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verb
  1. 1
    to be in a position in which the lower part of your body rests on a seat or on the ground, while the upper part of your body is upright

    *American English synonyms or related words for this sense of sit*

    To sit or lie down: bed down, bunk, collapse, cuddle up, curl up, down, fall, flop, hunker down, lay... more
    1. a.

      sit

       or

      sit down

       to lower your body into a sitting position

      *American English synonyms or related words for this sense of sit*

      To sit or lie down: bed down, bunk, collapse, cuddle up, curl up, down, fall, flop, hunker down, lay... more
    2. b.
      to put someone into a sitting position

      *American English synonyms or related words for this sense of sit*

      To sit or lie down: bed down, bunk, collapse, cuddle up, curl up, down, fall, flop, hunker down, lay... more
  3. 3
    to be in a particular place

    *American English synonyms or related words for this sense of sit*

    To be in a particular position or place: occupy, set, exist, lie, sit, stand, there is/are etc., concentrate, belong, get... more
  6. 6
    informal to babysit

    *American English synonyms or related words for this sense of sit*

    Adoption and caring for other people's children: adopt, adopted, adoption, adoption agency, adoptive, au pair, babysit, babysitter, care, care order... more
  7. 7
    British to take an examination

    *American English synonyms or related words for this sense of sit*

    To sit, pass or fail an examination or test: bomb, dip out, fail, flunk, get through, pass, qualify, resit, retake, score... more

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