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Added 7 October 2026

sit

/sɪt/ symbol

In Latin: sedeō Wiktionary

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ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-5 language code for Sino-Tibetan languages.

verb

To be in a position in which the upper body is upright and supported by the buttocks.
After a long day of walking, it was good just to sit and relax.
To move oneself into such a position.
I asked him to sit.
To occupy a given position.
The dishes are still sitting on the table!

noun

An act of sitting.
Subsidence of the roof of a coal mine.
An event, usually lasting one full day or more, where the primary goal is to sit in meditation.

noun

Clipping of situation.

Origin

From Middle English sitten, from Old English sittan, from Proto-West Germanic *sittjan, from Proto-Germanic *sitjaną, from Proto-Indo-European *sed- (“sit”). Cognate with West Frisian sitte, Low German sitten, Dutch zitten, German sitzen, Swedish sitta, Norwegian Bokmål sitte, Norwegian Nynorsk sitja, Danish sidde, Faroese sita, Icelandic sitja; and with Irish suigh, Latin sedeo, Russian сиде́ть (sidétʹ).

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