"back seat" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: back seats [plural]
Etymology: 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)
    Sense id: en-back_seat-en-noun-ZXhuJkQh Disambiguation of Automotive: 79 21 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 46 54 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 46 54 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 50 50 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 49 51 Derived forms: backseat [verb], back-seat driver, backseat driver, back-seat driving, backseater, back-seat gamer, backseat gamer, back-seat gaming, back-seat moderator, backseat moderator, take a back seat Disambiguation of 'seat': 100 0
  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)
    Sense id: en-back_seat-en-noun-mqarVTzC Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 46 54 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 46 54 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 50 50 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 49 51 Disambiguation of 'position': 0 100

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