sitdown
sitdown Lexical Profile
sitdown Game Scores & Validity
• adjective
Designating a meal or reception at which guests are seated at tables to eat, rather than standing or serving themselves from a buffet.
"The wedding reception featured a formal sitdown dinner for two hundred guests."
Involving or characterized by protesters or strikers sitting down and refusing to leave a place.
"Factory workers organized a sitdown protest to demand safer working conditions."
• noun
American A formal or serious face-to-face meeting held to discuss an issue or resolve a dispute.
"The manager scheduled a sitdown with the two department heads to settle their disagreement."
A period of sitting down to rest and recover one's energy.
"After hours of walking through the museum, we needed a quiet sitdown and a cup of tea."
A strike or protest in which participants sit down at their workplace or in a public space and refuse to leave until their demands are met.
"The union organized a sitdown at the assembly plant to protest the sudden layoffs."
Word Nuance & Usage
Often spelled with a hyphen as "sit-down," especially when used as an attributive adjective before a noun (e.g., "a sit-down meal"). Do not confuse the noun with the two-word verb phrase "sit down."
Usage Trend
Historical frequency of usage in published text.