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'seat' - vacant ? spare?
how do you call seats in a theater which are free - vacant / non-occupied?
I know the phrase - 'Is this seat taken?'. If I speak about theater and want to say there were some seats - free? vacant?
Oct 1, 2009 7:49 PM
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The words given by "learner" are all good. It can also depend on what country you are from and who you are speaking to.
For example, at a ticket booth you could ask "Which seats are vacant in this section?" You could ask a person sitting in that row the same question but it comes across as a bit too formal and stilted.
If you are at the actual seating area and speaking to a fellow customer you could ask them, "Is this seat available?/ Are these seats available?"
You could also use the word "free" such as "Is this seat free?"
You could use the word unoccupied as well here but , again, this would not really be used speaking to a fellow customer as it would be a bit too formal . To a ticket vendor you could say, "Which seats are unoccupied?" when speaking about a particular section though you would usually ask "Are these seats occupied?" if you are interested in a particular set of seats or section.
October 1, 2009
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You can use these adjectives to describe an empty seat which is not being used:
free; unoccupied; vacant
October 1, 2009
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