SIT definition

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To be in a position in which the upper body is upright and the legs (especially the upper legs) are supported by some object.

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 permanently.

The temple has sat atop that hill for centuries.
To be a member of a deliberative body.

I currently sit on a standards committee.
Of a legislative or, especially, a judicial body such as a court, to be in session.

In what city is the circuit court sitting for this session.
To be accepted.

How will this new contract sit with the workers?

I don’t think it will sit well.
To cause to be seated or in a sitting posture; to furnish a seat to.

Sit him in front of the TV and he might watch for hours.
- 1874, James Thomson, The City of Dreadful Night, XX
To accommodate in seats; to seat.

The dining room table sits eight comfortably.
- I sat me weary on a pillar's base, / And leaned against the shaft
shortened form of babysit.

I'm going to sit for them on Thursday.
To babysit

I need to find someone to sit my kids on Friday evening for four hours.

be seated be seated, sit down , sit up , take a seat be, be found, be situated be accepted, be welcomed, be well received seat

an event (usually one full day or more) where the primary goal is to sit in meditation.