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Meaning of sedeo | Babel Free

Verb CEFR B1
[ˈsɛ.de.oː]

Definitions

  1. to sit, to be seated
    conjugation-2, impersonal
  2. to sit in an official seat; sit in council or court, hold court, preside
    conjugation-2, impersonal
  3. to keep the field, remain encamped
    conjugation-2, impersonal
  4. to settle or sink down, subside
    conjugation-2, impersonal
  5. to sit still; remain, tarry, stay, abide, linger, loiter; sit around
    conjugation-2, impersonal
  6. to hold or hang fast or firm; to be established, settled, fixed, determined, resolved
    conjugation-2, figuratively, impersonal
  7. to be
    Ibero-Romance, Medieval-Latin, conjugation-2, impersonal

Equivalents

Bosanski sit
Esperanto prezidi
Español presidir
Hrvatski sit
Italiano preside presiedere
Kurdî linger linger sit şit
Bahasa Melayu duduk-duduk
Nederlands voorzitten
Română prezida
Српски sit
Українська головувати
Tiếng Việt ngồi không

Examples

“Sī mihi nōn animō fīxum immōtumque sedēret, ….”

“If for me it were not resolved — in my mind, fixed and immovable — ….”

“Pueri claustrales et bachalarii descendant in fine scalæ dormitorii, et illic sedeant.”

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.

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