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auditorium seating

English translation: higher seating

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English term or phrase:auditorium seating
Selected answer:higher seating
Entered by: Abdelmonem Samir

14:18 Jul 29, 2007
English language (monolingual) [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Automotive / Cars & Trucks / automotive articles\ journalistic style
English term or phrase: auditorium seating
jeep auditorium third-row seating offers all passengers superb forward visibility.
Abdelmonem Samir
Local time: 08:14
higher seating
Explanation:
I believe it means that the seats are somewhat higher than the ones in front of them, just like in an auditorium.
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Ghyslaine LE NAGARD
New Caledonia
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3 +3higher seating
Ghyslaine LE NAGARD


  

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5 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +3
higher seating


Explanation:
I believe it means that the seats are somewhat higher than the ones in front of them, just like in an auditorium.

Ghyslaine LE NAGARD
New Caledonia
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 8

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  kmtext: They'll also be set farther in so that people sitting in them aren't staring at the back of the head of the person in front.
54 mins
agree  Robert Fox
4 hrs
agree  Elena Aleksandrova
4 hrs
disagree  Els Spin: I believe it's about seats that can be pushed down and fold back to vertical automatically, like in a London cab (or auditorium, theatre and whatnot).
6 hrs
agree  Caroline Moreno: and in US English we say "stadium seating" for what Els Spin describes
12 hrs
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