Определение sît в Английский Язык Английский Язык словарь
- sit
- 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.
- sit
- shortened form of babysit
I'm going to sit for them on Thursday.
- sit
- To be a member of a deliberative body
I currently sit on a standards committee.
- sit
- To occupy a given position permanently
The temple has sat atop that hill for centuries.
- sit
- 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.
- sit
- To babysit
I need to find someone to sit my kids on Friday evening for four hours.
- sit
- 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.
- sit
- To move oneself into such a position
I asked him to sit.
- sit
- To be accepted
I don’t think it will sit well.
- sit
- To accommodate in seats; to seat
I sat me weary on a pillar's base, / And leaned against the shaft.
- sit
- an event (usually one full day or more) where the primary goal is to sit in meditation
- sit
- {v} to be in a local position, perch, rest, stay, brood
- sit
- The filename extension used by files compressed with StuffIt, a popular Macintosh archival and compression program
- sit
- take a seat
- sit
- as, the court sits in January; the aldermen sit to- night
- sit
- When a parliament, legislature, court, or other official body sits, it officially carries out its work. Parliament sits for only 28 weeks out of 52
- sit
- Stuffit compressed file
- sit
- To rest upon the haunches, or the lower extremity of the trunk of the body; said of human beings, and sometimes of other animals; as, to sit on a sofa, on a chair, or on the ground
- sit
- To remain in a state of repose; to rest; to abide; to rest in any position or condition
- sit
- be seated, as in: Please, sit here by me and tell me about your new job
- sit
- If you are sitting somewhere, for example in a chair, your bottom is resting on the chair and the upper part of your body is upright. Mother was sitting in her chair in the kitchen They sat there in shock and disbelief They had been sitting watching television He was unable to sit still for longer than a few minutes
- sit
- Expression aimed at the ball to encourage it to stop rolling
- sit
- of Sit, for sitteth
- sit
- pres
- sit
- To occupy a place or seat as a member of an official body; as, to sit in Congress
- sit
- (Sensory Integration Therapy)
- sit
- File compressed in the StuffIt format commonly used on Macintosh computers See also: hqx
- sit
- The file extension for files created by Stuffit - a compression software
- sit
- obs
- sit
- To lie, rest, or bear; to press or weigh; - - with on; as, a weight or burden sits lightly upon him
- sit
- To have position, as at the point blown from; to hold a relative position; to have direction
- sit
- Servizio Italiano di Taratura
- sit
- be seated
- sit
- When you sit somewhere, you lower your body until you are sitting on something. He set the cases against a wall and sat on them When you stand, they stand; when you sit, they sit. Sit down means the same as sit. I sat down, stunned Hughes beckoned him to sit down on the sofa
- sit
- work or act as a baby-sitter; "I cannot baby-sit tonight; I have too much homework to do"
- sit
- To perch; to rest with the feet drawn up, as birds do on a branch, pole, etc
- sit
- show to a seat; assign a seat for; "The host seated me next to Mrs Smith"
- sit
- To suit (well or ill); to become
- sit
- This ending on a file type indicates it has been compressed with Stuffit software Stuffit Expander is used by Mosaic to decompress the file
- sit
- The ISO 4217 currency code for the Slovenian Tolar
- sit
- To stay within your own base behind the protection of turrets and only leave to attack enemies, and even then within range of your bases' defense
- sit
- 3d pers
- sit
- If you sit tight, you remain in the same place or situation and do not take any action, usually because you are waiting for something to happen. Sit tight. I'll be right back to sit on the fence: see fence
- sit
- An abbreviation for Silicon Intensified Target Imager designed for low light applications A silicon target imager with a intensifier coupled to it
- sit
- To be adjusted; to fit; as, a coat sts well or ill
- sit
- be in session; "When does the court of law sit?" sit around, often unused; "The object sat in the corner
- sit
- assume a posture as for artistic purposes; "We don't know the woman who posed for Leonardo so often"
- sit
- If you sit someone somewhere, you tell them to sit there or put them in a sitting position. He used to sit me on his lap To sit someone down somewhere means to sit them there. She helped him out of the water and sat him down on the rock They sat me down and had a serious discussion about sex
- sit
- To sit upon; to keep one's seat upon; as, he sits a horse well
- sit
- be in session; "When does the court of law sit?"
- sit
- {f} rest on the legs and buttocks; take a seat; place in a seat; brood, cover eggs to warm them before hatching; be located, be situated; pose or model for an artist; fit, hang (about clothes); babysit, supervise someone's children
- sit
- If you sit an examination, you do it. June and July are the traditional months for sitting exams. = take
- sit
- To suit one well or ill, as an act; to become; to befit; used impersonally
- sit
- To take a position for the purpose of having some artistic representation of one's self made, as a picture or a bust; as, to sit to a painter
- sit
- To cover and warm eggs for hatching, as a fowl; to brood; to incubate
- sit
- Syndicat islamique du travail (Islamic Workers Trade Union) - Trade union founded by the FIS in 1991
- sit
- sit around, often unused; "The object sat in the corner
- sit
- sing
- sit
- Slovenian tolars
- sit
- To cause to be seated or in a sitting posture; to furnish a seat to; used reflexively
- sit
- If a building or object sits in a particular place, it is in that place. Our new house sat next to a stream On the table sat a box decorated with little pearl triangles. = stand see also sitting
- sit
- feather
- sit
- System Initialization Table A table containing user specifications the control the CICS initialization process
- sit
- sit around, often unused; "The object sat in the corner"
- sit
- If you sit on a committee or other official group, you are a member of it. He was asked to sit on numerous committees
- sit
- To hold a session; to be in session for official business; said of legislative assemblies, courts, etc
- sit
- sit and travel on the back of animal, usually while controlling its motions; "She never sat a horse!"; "Did you ever ride a camel?"; "The girl liked to drive the young mare"
- sit around
- To sit down and not do anything important
- sit back
- To recline while still in a seated position, with one's back on the frame of the seat
Please just sit back and watch the show.
- sit back
- To relax, to not exert oneself
- sit dead-red
- When a batter is looking for a four-seam fastball. Popularized by broadcaster and former player Joe Morgan
If I were him, I would sit dead-red on this 3 and 1 pitch and try to launch one.
- sit down
- To cause to be seated or in a sitting posture; to furnish a seat to
For bones in Africa.
- sit down
- To assume a sitting position from a standing position
Sit down! We have work to do.
- sit in
- To attend something for one time, as a visitor
- sit in for
- To substitute; to take somebody's place
Can you sit in for him while he's gone?.
- sit in on
- To attend a private meeting without participating
Parents of younger children often become upset when they are told that they cannot sit in on the psychological assessment.
- sit on
- To block, suppress, restrain
The chairman sat on the report until the end of the legislative session.
- sit on
- To restrain (a person)
He started to act up, but she sat on him.
- sit on it
- To wait or hesitate
The boss said to sit on it and I tend to agree, it is too soon to begin.'.
- sit on it
- up yours or back off
Joanie said, Sit on it, Richie!.
- sit on one's hands
- To be idle when action is needed, perhaps because of fear, ignorance, complacency, indecisiveness, or dislike of the person(s) or situation
- sit on the fence
- To remain neutral on a certain topic, to not have a stance or opinion
Elijah stepped forward and said to the people, How long will you sit on the fence? If the LORD is God, follow him; but if Baal, then follow him..
- sit out
- To decline to participate; particularly, to decline to dance
I don't like this song and I'm really tired, so I think I'll just sit it out.
- sit out
- To lean out to the windward side of a sailboat in order to counterbalance the effects of the wind on the sails
- sit out
- To escape a hold while face-down by swinging one's legs around into the sitting position
- sit still
- To accept, tolerate, or acquiesce
I'm not going to sit still and let him treat me this way.
- sit still
- To remain motionless
The dog wouldn't sit still while I gave him a bath.
- sit through
- To unwillingly stay seated until the end of an event
We had to sit through a 2-hour awards ceremony before the food arrived.
- sit tight
- To wait patiently; to take no action; to remain quiet or relatively motionless
I'll be back in a few minutes, so sit tight while I go find her.
- sit up
- Alternative spelling of sit-up; alternative spelling of situp
- sit up
- To show interest or surprise
He sat up when we mentioned the increased pay package.
- sit up
- To assume a sitting position from a position lying down
She was awakened by a shock, so sudden and severe that if Dorothy had not been lying on the soft bed she might have been hurt. As it was, the jar made her catch her breath and wonder what had happened; and Toto put his cold little nose into her face and whined dismally. Dorothy sat up and noticed that the house was not moving; nor was it dark, for the bright sunshine came in at the window, flooding the little room. She sprang from her bed and with Toto at her heels ran and opened the door.
- sit up
- To rise
- sit up
- To sit erect
Sit up straight, mister!.
- sit-and-go
- A type of poker tournament which has no scheduled start time and begins once a set number of players have entered the tournament. (Often a single table tournament.)
- sit-down
- A meal formal enough to have everyone sitting at once
- sit-down
- An event that occurs with people sitting
- sit-down
- A sit-in, a protest of civil disobedience by people sitting and refusing to move
- sit-down
- Intended to be done while sitting
- sit-down
- A semi-formal talk, normally between a small number of people
- sit-down money
- Welfare or social security payments made to aboriginal people, including unemployment benefits
2005: A discussion paper being released today canvasses a number of proposals to transform the payments that have become known as 'sit-down money'. — Australian Broadcasting Commission, The World Today, 21 February 2005.
- sit-in
- A protest in which people refuse to leave
- sit-inner
- A nonviolent protester who participates in a sit-in
The equation of student and sit-inner on a wide scale was in part the result of strategic framing efforts by representatives of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee.
- sit-up
- An exercise in which the abdominal muscles are contracted, bringing the torso of a person lying down to a more upright position
Susan's doing sit-ups to stengthen her muscles.
- sit-up-and-beg
- Having handlebars that curve backwards, so that the rider can sit straight rather than hunching forward
There are no specialist cycle-tour companies based in the northeast, but you can find bicycles for hire for local sightseeing. Expect to pay Rs30 to Rs100 per day for an Indian-made sit-up-and-beg bike.
- sit right with someone
- (Ev ile ilgili) [for something] to be acceptable or understandable to someone. (Very close to sit well with someone.)
- sit well with someone
- (Ev ile ilgili) [for something] to be acceptable or understandable to someone. (Very close to sit right with someone.)
- sit-down
- A sit-in or sit-down is a form of direct action that involves one or more people occupying an area for a protest, often to promote political, social, or economic change
- sit-in
- A sit-in or sit-down is a form of direct action that involves one or more people occupying an area for a protest, often to promote political, social, or economic change
- sit in
- participate in an act of civil disobedience
- sit around
- Spend time sitting down and doing very little
We sat around most of the evening, waiting for Jake and drinking beer.
- sit by
- Allow something wrong or illegal to happen without doing anything about it
I’m not going to sit by and watch a man go to prison for something I’ve done.
- sit on one's hand
- (deyim) Do nothing; to fail to help. (See also sit on its hands.)
1. When we needed help from Mary, she just sat on her hands.
2. We need the cooperation of everyone. You can't sit on your hands!.
- sit on one's hand
- (deyim) [for an audience] to refuse to applaud. (See also sit on one's hands.)
1. The performance was really quite good, but the audience sat on its hands.
2. They sat on their hands during the first act.
- sit over
- Be occupied with or linger over while sitting; spec. pore over (a book)
- sit-down meal
- A meal served to people who are sitting at a table
- sit-rep
- (Askeri) "Situation Report"Sitrep will include information on position, movement status, direction of move, casualty status, etc
- sit-up
- An stomach exercise in which a person sits up from a supine position without using the arms for leverage
- sit among the silks
- sit together with the King's advisors
- sit around
- hang out; sit idly; be present somewhere without fulfilling any particular function
- sit around
- If you sit around or sit about, you spend time doing nothing useful or interesting. Eve isn't the type to sit around doing nothing
- sit around the table
- sit down to a meal, sit down so as to eat; gather around a table for the purpose of eating or talking
- sit at one's feet
- be the student of -
- sit back
- sit comfortably and relax
- sit back
- If you sit back while something is happening, you relax and do not become involved in it. They didn't have to do anything except sit back and enjoy life
- sit back
- settle into a comfortable sitting position
- sit back
- be inactive or indifferent while something is happening; "Don't just sit by while your rights are violated!"
- sit bodkin
- sit very close together
- sit by
- be inactive or indifferent while something is happening; "Don't just sit by while your rights are violated!
- sit by
- If you sit by while something wrong or illegal is happening, you allow it to happen and do not do anything about it. We can't just sit by and watch you throw your life away = stand by
- sit down
- If you sit down and do something, you spend time and effort doing it in order to try to achieve something. Have you both sat down and worked out a budget together? see also sit-down
- sit down
- - a form of concerted work stoppage where workers refuse to work inside a factory or establishment after punching their time cards
- sit down
- be seated
- sit down
- be seated, take a seat; give a seat, show to a seat
- sit down
- see sit 2, 3
- sit down
- show to a seat; assign a seat for; "The host seated me next to Mrs Smith"
- sit down
- a form of concerted work stoppage where workers refuse to work inside a factory or establishment after punching their time cards
- sit down
- A term which the golfer says to the ball to encourage it to land or stop rolling
- sit down
- take a seat
- sit down on
- suppress, crush
- sit down strike
- stay-in strike, type of quiet protest, demonstration involving prolonged sitting
- sit down under an insult
- silently withstand an insult, remain silent after an offense
- sit for a painter
- act as a model for a painter
- sit in
- A director may invite a group of the actors' friends to 'sit in' on a rehearsal
- sit in
- To join in a game that has already started
- sit in
- When you drop in from a seated position
- sit in
- stay-in strike; invade a building
- sit in
- To get close behind the rider immediately in front in order to draft
- sit in
- attend as a visitor; "Can I sit in in your Intermediate Hittite class?"
- sit in
- participate in an act of civil disobedience attend as a visitor; "Can I sit in in your Intermediate Hittite class?
- sit in Parliament
- be a member of the house of representatives (Government)
- sit in judgement on
- judge, preside over a trial
- sit in on
- If you sit in on a lesson, meeting, or discussion, you are present while it is taking place but do not take part in it. Will they permit you to sit in on a few classes?
- sit in penniless bench
- be very poor, lack all money
- sit in the catbird seat
- be in an enviable or desirable position
- sit loose
- be indifferent, be apathetic
- sit on
- If you say that someone is sitting on something, you mean that they are delaying dealing with it. He had been sitting on the document for at least two months
- sit on
- work at; serve as -, be a member of -
- sit on a gold mine
- sit on a treasure, possess a treasure
- sit on one's hands
- remain idle, do nothing
- sit on pins and needles
- wait anxiously, wait with great anticipation
- sit on the bench
- be a judge, work as a judge
- sit on the fence
- be indecisive; hesitate to decide; avoid getting involved
- sit on the hedge
- wait for a decision, wait impatiently for a ruling
- sit on the lid
- suppress excitement, kill enthusiasm
- sit on the splice
- play defense (Cricket)
- sit on the throne
- sit on the King's chair
- sit on thorns
- sit on pins and needles, sit and wait impatiently
- sit oneself
- take a seat, sit down
- sit out
- We permit you to hold your seat at a table while not participating in some hands Under most conditions, we limit the time you may sit out to a small number of hands In blind games, you may be asked to post the equivalent of the blind if you return to your seat prior to the blind reaching you To sit out you click a check box on the table screen To return, you unclick the "sit out" check box
- sit out
- If you sit something out, you wait for it to finish, without taking any action. The only thing I can do is keep quiet and sit this one out He can afford to sit out the property slump
- sit out
- stay until the end; prevent participating in -
- sit out
- not participate in (an activity, such as a dance or a sports event); "He sat out the game"
- sit out
- (To) To remain to the end Not to join, as to sit out a dance
- sit out
- endure to the end
- sit out
- endure to the end not participate in (an activity, such as a dance or a sports event); "He sat out the game
- sit over
- move, evacuate a place
- sit penniless on a bench
- be poor and indigent, live in poverty
- sit pretty
- be in a great situation, "sit comfortably
- sit through
- stay until the completion of -
- sit through
- If you sit through something such as a film, lecture, or meeting, you stay until it is finished although you are not enjoying it. movies so bad you can hardly bear to sit through them
- sit tight
- sit comfortably, be mighty in a position
- sit tight
- maintain the same position; wait it out; "Let's not make a decision--let's sit tight"
- sit tight
- maintain the same position; wait it out; "Let's not make a decision--let's sit tight
- sit up
- If you sit someone up, you move them into a sitting position when they have been leaning back or lying down. She sat him up and made him comfortable
- sit up
- change to an upright sitting position; "He sat up in bed"
- sit up
- not go to bed; "Don't stay up so late--you have to go to work tomorrow"; "We sat up all night to watch the election"
- sit up
- If you sit up, you do not go to bed although it is very late. We sat up drinking and talking = stay up see also sit-up
- sit up
- sit in an upright position; sit; stay awake late; be amazed
- sit up
- If you sit up, you move into a sitting position when you have been leaning back or lying down. Her head spins dizzily as soon as she sits up
- sit up
- change to an upright sitting position; "He sat up in bed
- sit up and take notice
- wake up, become alert; be amazed, be astounded
- sit upon
- A "cushion" often made by Girl Scouts to use when the ground is damp or to keep their clothes clean
- sit upon
- (To) To snub, squash, smother, set down; the Latin insideo Charlotte Brontë, in Shirley (xxviii ), uses a phrase which seems analagous: Miss Keeldar says she mentioned the mischance to no one- I preferred to cushion the matter Mr Schwann and his congeners should be most energetically sat upon by colleagues and opponents alike, by everyone, in fact, who has the welfare of the empire at heart - The World, April 6th, 1892, p 19
- sit upon
- (To) To snub, squash, smother, set down; the Latin insideo Charlotte Brontë, in Shirley (xxviii ), uses a phrase which seems analagous: Miss Keeldar says she mentioned the mischance to no one- I preferred to cushion the matter Mr Schwann and his congeners should be most energetically sat upon by colleagues and opponents alike, by everyone, in fact, who has the welfare of the empire at heart - The World, April 6th, 1892, p 19
- sit-down
- In a sit-down protest, people refuse to leave a place until they get what they want. Teachers staged a sit-down protest in front of the president's office. if you have a sit-down, you sit and rest for a short while
- sit-down
- If you have a sit-down, you sit down and rest for a short time. All he wanted was a cup of tea and a sit-down
- sit-down
- A sit-down meal is served to people sitting at tables. A sit-down dinner was followed by a disco
- sit-down
- a strike in which workers refuse to leave the workplace until a settlement is reached
- sit-in
- A sit-in is a protest in which people go to a public place and stay there for a long time. The campaigners held a sit-in outside the Supreme Court. a type of protest in which people refuse to leave the place where they work or study until their demands are agreed to hold/stage a sit-in
- sit-in
- a form of civil disobedience in which demonstrators occupy seats and refuse to move
- sit-up
- sit-up sit-ups in AM, also use situp Sit-ups are exercises that you do to strengthen your stomach muscles. They involve sitting up from a lying position while keeping your legs straight on the floor
- SAT
- SAT Reasoning Test (formerly Scholastic Aptitude Test and Scholastic Assessment Test): a national exam taken annually by high school juniors and seniors
- SAT
- Scholastic Aptitude Test
- SAT
- Statutory Assessment Test. A national curriculum assessment, or exam
- baby-sit
- To watch or attend anything or anyone unnecessarily closely; to have to help or coax too much
He left me to baby-sit the new guy while he got some work done.
- baby-sit
- To watch or tend someone else's child for a period of time, often for money
- house-sit
- to live in someone's house and take care of it while they are away
I'm housesitting for my friends while they're on vacation in France.
- please sit down
- Offer to be seated
- sat
- satellite
- sat
- Simple past tense and past participle of sit
- sitting
- the act (of a bird) of incubating eggs; the clutch of eggs under a brooding bird
- sitting
- a period during which one is seated for a specific purpose
The Queen had three sittings for her portrait.
- sitting
- {n} the act of resting on a seat, stay, sessions
- SAT
- Scholastic Achievement Test
- SAT
- {i} standardized test required for acceptance to many colleges and universities in the United States
- SAT
- The SAT is an examination which is often taken by students who wish to enter a college or university. SAT is an abbreviation for `Scholastic Aptitude Test'. Sat. is a written abbreviation for Saturday. Sat is the past tense and past participle of sit. Saturday. Past tense and past participle of sit. the written abbreviation of Saturday. the past tense and past participle of sit. in full Scholastic Aptitude Test Standardized test taken by U.S. high school students applying to colleges. It is divided into two principal sections, verbal and mathematical. Promulgated largely through the efforts of James B. Conant as a means of promoting merit-based (rather than class-based) college admissions, it was administered to few students before the end of World War II but by the end of the 20th century was taken by millions each year. Scores declined as the test came to be more widely administered, and in 1995 the score of 500 for each section (midway between the extremes of 200 and 800) was reestablished as the actual mean score of those tested. The test, which most colleges use as one measure of an applicant's ability, has been denounced as biased in favour of men and the white middle class. Other critics claim that the SAT is inadequate for testing various important capacities
- Sat
- seten
- sat
- Systems Approach to Training
- sat
- In cellular applications, refers to the Supervisory Audio Tone 2