Sit

Verb



 * 1)  To be in a position in which the upper body is upright and the legs (especially the upper legs) are supported by some object.
 * After a long day of walking, it was good just to sit and relax.
 * 1)  To move oneself into such a position.
 * I asked him to sit.
 * 1)  To occupy a given position permanently.
 * The temple has sat atop that hill for centuries.
 * 1)  To be a member of a deliberative body.
 * I currently sit on a standards committee.
 * 1)  Of a legislative or, especially, a judicial body such as a court, to be in session.
 * In what city is the circuit court sitting for this session.
 * 1)  To be accepted.
 * How will this new contract sit with the workers?
 * I don’t think it will sit well.
 * 1)  To cause to be seated or in a sitting posture; to furnish a seat to.
 * Sit him in front of the TV and he might watch for hours.
 * 1) * 1874, James Thomson, The City of Dreadful Night, XX
 * 2)  To accommodate in seats; to seat.
 * The dining room table sits eight comfortably.
 * I sat me weary on a pillar's base, / And leaned against the shaft
 * 1)  shortened form of babysit.
 * I'm going to sit for them on Thursday.
 * 1)  To babysit
 * I need to find someone to sit my kids on Friday evening for four hours.

Conjugation

 * An obsolete forms of the simple past is sate: and of the past participle is sitten:.

Synonyms

 * be seated
 * be seated, sit down, sit up , take a seat
 * be, be found, be situated
 * be accepted, be welcomed, be well received
 * seat
 * seat

Derived terms

 * sit around
 * sit back
 * sit by
 * sit down
 * sit for
 * sit idly by
 * sit in
 * sit in for
 * sit in on


 * sit on
 * sit out
 * sit shivah
 * sit through
 * sit tight
 * sit up
 * sit up with

Noun

 * 1)  an event (usually one full day or more) where the primary goal is to sit in meditation.

Adverbs for Sit
decorously; ignominiously; mutely; moodily; calmly; inscrutably; placidly; unobtrusively; picturesquely; impassively; dejectedly; disconsolately;  despondently;   voicelessly; spiritlessly; dispiritedly; quiescently; majestically.

Thesaurus
be gravid, be knocked up, be pregnant, be seated, be with child, breed, brood, bum around, call together, carry, carry young, clock, convene, convoke, cover, do nothing, ensconce, gestate, goof off, hang around, hatch, hold a meeting, hold a session, idle, incubate, install, laze, lazy, lie around, loaf, loiter about, loll around, lollop around, lounge, lounge around, meet, mooch around, moon, moon around, open, perch, posture, remain seated, rest, roost, seat, set, settle, sit around, sit down, slouch, slouch around, squat, stand around, summon

Etymology
sittan:, from, from *undefined:, from. Cognate with German sitzen:, Dutch zitten:, Swedish sitta:; and with Irish suigh:, Russian сидеть:.

Verb

 * American Sign Language:
 * Arabic: جلس
 * Armenian:
 * Basque: eseri
 * Belarusian: сядзець
 * Bosnian:
 * Bulgarian:
 * Burmese:
 * Catalan: seure
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Croatian:
 * Czech:
 * Dutch:
 * Faroese:
 * Finnish:
 * French: être assis, être assise
 * Galician: estar sentado
 * German:
 * Hebrew:
 * Hindi:, बैठा होना
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic:
 * Ido: sidar
 * Irish:
 * Italian:, essere seduto
 * Japanese: ;  腰掛ける


 * Korean: 앉아
 * Lao:
 * Latin:
 * Latvian: sēdēt
 * Lithuanian:
 * Ngarrindjeri:
 * Norwegian:
 * Persian:
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese: estar sentado
 * Romanian: ,
 * Romansch: seser, esser tschentà
 * Russian:
 * Serbian:
 * Slovak: sedieť
 * Slovene:
 * Spanish: sentarse, estar sentado
 * Swedish: sitta
 * Thai:
 * Turkish:
 * Ukrainian: сидіти
 * Urdu: بیٹھنا
 * Vietnamese:
 * West Frisian:
 * !Xóõ: tshûu, !ʻáã
 * Yiddish: זיצן


 * American Sign Language:
 * Armenian:
 * Basque: eseri
 * Bengali:
 * Burmese:
 * Catalan: asseure's
 * Czech:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Galician:
 * German: ,
 * Irish:


 * Italian:
 * Japanese: ;  腰掛ける
 * Latin: consido
 * Norwegian:
 * Portuguese: sentar-se
 * Romanian: se aşeza
 * Romansch: seser
 * Russian: садиться, сесть
 * Slovene: sesti, usesti se
 * Spanish: sentarse
 * Swedish: sätta


 * Armenian:
 * Basque: eseri
 * Estonian: püsima
 * Finnish:, ,
 * German:


 * Japanese:
 * Norwegian:
 * Russian:
 * Spanish: asentarse
 * Swedish: sitta, ligga


 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 出任
 * Finnish:
 * German: ,


 * Irish:
 * Japanese:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish: sitta


 * Finnish:
 * Japanese: 受け入れる


 * Spanish:


 * : şedu
 * : zitten
 * : sidi
 * : čokkáđ
 * : duduk
 * : seder
 * : 앉다 (anda)


 * : poġġi, bilqegħda
 * : čohkkát
 * : sitte
 * : (nešastan)
 * : išttâd
 * : kukaa
 * : sitta

Noun

 * Finnish:

Anagrams

 * IST
 * its, it's
 * STI
 * 'tis, TIS

Noun
sit


 * 1) reed

Pronoun

 * 1) (reflexive possessive) third-person  pronoun, meaning his/her/its (own)

Adjective

 * 1) sated, full

Noun

 * 1) rush (genus Juncus)

Etymology 1
From, from , from.

Etymology 2
From sit:.