sit

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Significado (Inglês)

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.

sit down

be sitting

be seated

take one’s seat

be located

sit about

act of sitting

cause to sit

be at home

stand sentinel

bump along

place to sit

pose as

reside in

sit on

sit out

sit quietly

in session

stand watch

sink into a chair

stand in a posture

be in session

belong to

be situated

brood over

hold a meeting

keep guard

Freqüência

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/sɪt/

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).