sit on
sit
sÉĒt
sit
on
ɑ:n
aan
/sˈÉĒt ˈɒn/

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

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āωāĻĒāϰ āĻŦāϏāĻž, āϏāĻŋāĻĻā§āϧāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤ āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻ—āĻŋāϤ āϰāĻžāĻ–āĻž

to refrain from addressing a matter or making a decision
to sit on definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The city council opted to sit on the zoning issue, deferring any decisions until the next meeting.
āĻļāĻšāϰ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāώāĻĻ āĻœā§‹āύāĻŋāĻ‚ āχāĻ¸ā§āϝ⧁āϤ⧇ āϏāĻŋāĻĻā§āϧāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤ āύ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇ āĻŦāĻŋāϰāϤ āĻĨāĻžāĻ•āĻžāϰ āϏāĻŋāĻĻā§āϧāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤ āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇, āĻĒāϰāĻŦāĻ°ā§āϤ⧀ āϏāĻ­āĻž āĻĒāĻ°ā§āϝāĻ¨ā§āϤ āϕ⧋āύ āϏāĻŋāĻĻā§āϧāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤ āĻŽā§āϞāϤāĻŦāĻŋ āĻ•āϰ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤
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āĻ—ā§‹āĻĒāύ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āφāϟāϕ⧇ āϰāĻžāĻ–āĻž

to intentionally keep information, emotions, or a decision, from being expressed or revealed
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
After the breakup, she decided to sit on her emotions and not let anyone see how much she was hurting
āĻŦā§āϰ⧇āĻ•āφāĻĒ⧇āϰ āĻĒāϰ⧇, āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āϤāĻžāϰ āφāĻŦ⧇āĻ— āĻšā§‡āĻĒ⧇ āϰāĻžāĻ–āĻžāϰ āϏāĻŋāĻĻā§āϧāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤ āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻ•āĻžāωāϕ⧇ āĻĻ⧇āĻ–āϤ⧇ āĻĻ⧇āύāύāĻŋ āϝ⧇ āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻ•āϤāϟāĻž āĻ•āĻˇā§āϟ āĻĒāĻžāĻšā§āϛ⧇āύāĨ¤
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āϏāĻĻāĻ¸ā§āϝ āĻšāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž, āĻ…āĻ‚āĻļāĻ—ā§āϰāĻšāĻŖ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to be part of a committee, board, organization, or similar group and hold a position within that particular entity
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
As a seasoned professional, he was invited to sit on the advisory committee for the industry conference.
āĻāĻ•āϜāύ āĻ…āĻ­āĻŋāĻœā§āĻž āĻĒ⧇āĻļāĻžāĻĻāĻžāϰ āĻšāĻŋāϏ⧇āĻŦ⧇, āϤāĻžāϕ⧇ āĻļāĻŋāĻ˛ā§āĻĒ āϏāĻŽā§āĻŽā§‡āϞāύ⧇āϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āωāĻĒāĻĻ⧇āĻˇā§āϟāĻž āĻ•āĻŽāĻŋāϟāĻŋāϤ⧇ āĻŦāϏāϤ⧇ āφāĻŽāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§āϰāĻŖ āϜāĻžāύāĻžāύ⧋ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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āφāϞ⧋āϚāύāĻž āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻĒāϰ⧀āĻ•ā§āώāĻž āĻ•āϰāĻž

to engage in a conversation or meeting to address a specific topic or issue
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The government officials will sit on the issue of environmental sustainability to devise policies for reducing carbon emissions.
āĻ•āĻžāĻ°ā§āĻŦāύ āύāĻŋāσāϏāϰāĻŖ āĻ•āĻŽāĻžāύ⧋āϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āύ⧀āϤāĻŋ āĻĒā§āϰāĻŖāϝāĻŧāύ⧇āϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āϏāϰāĻ•āĻžāϰāĻŋ āĻ•āĻ°ā§āĻŽāĻ•āĻ°ā§āϤāĻžāϰāĻž āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŦ⧇āĻļāĻ—āϤ āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāϝāĻŧāĻŋāĻ¤ā§āĻŦ⧇āϰ āĻŦāĻŋāώāϝāĻŧ⧇ āφāϞ⧋āϚāύāĻž āĻ•āϰāĻŦ⧇āύāĨ¤
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