sit down
Verb (intransitive):
- To lower one's body into a seated position, typically onto a chair or other surface.
- To take a seat; to become seated.
Verb (transitive, often used as "sit someone down"):
- To cause or help someone to sit.
- To seat someone; to show someone to a seat.
Intransitive Verb (to take a seat):
- Please, come in and sit down.
- After a long walk, he needed to sit down and rest.
- The audience was asked to sit down before the show began.
Transitive Verb (to seat someone):
- She sat the child down on the blanket.
- The host sat me down next to the guest of honor.
- Let me sit you down and explain what happened.
"to sit down and do something": To settle oneself and begin a task, often one requiring concentration or effort.
- We need to sit down and plan our budget for next year.
- I finally sat down to write the report.
"to sit down with someone": To meet with someone for a discussion or negotiation.
- The two leaders agreed to sit down for peace talks.
- Can we sit down with the team and review the project?
Sit-down (noun/adjective): A form of protest where people refuse to leave a place; or, a meal eaten while seated at a table.
- The workers staged a sit-down strike. (noun)
- We enjoyed a lovely sit-down dinner. (adjective)
Sitting (noun): The act or period of being seated.
- The portrait was completed in one sitting.
- Take a seat: To sit down.
- Be seated: A more formal way to say "sit down."
- Settle: To sit or lie down comfortably.
Sit back: To lean back in a seat and relax.
- After finishing the work, he sat back with a sigh of relief.
Sit in on: To attend a meeting, class, etc., as an observer or visitor.
- I was allowed to sit in on the board meeting.
Sit out: To not participate in an activity; to remain seated while others are active.
- He decided to sit out this dance.
Sit down and be counted: To make one's opinion or support known, often in a formal way.
- It's time to sit down and be counted on this important issue.
Sit down under (something): To endure or submit to something unpleasant without complaint (less common).
- He refused to sit down under such unfair criticism.
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be seated
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show to a seat; assign a seat for
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The host seated me next to Mrs. Smith
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take a seat
