- verbsit (verb) · sits (third person present) · sat (past tense) · sat (past participle) · sitting (present participle)
- 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:"I sat next to him at dinner" · "you can sit wherever you like"
- cause (someone) to sit.
- (of an animal) rest with the hind legs bent and the body close to the ground:"it is important for a dog to sit when instructed"
- ride or keep one's seat on (a horse):"have you never sat a horse before?"
- (of a table, room, or building) be large enough for (a specified number of seated people):"the cathedral sat about 3,000 people"
- (of a hen or other bird) settle on eggs for the purpose of incubating them:"don't introduce a new male when the hens are sitting"
- NORTH AMERICAN ENGLISHnot use (a player) in a game:"the manager must decide who to sit in the World Series"
- be or remain in a particular position or state:"the fridge was sitting in a pool of water"
- (of an item of clothing) fit a person well or badly as specified:"the blue uniform sat well on his big frame"
- (of a legislature, committee, court of law, etc.) be engaged in its business:"Congress continued sitting until March 16"
- serve as a member of a council, jury, or other official body:"the Senate has 100 members who sit for 6 years" · "they were determined that women jurists should sit on the tribunal"
- BRITISH ENGLISHtake (an examination):"pupils are required to sit nine subjects at GCSE" · "he was about to sit for his Cambridge entrance exam"
- stay in someone's house while they are away and look after their house or pet:"Kelly had been cat-sitting for me"
- babysit.
nounsit (noun) · sits (plural noun)- a period of sitting:"a sit in the shade"
- archaicthe way in which an item of clothing fits someone:"the sit of her gown"
OriginOld English sittan, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch zitten, German sitzen, from an Indo-European root shared by Latin sedere and Greek hezesthai.Similar and Opposite Wordsverb- 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:
- (of a table, room, or building) be large enough for (a specified number of seated people):
- be or remain in a particular position or state:
- (of a legislature, committee, court of law, etc.) be engaged in its business:
- serve as a member of a council, jury, or other official body:
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