Seating meaning : To put an object into a place where it will rest; to fix; to set firm. To provide with places to sit. To request or direct one or more persons to sit. (legislature) To recognize the standing of a person or persons by providing them with one or more seats which would allow them to participate fully in a meeting or session. To assign the seats of. To cause to occupy a post, site, or situation; to station; to establish; to fix; to settle. To rest; to lie down. To settle; to plant with inhabitants. To put a seat or bottom in. (gerund) The act of one that seats. The provision of chairs or other places for people to sit. A period of time in which people are allowed into a performance, a meal, etc., to be seated. Material for making seats. Haircloth. Collectively, the various fitted supports of the parts of a structure or of a machine; a housing in which a component is seated. That part of the floor which rests on the keel.