English Explanatory Dictionary

sit-down

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Intended to be done, used, consumed etc. while sitting.
noun
  1. An act of sitting down, sometimes with other people in some form of social exchange.
  2. An interview.
  3. A sit-in, a protest of civil disobedience by people sitting and refusing to move.

Word forms

sit-down sit-downs

Etymology

Deverbal from sit down.

Related words

sit-up situp

Derived words

sit-downer

Translations

German: Sitzpause German: Beisammensein im Sitzen German: Zusammensitzen German: Zusammenkunft im Sitzen
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