seated

1. 1
   adjective

   In a sitting position rather than standing or lying down.

   The seated children listened quietly to the story.

   Please stay seated until the bus comes to a full stop.

   Similarsitting

   Oppositestanding

2. 2
   verb

   Simple past and past participle of seat. Use this form for placing someone in a seat earlier.

   The host seated us at a table by the window.

   They seated the visitors in the front row.

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3. 3
   adjective

   Placed or set in a particular spot or location.

   The old church is seated on a small hill above the town.

   Their farm is seated deep in the green valley.

   Similarsituated, set, perched

4. 4
   adjective

   Firmly fixed in place and not likely to change.

   His love of music is deeply seated and lifelong.

   Their old customs are firmly seated in daily life.

   Similarrooted, ingrained, embedded, established, fixed

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5. 5
   adjective

   Having one or more seats for people to sit on.

   The bus is seated for forty passengers.

   Their new van comes seated for eight people.

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6. 6
   adjective

   Describes a skirt gone baggy at the back from a lot of sitting.

   Her old wool skirt was a bit seated at the back, so she wore a long sweater over it.

   She finally threw out the seated old skirt and bought a new one.

   Similarbaggy, saggy

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