How to pronounce seed

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What seed means

verb

Most people know seed in its everyday sense. Here's its other meaning.

To rank players so the best meet late in a contest

In a sentence: The organizers will seed the top two tennis players so they cannot meet until the final.

Where it comes from: It comes from the Old English saed, something sown. In sports, a seed is a player's starting place in a contest.

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