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sit

See also: Sit, sít, šit, -sít, -šit, síť, and šít

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EnglishEdit

EtymologyEdit

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

PronunciationEdit

VerbEdit

sit (third-person singular simple present sits, present participle sitting, simple past sat, past participle sat or (archaic, dialectal) sitten)

 
A painting of a man sitting.
  1. (intransitive, of a person) To be in a position in which the upper body is upright and supported by the buttocks.
    • 1460-1500, The Towneley Playsː
      He is so fair, without lease, he seems full well to sit on this.
    After a long day of walking, it was good just to sit and relax.
  2. (intransitive, of a person) To move oneself into such a position.
    I asked him to sit.
  3. (intransitive, of an object) To occupy a given position permanently.
    The temple has sat atop that hill for centuries.
  4. To remain in a state of repose; to rest; to abide; to rest in any position or condition.
    • Bible, Numbers xxxii. 6
      And Moses said to […] the children of Reuben, Shall your brothren go to war, and shall ye sit here?
    • Shakespeare
      Like a demigod here sit I in the sky.
  5. (government) To be a member of a deliberative body.
    I currently sit on a standards committee.
  6. (law, government) 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.
  7. To lie, rest, or bear; to press or weigh.
    • Jeremy Taylor
      The calamity sits heavy on us.
  8. To be adjusted; to fit.
    Your new coat sits well.
    • Shakespeare
      This new and gorgeous garment, majesty, / Sits not so easy on me as you think.
  9. (intransitive, of an agreement or arrangement) To be accepted or acceptable; to work.
    How will this new contract sit with the workers?
    I don’t think it will sit well.
    The violence in these video games sits awkwardly with their stated aim of educating children.
  10. (transitive) 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.
  11. (transitive) 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
  12. (intransitive) shortened form of babysit.
    I'm going to sit for them on Thursday.
  13. (transitive, US) To babysit
    I need to find someone to sit my kids on Friday evening for four hours.
  14. (transitive, Australia, New Zealand, Britain) To take, to undergo or complete (an examination or test).
  15. To cover and warm eggs for hatching, as a fowl; to brood; to incubate.
    • Bible, Jer. xvii. 11
      The partridge sitteth on eggs, and hatcheth them not.
  16. To take a position for the purpose of having some artistic representation of oneself made, such as a picture or a bust.
    I'm sitting for a painter this evening.
  17. To have position, as at the point blown from; to hold a relative position; to have direction.
    • Selden
      like a good miller that knows how to grind, which way soever the wind sits
    • Sir Walter Scott
      Sits the wind in that quarter?

ConjugationEdit

  • An obsolete form of the simple past is sate and of the past participle is sitten.[1]

QuotationsEdit

SynonymsEdit

Derived termsEdit

Terms derived from sit (verb)

TranslationsEdit

of a person, be in a position in which the upper body is upright and the legs are supported
to be a member of a deliberative body
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See alsoEdit

Terms combined with the verb to sit

NounEdit

sit (plural sits)

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

TranslationsEdit

ReferencesEdit

  1. ^ Entry about past simple sate in Webster's dictionary

StatisticsEdit

Most common English words before 1923 in Project Gutenberg: formed · fight · agree · #765: sit · considerable · private · dinner

AnagramsEdit

AfrikaansEdit

EtymologyEdit

Formally from Dutch zitten (“to sit”), from Old Dutch *sitten, from Proto-Germanic *sitjaną. Semantically from a merger of the former and related Dutch zetten (“to set, put”), from Proto-Germanic *satjaną, whence also Afrikaans set (chiefly in compounds). Both Germanic verbs are eventually from Proto-Indo-European *sed-.

VerbEdit

sit (present sit, present participle sittende, past participle gesit)

  1. (intransitive) to sit; to be in a sitting position (usually used with op, binne or in)
  2. (intransitive) to sit; to sit down to move into a sitting position
    Sit asseblief.
    Please sit down.
  3. (transitive) to place, to put
    Ek sit jou sleutels op die tafel.
    I am putting your keys on the table.
  4. (transitive) to deposit
    Ek gaan al my geld in die bank sit.
    I am going to deposit all my money in the bank.

Usage notesEdit

  • Sit and its derivatives are usually more commonly used than plaas for their overlapping senses, but are sometimes considered less formal than plaas, especially in formal writing.

Derived termsEdit

SynonymsEdit

DanishEdit

PronounEdit

sit n (common sin, plural sine)

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

See alsoEdit

Danish personal pronouns
Number Person Inflection Nominative Accusative Possessive Reflexive Reflexive possessive
Singular First common jeg mig min
neuter mit
plural mine
Second common du dig din
neuter dit
plural dine
formal De Dem Deres
Third masculine han ham hans sig sin
feminine hun hende hendes
common den den dens
neuter det det dets sit
plural sine
Plural First — vi os vores
common vor
neuter vort
plural vore
Second – I jer jeres
formal De Dem Deres
Third – de dem deres sig

GothicEdit

RomanizationEdit

sit

  1. Romanization of 𐍃𐌹𐍄

LatinEdit

PronunciationEdit

VerbEdit

sit

  1. third-person singular present active subjunctive of sum (be)
    • 4th century, St Jerome, Vulgate, Tobit 3:23
      sit nomen tuum Deus Israhel benedictum in saecula (Be thy name, O God of Israel, blessed for ever,)

ReferencesEdit

  • du Cange, Charles (1883), “sit”, in G. A. Louis Henschel, Pierre Carpentier, Léopold Favre, editors, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (in Latin), Niort: L. Favre

LatvianEdit

VerbEdit

sit

  1. 2nd person singular present indicative form of sist
  2. 3rd person singular present indicative form of sist
  3. 3rd person plural present indicative form of sist
  4. 2nd person singular imperative form of sist
  5. (with the particle lai) 3rd person singular imperative form of sist
  6. (with the particle lai) 3rd person plural imperative form of sist

LojbanEdit

RafsiEdit

sit

  1. rafsi of sitna.

Norwegian NynorskEdit

VerbEdit

sit

  1. present tense of sitja, sitje, sitta and sitte
  2. imperative of sitja and sitje

Serbo-CroatianEdit

Etymology 1Edit

From Proto-Slavic *sytъ (“satiated, full”), from Proto-Indo-European *s(e)h₂tos, from *seh₂- (“to satiate”).

AdjectiveEdit

sȉt (definite sȉtī, comparative sitiji, Cyrillic spelling си̏т)

  1. sated, full
DeclensionEdit
positive indefinite forms
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative sit sita sito
genitive sita site sita
dative situ sitoj situ
accusative inanimate
animate		 sit
sita		 situ sito
vocative sit sita sito
locative situ sitoj situ
instrumental sitim sitom sitim
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative siti site sita
genitive sitih sitih sitih
dative sitim(a) sitim(a) sitim(a)
accusative site site sita
vocative siti site sita
locative sitim(a) sitim(a) sitim(a)
instrumental sitim(a) sitim(a) sitim(a)
positive definite forms
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative siti sita sito
genitive sitog(a) site sitog(a)
dative sitom(u/e) sitoj sitom(u/e)
accusative inanimate
animate		 siti
sitog(a)		 situ sito
vocative siti sita sito
locative sitom(e/u) sitoj sitom(e/u)
instrumental sitim sitom sitim
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative siti site sita
genitive sitih sitih sitih
dative sitim(a) sitim(a) sitim(a)
accusative site site sita
vocative siti site sita
locative sitim(a) sitim(a) sitim(a)
instrumental sitim(a) sitim(a) sitim(a)
comparative forms
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative sitiji sitija sitije
genitive sitijeg(a) sitije sitijeg(a)
dative sitijem(u) sitijoj sitijem(u)
accusative inanimate
animate		 sitiji
sitijeg(a)		 sitiju sitije
vocative sitiji sitija sitije
locative sitijem(u) sitijoj sitijem(u)
instrumental sitijim sitijom sitijim
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative sitiji sitije sitija
genitive sitijih sitijih sitijih
dative sitijim(a) sitijim(a) sitijim(a)
accusative sitije sitije sitija
vocative sitiji sitije sitija
locative sitijim(a) sitijim(a) sitijim(a)
instrumental sitijim(a) sitijim(a) sitijim(a)
superlative forms
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative najsitiji najsitija najsitije
genitive najsitijeg(a) najsitije najsitijeg(a)
dative najsitijem(u) najsitijoj najsitijem(u)
accusative inanimate
animate		 najsitiji
najsitijeg(a)		 najsitiju najsitije
vocative najsitiji najsitija najsitije
locative najsitijem(u) najsitijoj najsitijem(u)
instrumental najsitijim najsitijom najsitijim
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative najsitiji najsitije najsitija
genitive najsitijih najsitijih najsitijih
dative najsitijim(a) najsitijim(a) najsitijim(a)
accusative najsitije najsitije najsitija
vocative najsitiji najsitije najsitija
locative najsitijim(a) najsitijim(a) najsitijim(a)
instrumental najsitijim(a) najsitijim(a) najsitijim(a)

AntonymsEdit

Etymology 2Edit

From New Latin sit.

NounEdit

sȋt m (Cyrillic spelling си̑т)

  1. rush (genus Juncus)

Tok PisinEdit

EtymologyEdit

From English shit.

NounEdit

sit

  1. remnant
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