"take a seat" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Audio: En-au-take a seat.ogg Forms: takes a seat [present, singular, third-person], taking a seat [participle, present], took a seat [past], taken a seat [participle, past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|take<,,took,taken> a seat}} take a seat (third-person singular simple present takes a seat, present participle taking a seat, simple past took a seat, past participle taken a seat)
  1. To sit down; to become seated, to sit. Categories (topical): Sitting Synonyms: pull up a chair, take a chair, take a pew, take one's seat, take several seats Related terms: take a back seat, take a number Translations (sit down): istuutua (Finnish), prendre un siège (French), 𐌲𐌰𐍃𐌹𐍄𐌰𐌽 (gasitan) (Gothic), helyet foglal (Hungarian), sideskar (Ido), седнува (sednuva) (Macedonian), tomar asiento (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-take_a_seat-en-verb-VTb4sB-W Disambiguation of Sitting: 91 9 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English light verb constructions, English predicates, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Gothic translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Ido translations, Terms with Macedonian translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 61 39 Disambiguation of English light verb constructions: 79 21 Disambiguation of English predicates: 66 34 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 71 29 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 72 28 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 71 29 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 69 31 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 66 34 Disambiguation of Terms with Gothic translations: 71 29 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 69 31 Disambiguation of Terms with Ido translations: 72 28 Disambiguation of Terms with Macedonian translations: 69 31 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 76 24 Disambiguation of 'sit down': 99 1
  2. (sports) To be benched, to leave the area of play Categories (topical): Sports
    Sense id: en-take_a_seat-en-verb-Ui1Z5P7n Topics: hobbies, lifestyle, sports

Inflected forms

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          "_dis1": "99 1",
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          "sense": "sit down",
          "word": "prendre un siège"
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          "sense": "sit down",
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "sit down",
      "word": "istuutua"
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      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "sit down",
      "word": "prendre un siège"
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      "code": "got",
      "lang": "Gothic",
      "roman": "gasitan",
      "sense": "sit down",
      "word": "𐌲𐌰𐍃𐌹𐍄𐌰𐌽"
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      "code": "hu",
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      "sense": "sit down",
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    },
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      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "sit down",
      "word": "sideskar"
    },
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      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "sednuva",
      "sense": "sit down",
      "word": "седнува"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "sit down",
      "word": "tomar asiento"
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