for SC or ST candidates; the seat of the Supreme Court is in New Delhi.
लोकसभा की 543 सीटें प्रत्यक्ष चुनाव से भरी जाती हैं; आरक्षित सीट SC या ST उम्मीदवारों के लिए रखी जाती है; सर्वोच्च न्यायालय का स्थान नई दिल्ली में है।