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SEATED
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
(of persons) having the torso erect and legs bent with the body supported on the buttocks
Example:
the audience remained seated
Synonyms:
seated; sitting
Classified under:
Antonym:
standing ((of persons) on the feet; having the torso in an erect position supported by straight legs)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
Past simple / past participle of the verb seat
Context examples:
The library looked tranquil enough as I entered it, and the Sibyl—if Sibyl she were—was seated snugly enough in an easy-chair at the chimney- corner.
(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)
The mirror was so placed that, seated in the dark, we could very plainly see the door opposite.
(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
“Indeed, my fair sir, you speak sooth,” quoth he with the club, while the other seated himself once more by the wayside.
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
He was not seated by her; perhaps that was the reason of his silence; but it had not been so in Derbyshire.
(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)
“Come, sir,” said I. “You forget that I have not yet the pleasure of your acquaintance. Be seated, if you please.”
(The Strange Case Of Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde, by Robert Louis Stevenson)
She thanked him again and again; and, with a sweetness of address which always attended her, invited him to be seated.
(Sense and Sensibility, by Jane Austen)
I had seated myself on a settee in the corner, upon the Prince’s invitation, and very glad I was to remain quiet and unnoticed, listening to the talk of these men.
(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
A question about whether an individual has or had difficulty standing from a seated position or walking up stairs.
(Have Difficulty Standing from a Seated Position or Walking Up Stairs, NCI Thesaurus)
When she entered the court she threw her eyes round it and quickly discovered where we were seated.
(Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)
He was eating, but he received them with respect and seated them according to their rank.
(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)
