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📖 Определения и значения для слова sit

📒 to rest your weight on your bottom with your back straight, for example on/in a chair

  • She sat and stared at the letter in front of her.
  • + adv./prep. May I sit here?
  • Don't just sit there—do something!

📒 to put somebody in a sitting position

  • He lifted the child and sat her on the wall.
  • She sat him down in front of the fire with a hot drink.

📒 to be in a particular place

  • + adv./prep. A large bus was sitting outside.
  • The pot was sitting in a pool of water.
  • I have an exercise bike just sitting at home not being used.

📒 to have an official position as something or as a member of something

  • sit as something He was sitting as a temporary judge.
  • They both sat as MPs in the House of Commons.
  • sit in/on something She sat on a number of committees.

📒 to meet in order to do official business

  • Parliament sits for less than six months of the year.

📒 to do an exam

  • sit something Candidates will sit the examinations in June.
  • Most of the students sit at least 5 GCSEs.
  • (especially North American English) sit for something He was about to sit for his entrance exam.

📒 to rest on a branch, etc. or to stay on a nest to keep the eggs warm

📒 to sit on its bottom with its front legs straight

  • Rover! Sit!

📒 to take care of babies or children for a short time while their parents are out

  • Who's sitting for you?

📒 to be in a good situation, especially when others are not

  • With profits at record levels, the company’s certainly sitting pretty this year.

📒 to feel so satisfied with what you have already achieved that you do not try to do any more

📒 to admire somebody very much, especially a teacher or somebody from whom you try to learn

📒 to sit or stand with your back straight

📒 to seem right, natural, suitable, etc. in a particular place or situation

  • His views did not sit comfortably with the management line.

📒 to decide whether somebody’s behaviour is right or wrong, especially when you have no right to do this

  • How dare you sit in judgement on me?

📒 to avoid becoming involved in deciding or influencing something

  • He tends to sit on the fence at meetings.

📒 to do or say nothing to help somebody or deal with a difficult situation

  • We can’t sit silently by and let them arrest him!

📒 to stay where you are rather than moving away or changing position

  • We sat tight and waited to be rescued.

📒 to stay in the same situation, without changing your mind or taking any action

  • Shareholders are being advised to sit tight until the crisis passes.
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