sit
be seated
How often you will meet it
Rank 633 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 30,206 times across 155,370 chapters — 0.014% of every word in the library.
It belongs to the first 1,000 words, the band worth learning before any other.
What it means
verb
- be seated also: sit down
- be around, often idly or without specific purpose also: sit around The object sat in the cornerWe sat around chatting for another hour
- take a seat also: sit down
- be in session When does the court of law sit?
- assume a posture as for artistic purposes also: model, pose, posture We don't know the woman who posed for Leonardo so often
- sit and travel on the back of animal, usually while controlling its motions also: ride She never sat a horse!Did you ever ride a camel?
sit in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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They can sit at their ease and gape at the play.
The Picture of Dorian Gray · Oscar Wilde · Chapter 1
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Thank God that so hath blessed thee, And sit down, Robin, and rest thee.
Actions and reactions · Rudyard Kipling · Chapter 1
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Aye, you may roar!--but if I sit here till Aurora appears in the east, you won't catch me winking.
Sketches by Seymour — Volume 04 · Robert Seymour · Chapter 1
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He helped them into the boat and put them both on one seat, and told them to sit still.
The Dutch Twins · Lucy Fitch Perkins · Chapter 1
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This accomplished, she had only to wait, and sit in tearless anguish at the window, listening intently whenever a horseman rode past.
A Knight of the White Cross · G. A. (George Alfred) Henty · Chapter 1