sit down

sit down
verb
1. take a seat (Freq. 38)
• Syn: ↑sit
• Ant: ↑arise
• Hypernyms: ↑change posture
• Verb Group: ↑sit
• Verb Frames:
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Somebody ——s

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Somebody ——s PP

2. be seated (Freq. 1)
• Syn: ↑sit
• Ant: ↑stand (for: ↑sit), ↑lie (for: ↑sit)
• See Also: ↑sit out (for: ↑sit), ↑sit down (for: ↑sit)
• Derivationally related forms: ↑sitting (for: ↑sit)
• Hyponyms:
↑lounge, ↑sprawl, ↑perch, ↑roost, ↑rest, ↑squat, ↑crouch, ↑scrunch, ↑scrunch up, ↑hunker, ↑hunker down
• Verb Group: ↑sit, ↑seat
• Entailment: ↑sit
• Verb Frames:
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Something ——s

-

Somebody ——s

-

Something is ——ing PP

-

Somebody ——s PP

3. show to a seat; assign a seat for (Freq. 1)
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The host seated me next to Mrs. Smith

• Syn: ↑seat, ↑sit
• Derivationally related forms: ↑seat (for: ↑seat), ↑seating (for: ↑seat)
• Hypernyms: ↑put, ↑set, ↑place, ↑pose, ↑position, ↑lay
• Hyponyms: ↑reseat
• Verb Group: ↑sit
• Cause: ↑sit
• Verb Frames:
-

Somebody ——s somebody

-

Somebody ——s somebody PP

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archaic encamp outside a city in order to besiege it

with a large force he sat down before Ravenna

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sit down [phrasal verb]
1 : to begin to sit : to put yourself into a sitting position

She called just as we were sitting down to eat.

Come on in and sit down. [=have a seat]

Please sit down and be quiet.

— sometimes used figuratively

We need to sit down and figure this problem out. [=we need to give our attention to figuring this problem out]

2 be sitting down : to be in a sitting position

She made sure everyone was sitting down before she began.

I have some shocking news. Are you sitting down?

3 sit (someone) down : to cause (someone) to be seated : to put or get (someone) in a sitting position

He sat the child down.

You need to sit him down and have a talk with him.

She sat herself down on the couch.

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Main Entry: ↑sit

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ˌsit ˈdown | ˌsit yourself ˈdown derived
to move from a standing position to a sitting position

•

Please sit down.

•

He sat down on the bed.

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They sat down to consider the problem.

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Come in and sit yourselves down.

Main entry: ↑sitderived

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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