Sit Meaning and Definition

Word: Sit

How to pronounce: sɪt

Verb

Definitions:

1. Adopt or be in a position in which one's weight is supported by one's buttocks rather than one's feet and one's back is upright.

Example sentences: "I sat next to him at dinner"

2. Be or remain in a particular position or state.

Example sentences: "The fridge was sitting in a pool of water"

3. (of a legislature, committee, court of law, etc.) be engaged in its business.

Example sentences: "Congress continued sitting until March 16"

4. Take (an examination)

Example sentences: "Pupils are required to sit nine subjects at GCSE"

5. Stay in someone's house while they are away and look after their house or pet.

Example sentences: "Kelly had been cat-sitting for me"

Noun

Definitions:

1. A period of sitting.

Example sentences: "A sit in the shade"

2. The way in which an item of clothing fits someone.

Example sentences: "The sit of her gown"

Synonyms:

sit down

settle

recline

take a seat

sit up

sit up straight

straighten

seat

ride

stay

laze

get in

be

perch

incubate

hatch

brood

pose

posture

Antonyms:

stand up

get up

leave

rise

come out

fly

rise up

take off

Derivations:

sitting

siting

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Sit in Other Languages...

Spanish: Sentar

German: Sitzen

French: Asseoir

Italian: Sedere

Turkish: Oturtmak