Definition of "seating" in English

verb

1. present participle and gerund of seat

noun

1. (gerund) The act of one that seats.

   • The seating of passengers will begin soon.

2. (uncountable) The provision of chairs or other places for people to sit.

   • There is plenty of comfortable seating.

3. (countable) A period of time in which people are allowed into a performance, a meal, etc., to be seated.

   • The first seating begins at 5 o'clock.
   • an exclusive restaurant offering just ten spaces per seating

4. Material for making seats.

   • cane seating

5. (obsolete) Haircloth.

6. (mechanics) Collectively, the various fitted supports of the parts of a structure or of a machine; a housing in which a component is seated.

7. (shipbuilding) That part of the floor which rests on the keel.