"back seat" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: back seats [plural]
Etymology: From back + seat. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|back|seat}} back + seat Head templates: {{en-noun}} back seat (plural back seats)
  1. Any of the seats in the rear of a vehicle. Categories (topical): Automotive Synonyms: rearseat, back-seat, backseat Translations (seat): 後座 (Chinese Mandarin), 后座 (hòuzuò) (Chinese Mandarin), bagsæde [neuter] (Danish), achterbank [feminine] (Dutch), takapenkki (Finnish), takaistuin (Finnish), siège arrière [masculine] (French), Rücksitz [masculine] (German), hátsó ülés (Hungarian), aftursæti [neuter] (Icelandic), suíochán deiridh [masculine] (Irish), 後部座席 (kōbu zaseki) (alt: こうぶざせき) (Japanese), バックシート (bakkushīto) (Japanese), baksete [neuter] (Norwegian Bokmål), baksete [neuter] (Norwegian Nynorsk), tylne siedzenie [neuter] (Polish), banco traseiro [masculine] (Portuguese), banco de trás [masculine] (Portuguese), garupa [feminine] (Portuguese), за́днее сиде́ние (zádneje sidénije) [neuter] (Russian), asiento trasero [masculine] (Spanish), baksäte [neuter] (Swedish)
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  2. (informal, especially in the expression take a back seat) A lesser or inferior position; a position of deliberate noninvolvement, in which decision-making or leadership is left to others. Tags: especially, informal Translations (position): takapenkki (Finnish), áhrifalítil staða [feminine] (Icelandic), valdalítil staða [feminine] (Icelandic), segundón (Spanish)
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    {
      "word": "backseat moderator"
    },
    {
      "word": "take a back seat"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "back",
        "3": "seat"
      },
      "expansion": "back + seat",
      "name": "compound"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From back + seat.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "back seats",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "back seat (plural back seats)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Coordinate term: front seat"
        },
        {
          "text": "2011, Rebecca Black featuring Patrice Wilson, Friday\nGotta catch my bus, I see my friends\nKickin' in the front seat\nSittin' in the back seat\nGotta make my mind up\nWhich seat can I take?"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Any of the seats in the rear of a vehicle."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "rear",
          "rear"
        ],
        [
          "vehicle",
          "vehicle"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "rearseat"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English informal terms",
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2017 January 14, “Thailand's new king rejects the army's proposed constitution”, in The Economist:",
          "text": "The bluntness of King Vajiralongkorn's intervention—and the determination it reveals to resist relatively small checks on royal power—is both a snub to the junta and a worry for democrats, some of whom had dared hope that the new king might be happy to take a back seat in public life.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A lesser or inferior position; a position of deliberate noninvolvement, in which decision-making or leadership is left to others."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "take a back seat",
          "take a back seat#English"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(informal, especially in the expression take a back seat) A lesser or inferior position; a position of deliberate noninvolvement, in which decision-making or leadership is left to others."
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "in the expression take a back seat"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "especially",
        "informal"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "back-seat"
    },
    {
      "word": "backseat"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "seat",
      "word": "後座"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "hòuzuò",
      "sense": "seat",
      "word": "后座"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "seat",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "bagsæde"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "seat",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "achterbank"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "seat",
      "word": "takapenkki"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "seat",
      "word": "takaistuin"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "seat",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "siège arrière"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "seat",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Rücksitz"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "seat",
      "word": "hátsó ülés"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "seat",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "aftursæti"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "seat",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "suíochán deiridh"
    },
    {
      "alt": "こうぶざせき",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "kōbu zaseki",
      "sense": "seat",
      "word": "後部座席"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "bakkushīto",
      "sense": "seat",
      "word": "バックシート"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "seat",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "baksete"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "seat",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "baksete"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "seat",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "tylne siedzenie"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "seat",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "banco traseiro"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "seat",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "banco de trás"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "seat",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "garupa"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "zádneje sidénije",
      "sense": "seat",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "за́днее сиде́ние"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "seat",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "asiento trasero"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "seat",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "baksäte"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "position",
      "word": "takapenkki"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "position",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "áhrifalítil staða"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "position",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "valdalítil staða"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "position",
      "word": "segundón"
    }
  ],
  "word": "back seat"
}

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