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sis|ter ◆◆◆ /s I stə ^r / (sisters )

1 N‑COUNT [oft poss N ] Your sister is a girl or woman who has the same parents as you. □  His sister Sarah helped him. □ [+ of ] …Vanessa Bell, the sister of Virginia Woolf. □  I didn't know you had a sister.

2 → see also half-sister , stepsister

3 N‑COUNT ; N‑TITLE Sister is a title given to a woman who belongs to a religious community. □  Sister Francesca entered the chapel. □ [+ of ] …the Hospice of the Sisters of Charity at Lourdes.

4 N‑COUNT ; N‑TITLE A sister is a senior female nurse who supervises part of a hospital. [BRIT ] □  Ask to speak to the sister on the ward. □  Sister Middleton followed the coffee trolley.

5 N‑COUNT [usu poss N ] You can describe a woman as your sister if you feel a connection with her, for example because she belongs to the same race, religion, country, or profession. □  Modern woman has been freed from many of the duties that befell her sisters in times past.

6 ADJ [ADJ n] You can use sister to describe something that is of the same type or is connected in some way to another thing you have mentioned. For example, if a company has a sister company, they are connected. □  …the International Monetary Fund and its sister organisation, the World Bank.

sis|ter|hood /s I stə ^r hʊd/ N‑UNCOUNT Sisterhood is the affection and loyalty that women feel for other women who they have something in common with. □  There was a degree of solidarity and sisterhood among the women.

si ster-in-law (sisters-in-law ) N‑COUNT [oft poss N ] Someone's sister-in-law is the sister of their husband or wife, or the woman who is married to one of their siblings.

sis|ter|ly /s I stə ^r li/ ADJ [usu ADJ n] A woman's sisterly feelings are the feelings of love and loyalty which you expect a sister to show. □  Bernadette gave him a shy, sisterly kiss.

sit ◆◆◆ /s I t/ (sits , sitting , sat )

1 VERB If you are sitting somewhere, for example in a chair, your bottom is resting on the chair and the upper part of your body is upright. □ [V prep/adv] Mother was sitting in her chair in the kitchen. □ [V prep/adv] They sat there in shock and disbelief. □ [V ] They had been sitting watching television. □ [V adj] He was unable to sit still for longer than a few minutes. [Also V ]

2 VERB When you sit somewhere, you lower your body until you are sitting on something. □ [V prep/adv] He set the cases against a wall and sat on them. □ [V ] When you stand, they stand; when you sit, they sit. ● PHRASAL VERB Sit down means the same as sit . □ [V P ] I sat down, stunned. □ [V P prep/adv] Hughes beckoned him to sit down on the sofa.

3 VERB If you sit someone somewhere, you tell them to sit there or put them in a sitting position. □ [V n prep/adv] He used to sit me on his lap. ● PHRASAL VERB To sit someone down somewhere means to sit them there. □ [V n P prep/adv] She helped him out of the water and sat him down on the rock. □ [V n P ] They sat me down and had a serious discussion about sex. [Also V P n (not pron)]

4 VERB If you sit an examination, you do it. [BRIT ] □ [V n] June and July are the traditional months for sitting exams. in AM, use take 5 VERB [no cont] If you sit on a committee or other official group, you are a member of it. □ [V + on ] He was asked to sit on numerous committees.

6 VERB When a parliament, legislature, court, or other official body sits , it officially carries out its work. [FORMAL ] □ [V ] Parliament sits for only 28 weeks out of 52.