Meaning

3 senses

  1. (not comparable)Executed from a sitting position.

  2. (not comparable)Occupying a specific official or legal position; incumbent.

  3. (not comparable)Of a bird, incubating eggs.

More definitions
  • not moving and therefore easy to attack
  • (of persons) having the torso erect and legs bent with the body supported on the buttocks

Examples

2533 sentences

  1. Mary is sitting at the desk.

    Мері сидить за столом. — deniko

    ruМэри сидит за партой. — Hayabusa

    deMaria sitzt am Schreibtisch. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

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  2. He was sitting on the floor.

    Він сидів на підлозі. — anastasishko

    ruОн сидел на полу. — Hellerick

    deEr saß auf dem Fußboden. — Yorwba

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  3. She was sitting under a tree.

    Вона сиділа під деревом. — deniko

    ruОна сидела под деревом. — afyodor

    deSie saß unter einem Baum. — MUIRIEL

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  4. Tom was sitting on a bench.

    Том сидів на лавці. — deniko

    ruТом сидел на скамейке. — sharptoothed

    deTom saß auf einer Bank. — wolfgangth

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  5. Everyone was sitting at the table.

    Всі сиділи за столом. — deniko

    ruВсе сидели за столом. — marafon

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Origin

From Middle English sittinge, sittynge, variant of sittinde, sittende, sittande, from Old

From Middle English sittinge, sittynge, variant of sittinde, sittende, sittande, from Old English sittende (“sitting”), from Proto-Germanic *sitjandz (“sitting”), present participle of Proto-Germanic *sitjaną (“to sit”), equivalent to sit + -ing. Cognate with West Frisian sittend (“sitting”), Dutch zittend (“sitting”), German sitzend (“sitting”), Swedish sittande (“sitting”), Icelandic sitjandi (“sitting”).

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Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • (of persons) having the torso erect and legs bent with the body supported on the buttocks:seated

Word family

5 related words
Derivednonsittingsitting ducksittinglysitting tenantunsitting

Collocations

12 patterns
  • sitting on the
  • was sitting on
  • sitting in the
  • was sitting in
  • sitting next to
  • sitting over there
  • was sitting at
  • sitting at the
  • sitting on a
  • sitting next
  • sitting by himself
  • was sitting alone

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
sitcomsiteA1sittersituatesituationA2sixA1

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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