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# sit

«sit» in Mova's school dictionary: **to rest your body on a seat or on the ground, with your…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

verb (sit, sits, sat, sitting)

### meaning for a pupil

1) To sit is to rest your body on a seat or on the ground, with your weight on your bottom. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sit/#m1)

2) To sit is to be in a place without moving, as in «the box sat in the hall». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sit/#m2)

3) To sit a test or an exam (UK) is to take it. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sit/#m3)

4) To sit for a dog is to put its bottom down when told. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sit/#m4)

### sense in the lessons

where things are: birds sitting on a fence, people sitting at tables; seats and rows; in class, «sit down», «sit still», «sit up straight»; phrases «sit down», «sit up», «sit next to», «babysit»

### examples

- 3 birds were sitting on the fence. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sit/#x1)
- 4 children sit at each table. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sit/#x2)
- How many people are sitting? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sit/#x3)
- Then 2 more birds came to sit. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sit/#x4)
- Please sit down and open your books. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sit/#x5)
- Sit up straight at your desk. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sit/#x6)
- I sat next to my best friend. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sit/#x7)
- The dog will sit when you say «sit». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sit/#x8)
- She will sit her exams in June. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sit/#x9)
- The old car sat in the garage for years. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sit/#x10)
- "Sit here, and await the bridegroom. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sit/#x11)

### note

Tells where things are, no clue by itself. «each table seats N» gives a rate. Trap: sitting at the start is the first amount. Past form «sat», not «sitted». Do not mix «sit» (you do it) with «set» (you put something down).

### In the corpora

- [In Manchester, Mum sits with the phone at 7.59, ready to ring the surgery the second it opens.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/20-the-doctor-and-the-chemist/3/)
- [Picture a living room in Melbourne: Dad sits you down and says, "Grandad is dying.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/24-when-someone-dies/3/)
- [Tired adults often push on all day and only stop when they sit down, and a good night's sleep usually fixes it.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/34-when-grown-ups-are-tired-or-worried/12/)
- [Prince Philip died on 9 April 2021 aged 99, and the Queen sat alone at his funeral because of Covid distancing rules.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/44-the-royal-family-in-the-news-a-wedding-a-move-to-america-an-interview-and-a-book/16/)
- [Mum switches the telly off, sits down and pulls her in.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/59-the-parents-walk-in-how-good-parents-react/6/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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