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Synonyms for sit


Grammar : Verb
Spell : sit
Phonetic Transcription : sɪt

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Définition of sit

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.
  • verb rest on one's behind
  • verb hold a meeting
Example sentences :
  • I should be b-a-d, and I should sit up nights to invent new ways of evil.
  • Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
  • But I kept looking and after awhile I was able to sit up and ask what hit me.
  • Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
  • Sit here, and we'll talk it over sensibly, before you get ready.
  • Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
  • Just sit around and talk wise about me all you want to, but watch.
  • Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
  • For as he tried to sit up, he fell back sick and dizzy on the bed.
  • Extract from : « The Armourer's Prentices » by Charlotte M. Yonge
  • I wonder you got the nerve to sit there now with maybe ten men trailin' you to this cabin.
  • Extract from : « Way of the Lawless » by Max Brand
  • "Sit still and hear the rest of your misdeeds," commanded Mabel.
  • Extract from : « Grace Harlowe's Return to Overton Campus » by Jessie Graham Flower
  • You have made yourselves too much parties against me, to sit as my judges.
  • Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 1 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson
  • Just now our section of the line is quiet, so I often go and sit there.
  • Extract from : « Ballads of a Bohemian » by Robert W. Service
  • He still had good days, days when he could be helped out of bed to sit in his chair.
  • Extract from : « Life and Death of Harriett Frean » by May Sinclair

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