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Meaning of sit-down | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C2 Specialized

Definitions

  1. An act of sitting down, sometimes with other people in some form of social exchange.
  2. A sit-in, a protest of civil disobedience by people sitting and refusing to move.

Equivalents

Deutsch Beisammensein im Sitzen im Sitzen Sitz- sitzend Sitzpause Sitzstreik Zusammenkunft im Sitzen zusammensitzen
Suomi istumalakko
Magyar ülősztrájk
한국어 농성

Examples

“I need a sit-down and a nice cup of tea.”
“Let's have a sit-down and talk about this properly.”
“The sit-downs were especially dangerous to the system because they were not controlled by the regular union leadership.”
“I helped organize a sit-down outside an Oxford hairdressers' shop that refused black female customers.”

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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See also

sit-down money sit-downer sit-in sit-inner sit-on-top sit-out

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