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• present participle of seat.

seating

American  

[see-ting] / ˈsi tɪŋ /

noun

• seatings
  plural

1. an act or instance of furnishing with, assigning, or escorting to a seat.

2. the arrangement of seats in a theater, stadium, etc.

3. material for seats, especially upholstery.

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adjective

1. of or relating to seats or those who are sitting.

   the seating plan of a theater.

seating British  

/ ˈsiːtɪŋ /

noun

1. the act of providing with a seat or seats

2. 1. the provision of seats, as in a theatre, cinema, etc

   2. ( as modifier )

      seating arrangements

3. material used for covering or making seats

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• seatings
  plural

Etymology

Origin of seating

First recorded in 1590–1600; seat + -ing ¹, -ing ²

Explanation

The noun seating means the available seats in a room or area, so a theater could have seating for 100. Seating is also the action of helping people find their seats, or the specified time when people sit down. If the first seating for dinner happens at six and the second at eight, it means that the dinner will be served in two sections, with half the guests sitting down to eat at each seating. And when a sports arena has special seating for disabled fans, it means that there are seats accommodating people who use wheelchairs or are otherwise affected by a disability.

Example Sentences

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seating seatings

While the expansion would more than triple seating, it wouldn’t all be used at the same time, club representatives said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 22, 2026

Indeed, old photos show a room with seating for all, with sharply dressed riders reading newspapers and enjoying casual conversation rather than standing in a sweaty mob and cursing their travel agents.

From Slate ● Aug. 18, 2026

The carrier plans to boost the share of premium seating on narrow-body departures to 40% from about 25% currently.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 18, 2026

SoFi Stadium aced the physical infrastructure with working elevators, wheelchair escorts and accessible seating with clear sightlines on every level.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 16, 2026

I wrote about the Freedom Riders who rode buses through the South in 1961 challenging segregated seating, rest rooms, and drinking fountains.

From "Silent To The Bone" by E.L. Konigsburg

Pizza Hut was so popular on opening day that the doors had to be locked in between seatings, with customers let in and out a few at a time.

From Slate ● Nov. 13, 2025

Tucked on the second floor, the restaurant offers just ten counter seats and two to three seatings a night.

From Salon ● Sep. 29, 2025

With three, 10-person seatings a night, the 17-course opening menu features local seafood such as geoduck and red ocean perch and catches coming from Japan.

From Seattle Times ● Oct. 1, 2022

That, an Herbal Chef representative tells us, is about the maximum number of diners preferred for each of the two dinner seatings.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 6, 2022

After introductions, courtesies, apologies, and seatings, Mr. Beechtree got to business.

From Mystery at Geneva An Improbable Tale of Singular Happenings by Dame Rose Macaulay

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