English Explanatory Dictionary

sat

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. simple past and past participle of sit
adj
  1. Abbreviation of satisfactory.
  2. Abbreviation of satisfied.
  3. Abbreviation of saturated.
noun
  1. Abbreviation of satellite (“artificial orbital body”).
  2. Abbreviation of satori (“a mutant gene of Drosophila, a genus of fruit flies, that causes homosexual behaviour in males (specifically, courtship directed to other males)”).
  3. Abbreviation of satoshi (“a hundred-millionth of a bitcoin”).
  4. Level of saturation (especially of oxygen in the blood).
noun
  1. Initialism of surface air temperature.
  2. Ellipsis of SAT Reasoning Test, formerly an acronym for Scholastic Assessment Test and (originally) Scholastic Aptitude Test: a national exam taken annually by high school juniors and seniors.
  3. The National Curriculum assessment, formerly called (either officially or unofficially) by names including the Statutory Assessment Test and the Standard Attainment Test.
noun
  1. Abbreviation of Saturday.

Pronunciation

săt /sæt/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Pvanp7-sat.wav en-us-sat.ogg

Word forms

sat more sat most sat sats Sat.

Etymology

See sit.

Related words

desat verbum sat

Derived words

sat fat sat diver comsat commsat cubesat femtosat killsat microsat minisat nanosat picosat satcom satcomm satnav satphone smallsat spysat subsat
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