sit
sit
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sit
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āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "sit"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

01

āĻŦāϏāĻž, āφāϏ⧀āύ āĻšāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž

to put our bottom on something like a chair or the ground while keeping our back straight
Intransitive
to sit definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
During the meeting, everyone was encouraged to sit in a circle for better communication.
āϏāĻ­āĻžāϰ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ, āϏāĻ•āϞāϕ⧇ āĻ­āĻžāϞ⧋ āϝ⧋āĻ—āĻžāϝ⧋āϗ⧇āϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻŦ⧃āĻ¤ā§āϤ⧇ āĻŦāϏāϤ⧇ āĻ‰ā§ŽāϏāĻžāĻšāĻŋāϤ āĻ•āϰāĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
1.1

āϧāĻžāϰāĻŖ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āϧāĻžāϰāĻŖāĻ•ā§āώāĻŽāϤāĻž āĻĨāĻžāĻ•āĻž

(of a table, room, place, etc.) to have capacity for a particular number of people
Transitive: to sit a number of people
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The conference room is designed to sit up to 50 attendees.
āĻ•āύāĻĢāĻžāϰ⧇āĻ¨ā§āϏ āϰ⧁āĻŽāϟāĻŋ 50 āϜāύ āĻ…āĻ‚āĻļāĻ—ā§āϰāĻšāĻŖāĻ•āĻžāϰ⧀ āĻĒāĻ°ā§āϝāĻ¨ā§āϤ āϧāĻžāϰāĻŖ āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻĄāĻŋāϜāĻžāχāύ āĻ•āϰāĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤
1.2

āĻŦāϏāĻžāύ⧋, āĻŦāϏāϤ⧇ āĻŦāϞāĻž

to make someone adopt a sitting position
Transitive: to sit sb somewhere
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
She gently sat the elderly woman in the comfortable armchair.
āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āϧ⧀āϰ⧇ āϧ⧀āϰ⧇ āĻŦ⧃āĻĻā§āϧ āĻŽāĻšāĻŋāϞāĻžāϕ⧇ āφāϰāĻžāĻŽāĻĻāĻžāϝāĻŧāĻ• āφāĻ°ā§āĻŽāĻšā§‡āϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ⧇ āĻŦāϏāĻžāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤
1.3

āφāϰ⧋āĻšāĻŖ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻ˜ā§‹āĻĄāĻŧāĻžāϝāĻŧ āϚāĻĄāĻŧāĻž

to ride on the back of an animal, especially a horse
Transitive: to sit an animal
to sit definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Sitting a horse requires good balance and posture.
āĻ˜ā§‹āĻĄāĻŧāĻžāϰ āωāĻĒāϰ āĻŦāϏāϤ⧇ āĻ­āĻžāϞ āĻ­āĻžāϰāϏāĻžāĻŽā§āϝ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻ­āĻ™ā§āĻ—āĻŋ āĻĒā§āϰāϝāĻŧā§‹āϜāύāĨ¤
1.4

āĻĄāĻŋāĻŽā§‡ āĻŦāϏāĻž, āωāĻˇā§āĻŖ āĻ•āϰāĻž

(of birds) to settle on eggs in order to keep them warm and bring them to hatching
Intransitive
to sit definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
During the incubation period, the female bird will sit on her eggs.
āχāύāĻ•āĻŋāωāĻŦ⧇āĻļāύ āĻĒāĻŋāϰāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻĄā§‡āϰ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ, āĻŽāĻšāĻŋāϞāĻž āĻĒāĻžāĻ–āĻŋ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻĄāĻŋāĻŽā§‡āϰ āωāĻĒāϰ āĻŦāϏāĻŦ⧇āĨ¤
1.5

āĻŦāϏāĻž, āωāĻŦ⧁ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻŦāϏāĻž

(of animals) to position the body near the ground with the posterior knees bent
Intransitive
to sit definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
I trained my puppy to sit on command.
āφāĻŽāĻŋ āφāĻŽāĻžāϰ āϕ⧁āϕ⧁āϰāĻ›āĻžāύāĻžāϕ⧇ āĻ•āĻŽāĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻĄā§‡ āĻŦāϏāϤ⧇ āĻĒā§āϰāĻļāĻŋāĻ•ā§āώāĻŖ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāĨ¤
02

āĻĨāĻžāĻ•āĻž, āĻ…āĻŦāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāύ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to be or remain in a specific state or position
Linking Verb: to sit [adj]
Intransitive: to sit somewhere
to sit definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The book has been sitting on my shelf for months.
āĻŦāχāϟāĻŋ āĻŽāĻžāϏ⧇āϰ āĻĒāϰ āĻŽāĻžāϏ āϧāϰ⧇ āφāĻŽāĻžāϰ āϤāĻžāϕ⧇ āĻŦāϏ⧇ āφāϛ⧇āĨ¤
2.1

āĻŦāϏāĻž, āĻĢāĻŋāϟ āĻ•āϰāĻž

(of clothing items) to fit a person in a specific way
Intransitive: to sit in a specific manner
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The dress sits perfectly on her figure.
āĻĒā§‹āĻļāĻžāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āϤāĻžāϰ āϚāĻŋāĻ¤ā§āϰ⧇ āĻĒ⧁āϰ⧋āĻĒ⧁āϰāĻŋ āĻĢāĻŋāϟ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤
03

āϝāĻ¤ā§āύ āύ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž, āĻĻ⧇āĻ–āĻžāĻļā§‹āύāĻž āĻ•āϰāĻž

to take care of someone else's baby or child while the parents are away
Intransitive: to sit for sb
to sit definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
She's sitting for her neighbor's kids during the school holidays.
āĻ¸ā§āϕ⧁āϞ⧇āϰ āϛ⧁āϟāĻŋāϰ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ āϏ⧇ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāĻŦ⧇āĻļā§€āϰ āĻŦāĻžāĻšā§āϚāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āϝāĻ¤ā§āύ āύāĻŋāĻšā§āϛ⧇āĨ¤
04

āĻĻ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž, āĻŦāϏāĻž

to take an exam
Dialectbritish flagBritish
Transitive: to sit an exam
Intransitive: to sit for an exam
to sit definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Students will sit for their maths assessment next week.
āĻ›āĻžāĻ¤ā§āϰāϰāĻž āφāĻ—āĻžāĻŽā§€ āϏāĻĒā§āϤāĻžāĻšā§‡ āϤāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻ—āĻŖāĻŋāϤ āĻŽā§‚āĻ˛ā§āϝāĻžāϝāĻŧāύ⧇āϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻŦāϏāĻŦ⧇āĨ¤
05

āϏāĻ­āĻž āĻ•āϰāĻž, āϏāĻŽā§āĻŽā§‡āϞāύ āĻ•āϰāĻž

(of a council, court, parliament, etc.) to be engaged in an official meeting
Intransitive: to sit | to sit point in time
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The committee is scheduled to sit tomorrow to review the proposals.
āĻ•āĻŽāĻŋāϟāĻŋ āφāĻ—āĻžāĻŽā§€āĻ•āĻžāϞ āĻĒā§āϰāĻ¸ā§āϤāĻžāĻŦāϗ⧁āϞāĻŋ āĻĒāĻ°ā§āϝāĻžāϞ⧋āϚāύāĻž āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻŦāϏāϤ⧇ āύāĻŋāĻ°ā§āϧāĻžāϰāĻŋāϤ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤
5.1

āĻĒāĻĻ⧇ āφāϏ⧀āύ āĻšāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž, āϕ⧋āύ⧋ āĻĒāĻĻ⧇ āĻ•āĻžāϜ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to serve in a particular position, especially an official one
Intransitive: to sit as an official position | to sit on an official group
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
They sat on the panel of judges.
āϤāĻžāϰāĻž āĻŦāĻŋāϚāĻžāϰāĻ• āĻĒā§āϝāĻžāύ⧇āϞ⧇ āĻŦāϏ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤

āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāϤāĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ• āĻ—āĻžāĻ›

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