"have a seat" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Audio: en-au-have a seat.ogg [Australia] Forms: has a seat [present, singular, third-person], having a seat [participle, present], had a seat [participle, past], had a seat [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|have<has,,had> a seat}} have a seat (third-person singular simple present has a seat, present participle having a seat, simple past and past participle had a seat)
  1. To sit down; to take a seat. Categories (topical): Sitting Related terms: have several seats
    Sense id: en-have_a_seat-en-verb-rHsntcjr Disambiguation of Sitting: 52 48 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English phrasebook, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 68 32 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 73 27 Disambiguation of English phrasebook: 74 26 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 78 22
  2. (idiomatic) A polite directive to sit down Tags: idiomatic Categories (topical): Sitting Translations (polite directive): 請坐 (Chinese Mandarin), 请坐 (qǐng zuò) (Chinese Mandarin), posaďte se (Czech), istuutukaa (Finnish), asseyez-vous (je vous en prie or s'il vous plaît) (French), senta (Galician), nehmen Sie Platz (German), nimm Platz (German), foglaljon helyet [formal, singular] (Hungarian), foglaljanak helyet [formal, plural] (Hungarian), foglalj helyet [informal, singular] (Hungarian), foglaljatok helyet [informal, plural] (Hungarian), silahkan duduk (Indonesian), 座ってください (suwatte kudasai) (alt: すわってください) (Japanese), namadabin (Ojibwe), بفرمایید بنشینید (Persian), بفرمایید (Persian), sente-se (Portuguese), сади́тесь, пожа́луйста (sadítesʹ, požálujsta) (Russian), приса́живайтесь (prisáživajtesʹ) (Russian), siéntate (Spanish), siéntese (Spanish), tome asiento [formal] (Spanish), slå dig ned (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-have_a_seat-en-verb-i99uTblY Disambiguation of Sitting: 52 48 Disambiguation of 'polite directive': 7 93
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Translations (to sit down): 坐下 (zuòxià) (Chinese Mandarin), sid ned (Danish), tag plads (Danish), ga zitten (Dutch), istuutua (Finnish), prendre place (French), s’asseoir (French), Platz nehmen (German), sich setzen (German), helyet foglal (Hungarian), 着席する (chakuseki-suru) (alt: ちゃくせきする) (Japanese), 座る (suwaru) (alt: すわる) (Japanese), 腰掛ける (koshikakeru) (alt: こしかける) (Japanese), namadabi (Ojibwe), نشستن (nešastan) (Persian), sentar (Portuguese), sentar-se (Portuguese), сади́ться (sadítʹsja) [imperfective] (Russian), сесть (sestʹ) [perfective] (Russian), присе́сть (priséstʹ) [perfective] (Russian), slå sig ned (Swedish), oturmak (Turkish)
Disambiguation of 'to sit down': 53 47

Inflected forms

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      "_dis1": "53 47",
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      "word": "着席する"
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      "alt": "すわる",
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      "sense": "to sit down",
      "word": "sentar"
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      "code": "pt",
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      "sense": "to sit down",
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      "sense": "to sit down",
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      "roman": "sadítʹsja",
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      "sense": "to sit down",
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      "code": "cmn",
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      "sense": "polite directive",
      "word": "請坐"
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      "roman": "qǐng zuò",
      "sense": "polite directive",
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      "word": "posaďte se"
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      "sense": "polite directive",
      "word": "istuutukaa"
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      "code": "gl",
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      "sense": "polite directive",
      "word": "senta"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "polite directive",
      "word": "nehmen Sie Platz"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "polite directive",
      "word": "nimm Platz"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "polite directive",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "singular"
      ],
      "word": "foglaljon helyet"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "polite directive",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "foglaljanak helyet"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "polite directive",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "singular"
      ],
      "word": "foglalj helyet"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "polite directive",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "foglaljatok helyet"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "polite directive",
      "word": "silahkan duduk"
    },
    {
      "alt": "すわってください",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "suwatte kudasai",
      "sense": "polite directive",
      "word": "座ってください"
    },
    {
      "code": "oj",
      "lang": "Ojibwe",
      "sense": "polite directive",
      "word": "namadabin"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "sense": "polite directive",
      "word": "بفرمایید بنشینید"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "sense": "polite directive",
      "word": "بفرمایید"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "polite directive",
      "word": "sente-se"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "sadítesʹ, požálujsta",
      "sense": "polite directive",
      "word": "сади́тесь, пожа́луйста"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "prisáživajtesʹ",
      "sense": "polite directive",
      "word": "приса́живайтесь"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "polite directive",
      "word": "siéntate"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "polite directive",
      "word": "siéntese"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "polite directive",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ],
      "word": "tome asiento"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "polite directive",
      "word": "slå dig ned"
    }
  ],
  "word": "have a seat"
}

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