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seating

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seat·ing  (stng)
n.
1.
a. The act of providing or furnishing with a seat or seats.
b. The seats so provided or furnished: seating for 500.
2. The arrangement of seats in a room, auditorium, or banquet hall: a theater that offers semicircular seating.
3. The member or part on or within which another part is seated.
4. Material for upholstering seats.

seating [ˈsiːtɪŋ]
n
1. the act of providing with a seat or seats
2.
a.  the provision of seats, as in a theatre, cinema, etc.
b.  (as modifier) seating arrangements
3. material used for covering or making seats
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.seatingseating - an area that includes places where several people can sit; "there is seating for 40 students in this classroom"
dress circle, circle - a curved section or tier of seats in a hall or theater or opera house; usually the first tier above the orchestra; "they had excellent seats in the dress circle"
orchestra - seating on the main floor in a theater
parquet - seating on the main floor between the orchestra and the parquet circle
parquet circle, parterre - seating at the rear of the main floor (beneath the balconies)
ringside, ringside seat - first row of seating; has an unobstructed view of a boxing or wrestling ring
seat - furniture that is designed for sitting on; "there were not enough seats for all the guests"
stall - seating in the forward part of the main level of a theater
tiered seat - seating that is arranged in sloping tiers so that spectators in the back can see over the heads of those in front
elbow room, room, way - space for movement; "room to pass"; "make way for"; "hardly enough elbow room to turn around"
2.seating - the service of ushering people to their seats
service - an act of help or assistance; "he did them a service"

seating
noun
1. accommodation, room, places, seats, chairs seating for over eighty thousand spectators
2. arrangement of seats, accommodation, places, seats She made a mental note to check the seating.
Translations
seating [ˈsiːtɪŋ]
A. Nasientos mpl
B. CPD seating accommodation Nplazas fpl, asientos mpl
seating arrangements NPL = seating plan seating capacity Nnúmero m de asientos, cabida f
seating plan Ndisposición f de los asientos
seating [ˈsiːtɪŋ] n
(= seats) → places fpl assises
(= seating arrangements) → plan m de table
seating arrangements nplplan m de table
He organised the seating arrangements for 3,000 guests → Il a organisé le plan de table pour 3000 invités.
What are the seating arrangements? → Où va-t-on faire asseoir les gens?
seating capacity ncapacité f d'accueil
The stadium has a seating capacity of 50,000 → Le stade a une capacité d'accueil de 50 000 places assises.
seating plan n (at dinner)plan m de table
seating
nSitzgelegenheiten pl, → Sitzplätze pl; seating roomPlatz mzum Sitzen
seating [ˈsiːtɪŋ] nposti mpl a sedere
seating [ˈsiːtɪŋ] nposti mpl a sedere


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"Very tired," replied Pride, seating himself on a stone by the wayside and mopping his steaming brow.
Seating himself upon a rock, he laid one hand upon his knee, back upward, and casually looked at it.
Apprising the police of his intention, he effected an entrance through a rear window before dark, walked through the deserted rooms, bare of furniture, dusty and desolate, and seating himself at last in the parlor on an old sofa which he had dragged in from another room watched the deepening of the gloom as night came on.
 
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