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How to pronounce “sit”
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Pronunciation guide for sit
- Learning goal
- Practice the English pronunciation of sit with real speech in context.
- Available examples
- 8 YouTube examples
- Real speech example
- Behaviorist Dog Trainer
We want a dog to sit.
- Definition summary
- (intransitive, copulative, of a person) To be in a position in which the upper body is upright and supported by the buttocks.
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How to pronounce sit
Behaviorist Dog Trainer
We want a dog to sit.
Example Sentences
A Deep Dive Into “sit”
Meaning
- [Verb]
- (intransitive, copulative, of a person) To be in a position in which the upper body is upright and supported by the buttocks.
- (intransitive, of a person) To move oneself into such a position.
- (intransitive, of an object) To occupy a given position.
- (intransitive, copulative) To remain in a state of repose; to rest; to abide; to rest in any position or condition.
- (government) To be a member of a deliberative body.
- (government, law) Of a legislative or, especially, a judicial body such as a court, to be in session.
- To lie, rest, or bear; to press or weigh.
- To be adjusted; to fit.
- (intransitive, of an agreement or arrangement) To be accepted or acceptable; to work.
- (transitive, causative) To cause to be seated or in a sitting posture; to furnish a seat to.
- (transitive) To accommodate in seats; to seat.
- (US, ambitransitive) To babysit.
- (transitive, Australia, New Zealand, UK) To take, to undergo or complete (an examination or test).
- To cover and warm eggs for hatching, as a fowl; to brood; to incubate.
- To take a position for the purpose of having some artistic representation of oneself made, such as a picture or a bust.
- To have position, as at the point blown from; to hold a relative position; to have direction.
- (obsolete, transitive) To keep one's seat when faced with (a blow, attack); to endure, to put up with. [13th–19th c.]
- [Noun]
- An act of sitting.
- (mining) Subsidence of the roof of a coal mine.
- (rare, Buddhism) An event, usually lasting one full day or more, where the primary goal is to sit in meditation.
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