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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

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Etymology

Origin of seating

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

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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

A less advanced “Performance” version, with seating for two and without the thrusters, is described as “road-ready,” while a “Thrust” version is described as “race-ready.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026

Thanks to an accordion-style glass door, the seating area opens to a 500-square-foot private terrace, offering a private outdoor space that’s difficult to come by in Manhattan—and it even includes an additional kitchen.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 14, 2026

It looks better, I suppose, to have a thousand people kept from entering a venue than seating them in a spacious arena he can no longer fill.

From Salon ● Oct. 9, 2026

The room had been fitted out with six poker tables, a large prize wheel, seating areas, and fridges stocked with drinks and snacks.

From BBC ● Oct. 5, 2026

Forms for seventy-two tiers of seating had been built, enough to accommodate 110,000 people.

From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown

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 told us, is about the maximum number of diners preferred for each of the two dinner seatings.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 6, 2022

Although the middle aisle was eleven feet wide and each of the side aisles four and a half feet wide, there were seatings for 1,350 people.

From Historic Shrines of America Being the Story of One Hundred and Twenty Historic Buildings and the Pioneers Who Made Them Notable by John T. (John Thomson) Faris

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