"have a seat" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: en-au-have a seat.ogg 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 phrasebook, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Arabic translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Danish translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Galician translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Indonesian translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Ojibwe translations, Terms with Persian translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Turkish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 69 31 Disambiguation of English phrasebook: 75 25 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 68 32 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 73 27 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 82 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Arabic translations: 66 34 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 64 36 Disambiguation of Terms with Danish translations: 79 21 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 70 30 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 66 34 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 73 27 Disambiguation of Terms with Galician translations: 66 34 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 74 26 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 52 48 Disambiguation of Terms with Indonesian translations: 66 34 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 77 23 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 61 39 Disambiguation of Terms with Ojibwe translations: 73 27 Disambiguation of Terms with Persian translations: 66 34 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 66 34 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 77 23 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 79 21 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 66 34 Disambiguation of Terms with Turkish translations: 66 34
  2. (idiomatic) A polite directive to sit down Tags: idiomatic Categories (topical): Sitting Translations (polite directive): اِجْلِسْ (ijlis) [masculine] (Arabic), 請坐 /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 Categories (other): Terms with Hungarian translations Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 52 48 Disambiguation of 'polite directive': 5 95
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Translations (to sit down): جَلَسَ (jalasa) (Arabic), 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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          "lang": "German",
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          "word": "nehmen Sie Platz"
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          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "polite directive",
          "word": "nimm Platz"
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          "lang": "Indonesian",
          "sense": "polite directive",
          "word": "silahkan duduk"
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          "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"
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          "roman": "sadítesʹ, požálujsta",
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          "word": "tome asiento"
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      "roman": "jalasa",
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      "sense": "to sit down",
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      "sense": "to sit down",
      "word": "ga zitten"
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      "sense": "to sit down",
      "word": "istuutua"
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      "sense": "to sit down",
      "word": "prendre place"
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      "word": "s’asseoir"
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to sit down",
      "word": "Platz nehmen"
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      "_dis1": "53 47",
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to sit down",
      "word": "sich setzen"
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      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to sit down",
      "word": "helyet foglal"
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      "alt": "ちゃくせきする",
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      "roman": "chakuseki-suru",
      "sense": "to sit down",
      "word": "着席する"
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      "alt": "すわる",
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      "sense": "to sit down",
      "word": "座る"
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      "alt": "こしかける",
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      "sense": "to sit down",
      "word": "腰掛ける"
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      "roman": "nešastan",
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      "word": "نشستن"
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      "sense": "to sit down",
      "word": "sentar"
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      "sense": "to sit down",
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      "roman": "sadítʹsja",
      "sense": "to sit down",
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      "word": "сади́ться"
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      "roman": "sestʹ",
      "sense": "to sit down",
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      "word": "сесть"
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      "sense": "to sit down",
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  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "jalasa",
      "sense": "to sit down",
      "word": "جَلَسَ"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "zuòxià",
      "sense": "to sit down",
      "word": "坐下"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "to sit down",
      "word": "sid ned"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "to sit down",
      "word": "tag plads"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to sit down",
      "word": "ga zitten"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to sit down",
      "word": "istuutua"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to sit down",
      "word": "prendre place"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to sit down",
      "word": "s’asseoir"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to sit down",
      "word": "Platz nehmen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to sit down",
      "word": "sich setzen"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to sit down",
      "word": "helyet foglal"
    },
    {
      "alt": "ちゃくせきする",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "chakuseki-suru",
      "sense": "to sit down",
      "word": "着席する"
    },
    {
      "alt": "すわる",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "suwaru",
      "sense": "to sit down",
      "word": "座る"
    },
    {
      "alt": "こしかける",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "koshikakeru",
      "sense": "to sit down",
      "word": "腰掛ける"
    },
    {
      "code": "oj",
      "lang": "Ojibwe",
      "sense": "to sit down",
      "word": "namadabi"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "nešastan",
      "sense": "to sit down",
      "word": "نشستن"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to sit down",
      "word": "sentar"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to sit down",
      "word": "sentar-se"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "sadítʹsja",
      "sense": "to sit down",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "сади́ться"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "sestʹ",
      "sense": "to sit down",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "сесть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "priséstʹ",
      "sense": "to sit down",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "присе́сть"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to sit down",
      "word": "slå sig ned"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "to sit down",
      "word": "oturmak"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "ijlis",
      "sense": "polite directive",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "اِجْلِسْ"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "qǐng zuò",
      "sense": "polite directive",
      "word": "請坐 /请坐"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "polite directive",
      "word": "posaďte se"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "polite directive",
      "word": "istuutukaa"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "polite directive",
      "word": "asseyez-vous (je vous en prie or s'il vous plaît)"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "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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