English Explanatory Dictionary

sit

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To be in a position in which the upper body is upright and supported by the buttocks.
  2. To move oneself into such a position.
  3. To occupy a given position.
  4. To remain in a state of repose; to rest; to abide; to rest in any position or condition.
  5. To be a member of a deliberative body.
  6. Of a legislative or, especially, a judicial body such as a court, to be in session.
  7. To lie, rest, or bear; to press or weigh.
  8. To be adjusted; to fit.
  9. To be accepted or acceptable; to work.
  10. To cause to be seated or in a sitting posture; to furnish a seat to.
  11. To accommodate in seats; to seat.
  12. To babysit.
noun
  1. An act of sitting.
  2. Subsidence of the roof of a coal mine.
  3. An event, usually lasting one full day or more, where the primary goal is to sit in meditation.
noun
  1. Clipping of situation.
name
  1. A surname.
noun
  1. Initialism of special information tone.
  2. Initialism of Special Investigation Team.
  3. Initialism of spontaneous ignition temperature.
  4. Initialism of sterile insect technique

Pronunciation

sĭt /sɪt/ en-us-sit.ogg en-au-sit.ogg

Word forms

sit sits sitting sat sate sitten no-table-tags glossary sattest

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *sed- Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *sédyeti Proto-Germanic *sitjaną Proto-West Germanic *sittjan Old English sittan Middle English sitten English sit From Middle English sitten, from Old English sittan, from Proto-West Germanic *sittjan, from Proto-Germanic *sitjaną, from Proto-Indo-European *sed- (“sit”). Cognates Cognate with West Frisian sitte, Low German sitten, Dutch zitten, German sitzen, Swedish sitta, Norwegian Bokmål sitte, Norwegian Nynorsk sitja, Danish sidde, Faroese sita, Icelandic sitja; and with Irish suigh, Latin sedeo, Russian сиде́ть (sidétʹ).

Synonyms

be found be situate be seated sit down sit up take a seat be be accept be welcome be well receive seat

Related words

sitrep

Derived words

apartment-sit atsit babysit besit birdsit catsit childsit dogsit do not sit in Rome and strive with the Pope face-sit fence-sit flat-sit where one is sitting granny-sit home-sit horsesit house-sit if I fits, I sits if it fits, I sits is anyone sitting here outsit oversit people sit on chairs petsit pigsit plant-sit puppysit resit saw off the branch one is sitting on sit about sit-and-go sit-and-wait predator sit around sit back sit back on one's heels sit by sit-by-the-fire sit dead-red sit down sitfast sit for sit idly by sit-in sit in sit in for sit in judgement sit in judgment sit-inner sit in on sit in the wheels sit in with sit-lie sit loose sit loosely sit off sit-on sit on sit on a tack sit on death's doorstep sit one's ass down
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