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verb

a simple past tense and past participle of sit.

Example Sentences

Shinbrot sat up at night for months thinking about it, and eventually he developed a theory.

Young sat on a board that he'd attached, freeing up his hands.

He sat there, and people were coming up to him, petting him and taking pictures.

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Shinbrot sat up at night for months thinking about it, and eventually he developed a theory.

Young sat on a board that he'd attached, freeing up his hands.

He sat there, and people were coming up to him, petting him and taking pictures.

From shortly after breakfast until almost dinner, they sat around tables, drinking wine.

He sat down on the cable and ate a piece of cake, washed down with champagne.

Jenny, equally resolute, sat on the bed and buried her face.

Some sat for the photos wearing westernized clothes, some wore tribal dress, some mixed the two.

Lake sat at the hospital bedside of the comatose, bandage-swathed girl, she began to suspect otherwise.

Memphis could have sat the athlete until the question was resolved.

Equally nostalgically, observers from the ex-Yugoslav countries sat together as a group.

She ran to see who was outside, but when she opened the door, there sat the frog in front of it.

If you've ever sat down at a pub to a plate of really good fish and chips-the kind in which the fish stays tender and.

When she bought her property, a shed that served as a studio sat in the far corner of the wedge-shaped backyard.

Back then it was a miniature surfboard which sat atop.

My advisee came in to the cafe, sat down awkwardly, and looked at me out of the corners of his eyes.

Yukos's ex-chief executive, who has sat in jail for six months awaiting trial.

We unpacked our gear and sat down for a cool drink and some lunch.

It sat at the end of the lawn and screened a view of the neighbors' yards.

My nine year old daughter sat there with her eyes closed and took in the music.

Clipboard in hand, toddler in tow, she and the receptionist sat in a small waiting room and went over her situation.

Now, imagine being sat not in the observer's armchair but in the regulator's hot seat and faced with such a crisis again.

Old people sat in the village square, soaking up the sun.

He sat on a platform two feet above the showroom floor.

Wednesday evening, the volunteers sat together on the balcony of.

Some publishers who provided contact information for the survey have sat in on the focus groups as well.

One at a time, the two monkeys sat in a dark room in front of a computer screen.

Ravens flew in, sat on his wounded hip, and tore pieces of his flesh while he feebly tried to repel them.

After several years, the person gave in and sat with this client for the trip.

We sat down in the cool theater with tubs of popcorn and stared through panels of clear acrylic at an underwater kingdom.

They'd come from selling the replaceable cartridges that sat in each of the waterless receptacles.

While doing their work, the observers sat quietly near the animals and noted down their behaviour.

The guard would have sat between the sword's steel blade and its wooden handle.

And whereas divers previously sat sprawled against the sub's confined.

Families sat huddled around a wooden appliance, which used a large amount.

The quick release mounting case into which the iPhone settles can be removed and sat atop a table or screwed onto a tripod.

He took the fossils home with him, where they sat in a jar for several years.

Two nights after a full moon a mountain lion climbed the walls of my hut and sat on top of my tin roof eating some animal.

It sat on the edge of a lake filled with purple lily pads and yellow flowers.

The four companions now sat down at the table, well content with what was left, and ate as if they were going to fast for a month.

He sat in the theater and watched it over and over again.

The evidence sat in front of them for years in the form of a powdery residue on some fossils.

They want to bring a hammerhead on board the boat while keeping it alive to attach the sat tag.

They sat down at the whites-only lunch counter and refused to get up.

As the rotor blades churned overhead, the bear ran off but sat a quarter mile away, unwilling to give up his kill.

It sat vacant and boarded up, used only as a home for wayward pigeons.

And mammals sat poised to fill the void that soon would be left by the vanished dinosaurs.

Reporters sat in cubicles equipped with ergonomically correct chairs.

The birds sat or stood on their nest patiently, usually one at a time.

He has accidentally sat on the world's deadliest snake, battled drug lords with dart.

Cai sat near the atrium, amid stacks of books, quietly sketching with a pencil.

Rather than backing out of his hole entirely he sat down, lifted his body up and looked right at me.

When the girl sat down and flattened the chips everyone, including me, giggled.

Our spotter way out sat at the front had the best view, keeping watch for shallow areas or hidden rocks in the water.

The climber slipped through that small opening and sat there on the sill for some time, with his legs still inside the.

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Dictionary.com Unabridged

noun Hinduism.

(in Vedic mythology) the realm of existence, populated by people and gods. Compare Asat.

reality.

Compare Sat-cit-ananda.

Origin:
< Sanskrit: literally, being

Trademark. college admissions tests sponsored by the College Entrance Examination Board: the SAT I measures mathematical and verbal reasoning skills, and the SAT II measures knowledge in specific subject areas.

verb (used without object)

to rest with the body supported by the buttocks or thighs; be seated.

to be located or situated: The house sits well up on the slope.

to rest or lie (usually followed by on or upon): An aura of greatness sits easily upon him.

to place oneself in position for an artist, photographer, etc.; pose: to sit for a portrait.

to remain quiet or inactive: They let the matter sit.

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(of a bird) to perch or roost.

(of a hen) to cover eggs to hatch them; brood.

to fit, rest, or hang, as a garment: The jacket sits well on your shoulders.

to occupy a place or have a seat in an official assembly or in an official capacity, as a legislator, judge, or bishop.

10.

to be convened or in session, as an assembly.

11.

to act as a baby-sitter.

12.

(of wind) to blow from the indicated direction: The wind sits in the west tonight.

13.

to be accepted or considered in the way indicated: Something about his looks just didn't sit right with me.

14.

Informal. to be acceptable to the stomach: Something I ate for breakfast didn't sit too well.

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verb (used with object)

15.

to cause to sit; seat (often followed by down): Sit yourself down. He sat me near him.

16.

to sit astride or keep one's seat on (a horse or other animal): She sits her horse gracefully.

17.

to provide seating accommodations or seating room for; seat: Our dining-room table only sits six people.

18.

Informal. to serve as baby-sitter for: A neighbor can sit the children while you go out.

Verb phrases

19.

sit down,

to take a seat.

to descend to a sitting position; alight.

to take up a position, as to encamp or besiege: The military forces sat down at the approaches to the city.

20.

sit in,

to attend or take part as a visitor or temporary participant: to sit in at a bridge game; to sit in for the band's regular pianist.

to take part in a sit-in.

21.

sit in on, to be a spectator, observer, or visitor at: to sit in on classes.

22.

sit on/upon,

to inquire into or deliberate over: A coroner's jury was called to sit on the case.

Informal. to suppress; silence: They sat on the bad news as long as they could.

Informal. to check or rebuke; squelch: I'll sit on him if he tries to interrupt me.

23.

sit out,

to stay to the end of: Though bored, we sat out the play.

to surpass in endurance: He sat out his tormentors.

to keep one's seat during (a dance, competition, etc.); fail to participate in: We sat out all the Latin-American numbers.

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24.

sit up,

to rise from a supine to a sitting position.

to delay the hour of retiring beyond the usual time.

to sit upright; hold oneself erect.

Informal. to become interested or astonished: We all sat up when the holiday was announced.

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Idioms

25.

sit on one's hands,

to fail to applaud.

to fail to take appropriate action.

26.

sit pretty, Informal. to be in a comfortable situation: He's been sitting pretty ever since he got that new job.

27.

sit tight, to bide one's time; take no action: I'm going to sit tight till I hear from you.

Origin:
before 900; Middle English sitten, Old English sittan; cognate with Dutch zitten, German sitzen, Old Norse sitja; akin to Gothic sitan, Latin sedēre, Greek hézesthai (base hed-); compare set, sedate, cathedral, nest

Synonyms
10. meet, assemble, convene, gather.

Usage note
Compare set.

verb

(in prescriptions) may it be.

Origin:
< Latin

Link To sat

Collins

World English Dictionary

sat¹ (sæt)

—vb
	the past tense and past participle of sit

sat² (sʌt)

—*adj*
1.	very tired; exhausted
2.	drunk

[Afrikaans]

SAT

—*abbreviation for*
	(in the US) Scholastic Aptitude Test

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Word Origin & History

SAT

1961, acronym for Scholastic Aptitude Test.

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sit

O.E. sittan "to be seated, to seat oneself" (class V strong verb; past tense sæt, pp. seten), from P.Gmc. *setjanan (cf. O.S. sittian, O.N. sitja, O.Fris. sitta, M.Du. sitten, Du. zitten, O.H.G. sizzan, Ger. sitzen, Goth. sitan), from PIE base *sed- "to sit" (see

sedentary). In ref. to a legislative assembly, from 1518. Meaning "to baby-sit" is recorded from 1966. Sitting room first recorded 1771. Slang sitting duck "easy target" first recorded 1944; lit. sense is from 1867 (it is considered not sporting to shoot at one). Sitting pretty is from 1921. To sit on one's hands was originally "to withhold applause" (1926); later, "to do nothing" (1959). To sit around "be idle, do nothing" is 1915, Amer.Eng. To sit out "not take part" is from 1626.

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American Heritage

Medical Dictionary

sat. abbr.

saturate
saturation

American Heritage

Abbreviations & Acronyms

sat
saturated

SAT

Samoaâtala (currency)
San Antonio International Airport
a trademark used for a set of standardized college entrance examinationsoriginally Scholastic Aptitude Test

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