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      sit
      noun
      An act of sitting.
      (mining) Subsidence of the roof of a coal mine.
      A surname.
      (informal) Clipping of situation. [The combination of circumstances at a given moment; a state of affairs.]
      Initialism of spontaneous ignition temperature.
      (telecommunications) Initialism of special information tone.
      Initialism of sterile insect technique
      (India) Initialism of Special Investigation Team.
      (rare, Buddhism) An event, usually lasting one full day or more, where the primary goal is to sit in meditation.
      verb
      (intransitive, copulative, of a person) To be in a position in which the upper body is upright and supported by the buttocks.
      (intransitive, of a person) To move oneself into such a position.
      (intransitive, of an object) To occupy a given position.
      (intransitive, copulative) To remain in a state of repose; to rest; to abide; to rest in any position or condition.
      (transitive, causative) To cause to be seated or in a sitting posture; to furnish a seat to.
      (transitive) To accommodate in seats; to seat.
      (intransitive, of an agreement or arrangement) To be accepted or acceptable; to work.
      (government) To be a member of a deliberative body.
      (government, law) Of a legislative or, especially, a judicial body such as a court, to be in session.
      (US, ambitransitive) To babysit.
      (transitive, Australia, New Zealand, UK) To take, to undergo or complete (an examination or test).
      To cover and warm eggs for hatching, as a fowl; to brood; to incubate.
      To take a position for the purpose of having some artistic representation of oneself made, such as a picture or a bust.
      To have position, as at the point blown from; to hold a relative position; to have direction.
      To lie, rest, or bear; to press or weigh.
      To be adjusted; to fit.
      (obsolete, transitive) To keep one's seat when faced with (a blow, attack); to endure, to put up with.
      Synonyms for sit
      seatnposturenlazevsquatadjsettlev
      Words related to sit
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