/sɪt/
Translation
To rest with the lower part of your body on a chair or the ground.
Word origin
From Old English sittan, meaning to be seated or take a seat.
- Origin
- Old English
- Root
- sittan
Grammar
Irregular verb. A full conjugation table for irregular verbs is coming soon. For now, use a reference like Wordreference or RAE.
Examples
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"Sit" means to rest your body on the chair.
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"Sits" is the form used with he, she, or it.
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"Sat" is the past form of "sit".
When you sit, you rest with your bottom on a chair, a bench, or the ground. It is the opposite of standing. People sit to eat, to read, and to rest.
Where this fits
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Stories
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The Journey
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Before the Doors Open
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The Broken Window
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The Clock in the Hall
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The Letter She Never Sent
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The Long Way Home
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The Passenger
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The Midnight Piano
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The Night Route
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The Photograph
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The Register
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Grammar articles
(27)Adjective order in English: opinion, size, age, shape, colour, origin, material, purpose
Adverb position in English: before the verb, after be, and the just, still and already traps
Both, either and neither in English: the two-of-something words, agreement traps, and Me neither
Causative have and get in English: have something done, get something done and having someone do it
Conditional sentences in English: the four types explained
Countable and uncountable nouns in English: advice, information, news and the ones you simply have to learn
Emphasis in English: I do like it, my own, the very, and how to push back
Gerund and infinitive: which verb form comes next?
Inversion and word order in English: the subject-verb-object spine and when it flips
Irregular verbs in English: the full list by pattern
Modal verbs in English: rules, examples and how to use them
Participle clauses in English: -ing and -ed clauses, and the dangling participle trap
Advanced passive structures in English: the get-passive, it is said that, and passives with two objects
Past continuous tense: was and were plus -ing, and when to use it instead of the past simple
Phrasal-prepositional verbs: look forward to, put up with and the other three-part verbs
Phrasal verbs: 100 examples with meanings
Phrasal Verbs with Come: 13 Meanings You Actually Need
Phrasal verbs in English: what they are, meanings, rules and examples
Prepositions in English: place, time and movement explained
Present continuous tense: form, spelling and uses
Present perfect continuous: have been doing, and how it differs from the present perfect
Quantifiers in English: some, any, much, many and more
Question tags in English: the mirror rule, aren't I, and tags after let's and imperatives
Reporting verbs in English: admit, deny, suggest, promise, and the pattern welded to each one
Separable and inseparable phrasal verbs: the rules that matter
Time clauses in English: when, while, as soon as, until, before and after
Used to, would and be used to: talking about past habits and states in English
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