sit

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

English[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • enPR: sĭt, IPA(key): /sɪt/
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  • Rhymes: -ɪt

Etymology 1[edit]

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; and with Irish suigh, Latin sedeo, Russian сиде́ть (sidétʹ).

Verb[edit]

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

A painting of a man sitting.
  1. (intransitive, copulative, 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.
    • 1593, Michael Drayton, “The Eighth Eglog”, in Idea the Shepheards Garland, […], London: […] [T. Orwin] for Thomas Woodcocke, […], OCLC 1049092723; republished as J[ohn] P[ayne] C[ollier], editor, Idea the Shepheards Garland, [London: Privately printed], 1870, OCLC 1230869372, page 64:
      This were as good as curds for our Jone, / When at a night we ſitten by the fire.
    After a long day of walking, it was good just to sit and relax.
    Jim's pet parrot sat on his left shoulder.
  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. (intransitive, copulative) To remain in a state of repose; to rest; to abide; to rest in any position or condition.
  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.
    • 1651, Jer[emy] Taylor, The Rule and Exercises of Holy Living. […], 2nd edition, London: […] Francis Ashe […], OCLC 1203220866:
      The calamity sits heavy on us.
  8. To be adjusted; to fit.
    Your new coat sits well.
  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, causative) 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.
  12. (US, transitive, intransitive) To babysit.
    I'm going to sit for them on Thursday.
    I need to find someone to sit my kids on Friday evening for four hours.
    • 1980, Stephen King, The Mist
      I saw […] Mrs. Turman, who sometimes sat Billy when Steff and I went out […]
  13. (transitive, Australia, New Zealand, UK) 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.
  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.
  18. (obsolete, transitive) To keep one's seat when faced with (a blow, attack); to endure, to put up with. [13th–19th c.]
    • 1790, Amelia Opie, Dangers of Coquetry, vol. I, ch. 5:
      Louisa, who […] had but ill born the commencement of this conversation, could sit it no longer, and hastily throwing up the sash, complained of the intense heat of the room.
Conjugation[edit]
conjugation of sit
infinitive sit
present participle sitting
past participle sat
simple progressive perfect perfect progressive
present I sit we sit I am sitting we are sitting I have sat we have sat I have been sitting we have been sitting
you sit you sit you are sitting you are sitting you have sat you have sat you have been sitting you have been sitting
he sits they sit he is sitting they are sitting he has sat they have sat he has been sitting they have been sitting
past I sat we sat I was sitting we were sitting I had sat we had sat I had been sitting we had been sitting
you sat you sat you were sitting you were sitting you had sat you had sat you had been sitting you had been sitting
he sat they sat he was sitting they were sitting he had sat they had sat he had been sitting they had been sitting
future I will sit we will sit I will be sitting we will be sitting I will have sat we will have sat I will have been sitting we will have been sitting
you will sit you will sit you will be sitting you will be sitting you will have sat you will have sat you will have been sitting you will have been sitting
he will sit they will sit he will be sitting they will be sitting he will have sat they will have sat he will have been sitting they will have been sitting
conditional I would sit we would sit I would be sitting we would be sitting I would have sat we would have sat I would have been sitting we would have been sitting
you would sit you would sit you would be sitting you would be sitting you would have sat you would have sat you would have been sitting you would have been sitting
he would sit they would sit he would be sitting they would be sitting he would have sat they would have sat he would have been sitting they would have been sitting
imperative sit
Quotations[edit]
Synonyms[edit]
Derived terms[edit]
Terms derived from sit (verb)
Translations[edit]
of a person, be in a position in which the upper body is upright and the legs are supported
move oneself into such a position — See also translations at sit down
to be a member of a deliberative body
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See also[edit]
Terms combined with the verb to sit

Noun[edit]

sit (plural sits)

  1. (mining) Subsidence of the roof of a coal mine.
  2. (rare, Buddhism) An event, usually lasting one full day or more, where the primary goal is to sit in meditation.
Translations[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

Noun[edit]

sit (plural sits)

  1. (informal) Short for situation.
    • 2012, Gail Shisler, For Country and Corps: The Life of General Oliver P. Smith:
      The increasing scope of the disaster was relayed in short, terse sentences whose brevity does not conceal the unfolding nightmare. […] In mid-afternoon at 1600: “Sit is getting worse; need help badly,” “have considerable number of wounded that are unable to evacuate.”
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Anagrams[edit]

Afrikaans[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Formally from Dutch zitten (“to sit”), from Frankish *sittjan, 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-.

Pronunciation[edit]

Verb[edit]

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)
    Sy sit en sein vir haar dogtertjie.
    She is sitting and gesturing to her young daughter.
  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 notes[edit]

  • 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.

Synonyms[edit]

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Catalan[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Onomatopoeic

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

sit m (plural sits)

  1. bunting (bird of the genus Emberiza)

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Further reading[edit]

Danish[edit]

Pronoun[edit]

sit n (common sin, plural sine)

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

See also[edit]

Danish personal pronouns
Number Person Type Nominative Oblique Possessive
common neuter plural
Singular First – jeg mig min mit mine
Second modern / informal du dig din dit dine
formal De Dem Deres
Third masculine (person) han ham hans
feminine (person) hun hende hendes
common(noun) den dens
neuter(noun) det dets
reflexive – sig sin sit sine
Plural First modern vi os vores
archaic / formal vor vort vore
Second – I jer jeres
Third – de dem deres
reflexive – sig

Gothic[edit]

Romanization[edit]

sit

  1. Romanization of 𐍃𐌹𐍄

Karelian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Related to Veps sid'.

Adverb[edit]

sit

  1. here

Latin[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Verb[edit]

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.)

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Latvian[edit]

Verb[edit]

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

Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]

Verb[edit]

sit

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

Old Norse[edit]

Verb[edit]

sit

  1. inflection of sitja:
    1. first-person singular present active indicative
    2. second-person singular present active imperative

Polish[edit]

Polish Wikipedia has an article on:
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Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ɕit/
  • Rhymes: -it
  • Syllabification: sit

Etymology 1[edit]

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *sitъ.

Noun[edit]

sit m inan

  1. Any rush of the genus Juncus.
Declension[edit]
Declension of sit
singular plural
nominative sit sity
genitive situ sitów
dative sitowi sitom
accusative sit sity
instrumental sitem sitami
locative sicie sitach
vocative sicie sity

Etymology 2[edit]

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun[edit]

sit n

  1. genitive plural of sito

Further reading[edit]

  • sit in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • sit in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romanian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From French site or English site.

Noun[edit]

sit n (plural situri)

  1. picturesque landscape
  2. site of a city
  3. archeological site
  4. (Internet) website
    Synonym: site

Declension[edit]

Declension of sit
singular plural
indefinite articulation definite articulation indefinite articulation definite articulation
nominative/accusative (un) sit situl (niște) situri siturile
genitive/dative (unui) sit sitului (unor) situri siturilor
vocative situle siturilor

Serbo-Croatian[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From Proto-Slavic *sytъ (“satiated, full”).

Adjective[edit]

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

  1. sated, full
Declension[edit]
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)
Antonyms[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

From Proto-Slavic *sitъ.

Alternative forms[edit]

Noun[edit]

sȋt m (Cyrillic spelling си̑т)

  1. rush (genus Juncus)
Declension[edit]

This entry needs an inflection-table template.

Slovene[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From Proto-Slavic *sytъ.

Pronunciation[edit]

Adjective[edit]

sȉt (comparative bȍlj sȉt, superlative nȁjbolj sȉt)

  1. sated, full

Etymology 2[edit]

From Proto-Slavic *sitъ.

Alternative forms[edit]

Noun[edit]

sȋt m inan

  1. rush (genus Juncus)

Further reading[edit]

  • “sit”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran

Southern Ohlone[edit]

Noun[edit]

sit

  1. tooth

Tok Pisin[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From English shit.

Noun[edit]

sit

  1. (vulgar) faeces, shit.


Derived terms[edit]

Veps[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Related to Finnish sitta.

Noun[edit]

sit

  1. shit
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