sit

Significado (English)

Verb

1. To be in a position in which the upper body is upright and supported by the buttocks.
2. To move oneself into such a position.
3. To occupy a given position.
4. To remain in a state of repose; to rest; to abide; to rest in any position or condition.
5. To be a member of a deliberative body.
6. Of a legislative or, especially, a judicial body such as a court, to be in session.
7. To lie, rest, or bear; to press or weigh.
8. To be adjusted; to fit.
9. To be accepted or acceptable; to work.
10. To cause to be seated or in a sitting posture; to furnish a seat to.
11. To accommodate in seats; to seat.
12. To babysit.
13. To take, to undergo or complete (an examination or test).
14. To cover and warm eggs for hatching, as a fowl; to brood; to incubate.
15. To take a position for the purpose of having some artistic representation of oneself made, such as a picture or a bust.
16. To have position, as at the point blown from; to hold a relative position; to have direction.
17. (obsolete) To keep one's seat when faced with (a blow, attack); to endure, to put up with.

Noun

1. An act of sitting.
2. Subsidence of the roof of a coal mine.
3. An event, usually lasting one full day or more, where the primary goal is to sit in meditation.

Noun

Short for situation.

Synonyms

sit down

stay

be

squat

remain

take a seat

dwell

perch

seat

💺

be sitting

incubate

reside

rest

stand

live

baby-sit

be seated

lie

ride

seated

place

sit around

pose

settle

meet

hatch

located

look after

posture

take one’s seat

set

brood

be located

fit

model

roost

sit about

situated

sitting

exist

act of sitting

cause to sit

be at home

work

put

still

put down

repose

represent

run

serve

settle down

sits

sit up

slouch

sprawl

stand guard

stand up

stay on

swank

take

take place

tend

stand sentinel

total

watch over

wear

bump along

place to sit

pose as

reside in

sit on

sit out

sit quietly

in session

stand watch

sink into a chair

sitting still

stop

🛑

stand in a posture

alight

at home

babysit

base

bear

🐻

be in session

belong

belong to

be situated

brood over

bury

carry

carry weight

caucus

chair

🪑

come

comprise

consist

constitute

construct

convene

crouch

give

go

guard

💂

hang

have

have got

hold

hold a meeting

house

🏠

keep guard

keep on

land

lend

lower

make

make up

monitor

number

🔢

occupy

offer

olla

pertain

position

Pronúnciase como (IPA)

/sɪt/

Etimoloxía (English)

Inherited from Middle English: sitten

Inherited from Old English: sittan

Cognate with frisón occidental: sitte

Cognate with baixo alemán: sitten

Cognate with neerlandés: zitten

Cognate with alemán: sitzen

Cognate with sueco: sitta

Cognate with noruegués bokmål: sitte

Cognate with noruegués nynorsk: sitja

Cognate with irlandés: suigh

Cognate with latín: sedeo

Cognate with ruso: сиде́ть

In summary

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *sed-
Proto-Indo-European *-yeti
Proto-Indo-European *sédyeti
Proto-Germanic *sitjaną
Proto-West Germanic *sittjan
Old English sittan
Middle English sitten
English sit
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).