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Grammar : Noun, verb
Spell : sit-doun
Phonetic Transcription : ˈsɪtˌdaʊn



Definition of sit down

Origin :
  • Old English sittan "to occupy a seat, be seated, sit down, seat oneself; remain, continue; settle, encamp, occupy; lie in wait; besiege" (class V strong verb; past tense sæt, past participle seten), from Proto-Germanic *setjan (cf. Old Saxon sittian, Old Norse sitja, Danish sidde, Old Frisian sitta, Middle Dutch sitten, Dutch zitten, Old High German sizzan, German sitzen, Gothic sitan), from PIE root *sed- (1) "to sit" (see sedentary).
  • With past tense sat, formerly also set, now restricted to dialect, and sate, now archaic; and past participle sat, formerly sitten. In reference to a legislative assembly, from 1510s. Meaning "to baby-sit" is recorded from 1966.
  • To sit back "be inactive" is from 1943. To sit on one's hands was originally "to withhold applause" (1926); later, "to do nothing" (1959). To sit around "be idle, do nothing" is 1915, American English. To sit out "not take part" is from 1650s. Sitting pretty is from 1916.
  • As in sit-in : noun civil disobedience
  • As in stoppage : noun halt, curtailment
  • As in sit-down strike : noun refusal to work
  • As in tie-up : noun stoppage
  • As in land : verb arrive, come to rest on
  • As in light : verb step down; land
  • As in rest : verb be calm; sleep
  • As in strike : verb walk out of job in protest
  • As in : verb take a short break
  • As in deposit : verb locate, put in place for safekeeping
Example sentences :
  • She could not ask him to sit down, but she must understand how he had got into the house.
  • Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald
  • "Come and sit down," she said, and she drew her towards one of the low cushions.
  • Extract from : « Ester Ried Yet Speaking » by Isabella Alden
  • He waited until he saw her sit down at the desk and take up a pen.
  • Extract from : « K » by Mary Roberts Rinehart
  • But Rico did not sit down at once: he kept looking towards the doorway.
  • Extract from : « Rico and Wiseli » by Johanna Spyri
  • "Sit down," said the professor sharply, speaking for the first time.
  • Extract from : « In the Midst of Alarms » by Robert Barr
  • It is death for them here, but all they will do is to sit down!
  • Extract from : « The Leopard Woman » by Stewart Edward White
  • Let us sit down on the parapet and try to realise the scene.
  • Extract from : « Camps, Quarters and Casual Places » by Archibald Forbes
  • Then he said "Sit down" and began to speak on the telephone.
  • Extract from : « The Foolish Lovers » by St. John G. Ervine
  • Telephassa bade him sit down on the turf beside her, and then she took his hand.
  • Extract from : « Tanglewood Tales » by Nathaniel Hawthorne
  • Sit down here on this bed, if you can find room, and I'll tell you all about it.
  • Extract from : « In the Valley » by Harold Frederic

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