Sanakirja
Tekoälykääntäjä
Synonyymit
- (esineestä)be
- seat
- sit up
- sit down
- take a seat
- be seated
- be accepted
- take a load off
Määritelmät
Verbi
- (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.
- (government) To be a member of a deliberative body.
- (law, government) Of a legislative or, especially, a judicial body such as a court, to be in session.
- To lie, rest, or bear; to press or weigh.
- To be adjusted; to fit.
- (intransitive, of an agreement or arrangement) To be accepted or acceptable; to work.
- (transitive, causative) To cause to be seated or in a sitting posture; to furnish a seat to.
- (transitive) To accommodate in seats; to seat.
- (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.
- (obsolete, transitive) To keep one's seat when faced with (a blow, attack); to endure, to put up with.
Substantiivi
- (informal) Clipping of situation.
- An act of sitting.
- (mining) Subsidence of the roof of a coal mine.
- (rare, Buddhism) An event, usually lasting one full day or more, where the primary goal is to sit in meditation.
Esimerkit
- After a long day of walking, it was good just to sit and relax.
- I asked him to sit.
- The temple has sat atop that hill for centuries.
- And Moses said to [...] the children of Reuben, Shall your brothren go to war, and shall ye sit here?
- Like a demigod here sit I in the sky.
- I currently sit on a standards committee.
- In what city is the circuit court sitting for this session.
- The calamity sits heavy on us.
- Your new coat sits well.
- This new and gorgeous garment, majesty, / Sits not so easy on me as you think.
- How will this new contract sit with the workers?
- I don’t think it will sit well.
- The violence in these video games sits awkwardly with their stated aim of educating children.
- Sit him in front of the TV and he might watch for hours.
- 1874, James Thomson, The City of Dreadful Night, XX
- I sat me weary on a pillar's base, / And leaned against the shaft
- I'm going to sit for them on Thursday.
- I need to find someone to sit my kids on Friday evening for four hours.
- The partridge sitteth on eggs, and hatcheth them not.
- I'm sitting for a painter this evening.
- like a good miller that knows how to grind, which way soever the wind sits
- Sits the wind in that quarter?
- I sat him at the far table.
- Je l’assis à la table du fond.
- This table sits eight.
- Cette table accommode jusqu’à huit personnes.
Taivutusmuodot
| Partisiipin perfekti | sat | Partisiipin perfekti | sitten (vanhahtava) |
| Imperfekti | sat | Imperfekti | sate (vanhahtava) |
| Partisiipin preesens | sitting | Monikko | sits |
| Yksikön kolmannen persoonan indikatiivin preesens | sits | Yksikön kolmannen persoonan indikatiivin preesens | sitteth (vanhahtava) |