Synonyms for sit

Grammar : Verb

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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

Antonyms for sit

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