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# sedentary

«sedentary» in Mova's school dictionary: **Involving a lot of sitting and little exercise** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adjective (sedentary; more sedentary, most sedentary)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Involving a lot of sitting and little exercise. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sedentary/#m1)

2) (of people or animals) Staying in one place, not moving around or migrating. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sedentary/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In health and PE lessons a sedentary lifestyle — sitting too long with screens — is linked to weaker muscles and health problems; children are advised to be active for about 60 minutes a day. In science and history, sedentary animals stay in one area, and sedentary people settle in villages instead of wandering. Phrases: «sedentary lifestyle», «sedentary job».

### examples

- A sedentary lifestyle is bad for your heart. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sedentary/#x1)
- Sitting at a desk all day is a sedentary job. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sedentary/#x2)
- Get up and stretch to break up sedentary time. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sedentary/#x3)
- When farming began, people became sedentary and built villages. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sedentary/#x4)
- Some birds are sedentary and stay all winter. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sedentary/#x5)
- Too much gaming can make you sedentary. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sedentary/#x6)

### note

Formal. Pronounced «SED-un-tree» or «SED-un-terr-ee». Opposite: «active». Similar root to «sedate» and «sediment» (Latin «sedere», to sit).

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «sedentary» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sedentary/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.