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Meaning of Sit | Babel Free

Noun CEFR A1 Common
sɪt

Definitions

  1. An act of sitting.
  2. Clipping of situation.
    abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, informal
  3. Initialism of special information tone.
    abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
  4. A surname.
  5. Subsidence of the roof of a coal mine.
  6. Initialism of Special Investigation Team.
    India, abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
  7. An event, usually lasting one full day or more, where the primary goal is to sit in meditation.
    rare
  8. Initialism of spontaneous ignition temperature.
    abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
  9. Initialism of sterile insect technique
    abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable

Equivalents

Afrikaans sit
العربية إجلس جلس قعد
Azərbaycanca əyləşmək oturmaq
Беларуская сядзець
Български седя
বাংলা বসা
Bosanski sedeti sit
Català seure
Čeština sedět
Cymraeg eistedd
Dansk sidde
Deutsch angehören Hocke Liegen Sitzen
Ελληνικά κάθομαι
Esperanto pozi sidi
Español asentarse encajar estar sentado pertenecer seer sentarse
Eesti istuma püsima
Euskara eseri
فارسی نشستن
Suomi istua istunto maata olla seistä sopia
Français être assis être assise s'asseoir siéger sit
Gaeilge suigh
Galego sentar
ગુજરાતી બેસવું
ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi noho
עברית ישב
हिन्दी बैठना स्थित
Hrvatski sedeti sit
Magyar ül
Հայերեն նստել
Bahasa Indonesia duduk
Íslenska sitja
Italiano essere seduto sedere sedersi
日本語 ある いる 受け入れる 座る 敷 腰掛ける
ქართული ჯდომა
Қазақша отыру
ខ្មែរ អង្គុយ
한국어 앉다
Kurdî şeer şit sit
Кыргызча олтуруу отуруу
Latina sedeo
Lëtzebuergesch setzen
ລາວ ນັ່ງ
Lietuvių sėdėti
Latviešu sēdēt
Te Reo Māori noho
Македонски седи
Монгол суух
मराठी बसणे
Bahasa Melayu duduk
Malti qagħad
မြန်မာဘာသာ ထိုင်း
Nederlands zitten
ଓଡ଼ିଆ ବସିବା
ਪੰਜਾਬੀ ਬੈਠਣਾ
Polski siedzieć
Português estar sentado
Română așeza ședea
Русский заседать сидеть
Slovenčina sedieť
Slovenščina sedeti
Shqip ulem
Српски sedeti sit
Svenska ligga sitta välkomnas
Kiswahili kukaa
தமிழ் அமர் உட்கார்
తెలుగు కూర్చొను
Тоҷикӣ нишастан
ไทย นัง
Tagalog umupo
Türkçe oturmak
Українська посидіти сиді́ти
اردو بیٹھنا
Tiếng Việt ngôi
中文 зуә 出任 坐

Examples

“The increasing scope of the disaster was relayed in short, terse sentences whose brevity does not conceal the unfolding nightmare. […] In mid-afternoon at 1600: “Sit is getting worse; need help badly,” “have considerable number of wounded that are unable to evacuate.””

CEFR level

A1
Beginner
This word is part of the CEFR A1 vocabulary — beginner level.
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See also

sit around sit back sit bone sit down sit idly by sit in

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