seated
seated is a polysyllabic word with 2 syllables. Using the Knuth-Liang algorithm, we calculated the hyphenation for the word you’ve entered. However, this hyphenation has not been verified against authoritative sources and may be approximate. This is because the algorithm relies on pre-defined patterns that may not cover all exceptions, contextual variations, or irregular spellings. We are working to verify hyphenations against trusted sources to ensure greater accuracy. For now, seated is hyphenated as:
Definitions ofseated
- To put an object into a place where it will rest; to fix; to set firm.
Example: "Be sure to seat the gasket properly before attaching the cover."
- To provide with places to sit.
Example: "The waiter seated us and asked what we would like to drink."
- To request or direct one or more persons to sit.
Example: "Please seat the audience after the anthem and then introduce the first speaker."
- (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.
Example: "Only half the delegates from the state were seated at the convention because the state held its primary too early."
- To assign the seats of.
Example: "to seat a church"
- To cause to occupy a post, site, or situation; to station; to establish; to fix; to settle.
- To rest; to lie down.
- To settle; to plant with inhabitants.
Example: "to seat a country"
- To put a seat or bottom in.
Example: "to seat a chair"
- Sitting
- Of a woman's skirt, stretched out and baggy over the wearer's buttocks from much sitting while wearing the skirt
- Fixed; confirmed
- Located; situated
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