sit

Pronunciation: /sɪt/

The English word “sit” has 19 meanings listed here.

verb

To be in a position in which the upper body is upright and supported by the buttocks.
To move oneself into such a position.
To occupy a given position.
To remain in a state of repose; to rest; to abide; to rest in any position or condition.
To be a member of a deliberative body.
Of a legislative or, especially, a judicial body such as a court, to be in session.
To lie, rest, or bear; to press or weigh.
To be adjusted; to fit.
To be accepted or acceptable; to work.
To cause to be seated or in a sitting posture; to furnish a seat to.
To accommodate in seats; to seat.
To take, to undergo or complete (an examination or test).
To cover and warm eggs for hatching, as a fowl; to brood; to incubate.
To take a position for the purpose of having some artistic representation of oneself made, such as a picture or a bust.
To have position, as at the point blown from; to hold a relative position; to have direction.
To keep one's seat when faced with (a blow, attack); to endure, to put up with.

noun

An act of sitting.
Subsidence of the roof of a coal mine.
An event, usually lasting one full day or more, where the primary goal is to sit in meditation.

Etymology

From Middle English sitten, from Old English sittan, from Proto-West Germanic *sittjan, from Proto-Germanic *sitjaną, from Proto-Indo-European *sed- (“sit”). Cognates Cognate with West Frisian sitte, Low German sitten, Dutch zitten, German sitzen, Swedish sitta, Norwegian Bokmål sitte, Norwegian Nynorsk sitja, Danish sidde, Faroese sita, Icelandic sitja; and with Irish suigh, Latin sedeo, Russian…

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