sit
sit Lexical Profile
sit Game Scores & Validity
• verb
To adopt or be in a position in which one's weight is supported by the buttocks rather than the feet and the back is upright.
"Please sit in the waiting room until the doctor calls your name."
To be situated or remain in a particular place or undisturbed state.
"The historic lighthouse sits on a rocky cliff overlooking the bay."
To serve as a member of a council, jury, court, or other official legislative or deliberative body.
"She has sat on the university's board of trustees for over a decade."
To pose for an artist or photographer, or to look after a child, pet, or house temporarily.
"The mayor agreed to sit for an official portrait in the spring."
British To take a formal academic or professional examination.
"Final-year students will sit their qualifying examinations in June."
• noun
An act or period of sitting down to rest.
"After hours of walking through the museum, we were grateful for a quiet sit on the garden bench."
Word Nuance & Usage
Do not confuse the intransitive verb 'sit' (to rest in a seated position) with the transitive verb 'set' (to place or put an object somewhere).
• Rhymes for sit
Word Origin & Etymology
From Old English sittan, derived from Proto-Germanic *sitjanan and ultimately from the Proto-Indo-European root *sed- ('to sit').