sits

Meaning

plural of sit

lie

sit

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take a seat

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/sɪts/

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sit

<tabs><tab title="Verb"><ol><li>To be in a position in which the upper body is upright and supported by the buttocks.</li><li>To move oneself into such a position.</li><li>To occupy a given position.</li><li>To remain in a state of repose; to rest; to abide; to rest in any position or condition.</li><li>To be a member of a deliberative body.</li><li>Of a legislative or, especially, a judicial body such as a court, to be in session.</li><li>To lie, rest, or bear; to press or weigh.</li><li>To be adjusted; to fit.</li><li>To be accepted or acceptable; to work.</li><li>To cause to be seated or in a sitting posture; to furnish a seat to.</li><li>To accommodate in seats; to seat.</li><li>To babysit.</li><li>To take, to undergo or complete (an examination or test).</li><li>To cover and warm eggs for hatching, as a fowl; to brood; to incubate.</li><li>To take a position for the purpose of having some artistic representation of oneself made, such as a picture or a bust.</li><li>To have position, as at the point blown from; to hold a relative position; to have direction.</li><li>(obsolete) To keep one's seat when faced with (a blow, attack); to endure, to put up with.</li></ol></tab><tab title="Noun"><ol><li>An act of sitting.</li><li>Subsidence of the roof of a coal mine.</li><li>An event, usually lasting one full day or more, where the primary goal is to sit in meditation.</li></ol></tab><tab title="Noun">Short for situation.</tab></tabs>

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