sit
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The meaning (definition) of the word sit
to rest with your bottom on a chair or the floor
The word sit used in a sentence
“Please sit down on the chair and eat your lunch.”
Words that mean the same as sit (synonyms)
rest
Words that mean the opposite of sit (antonyms)
stand
How the word sit is said around the world
| French | s'asseoir (sahswahr) |
| Spanish | sentarse (sayntahrsay) |
| Mandarin | 坐 (zuò) |
| Hindi | बैठना (bairtnah) |
| Arabic | يجلس |
| Russian | сидеть (sidet') |
| Portuguese (EU) | sentar (sayngtahr) |
| Portuguese (BR) | sentar (sayngtahr) |
| Japanese | 座る (suwaru) |
| German | sitzen (zitsuhn) |
| Urdu | بیٹھنا (baytnah) |
| Punjabi | ਬੈਠਣਾ (betuhnah) |
| Korean | 앉다 (anjda) |
| Hebrew | לָשֶׁבֶת (lahshayvayt) |
| Greek | καθίζω (kathizo) |
| Dutch | zitten (zituhn) |
| Tagalog | umupo (oomoopoh) |
| Vietnamese | ngồi (ngohy) |
| Turkish | oturmak (ohtuurmahk) |
| Persian | نشستن (nayshahstahn) |
| Polish | siedzieć (shejech) |
| Ukrainian | сидіти (sydity) |
| Bengali | বসুন (bohshoon) |
| Swedish | sitta (sitah) |
| Italian | sedersi (saydayrsi) |
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