Past tense of seat
regular verb
The past tense of seat is seated. The past participle is also seated.
Forms of seat
| Base form (V1) | seat /siːt/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | seated /ˈsiːtɪd/ |
| Past participle (V3) | seated /ˈsiːtɪd/ |
| Present participle | seating /ˈsiːtɪŋ/ |
| Third person singular | seats /siːts/ |
Seated in a sentence
- The waiter seated us and asked what we would like to drink.
- Only half the delegates from the state were seated at the convention because the state held its primary too early.
- Two men were seated in a well-lit compartment of a third-class railway carriage.From the entry compartment
- She gave all of the women seated at the restaurant food for thought, as it were.From the entry as it were
- The power switch wasn't seated properly, and so I blu-tacked it into place.From the entry Blu-Tack
Meaning of seat
- noun Something to be sat upon.
- noun A place in which to sit.
- noun The horizontal portion of a chair or other furniture designed for sitting.
Questions about the past tense of seat
- What is the past tense of seat?
- The past tense of seat is seated.
- What is the past participle of seat?
- The past participle of seat is seated.
- Is seat a regular or irregular verb?
- Seat is a regular verb: its past tense adds -ed.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: seat (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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