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7 VERB If a building or object sits in a particular place, it is in that place. [WRITTEN ] □ [V prep/adv] Our new house sat next to a stream. □ [V prep/adv] On the table sat a box decorated with little pearl triangles.

8 → see also sitting

9 PHRASE If you sit tight , you remain in the same place or situation and do not take any action, usually because you are waiting for something to happen. □  Sit tight. I'll be right back.

10to sit on the fence → see fence

▸  sit around in BRIT, also use sit about PHRASAL VERB If you sit around or sit about , you spend time doing nothing useful or interesting. [INFORMAL ] □ [V P ] Eve isn't the type to sit around doing nothing.

▸  sit back PHRASAL VERB If you sit back while something is happening, you relax and do not become involved in it. [INFORMAL ] □ [V P ] They didn't have to do anything except sit back and enjoy life.

▸  sit by PHRASAL VERB If you sit by while something wrong or illegal is happening, you allow it to happen and do not do anything about it. □ [V P ] We can't just sit by and watch you throw your life away.

▸  sit down

1 → see sit 2 , sit 3

2 PHRASAL VERB If you sit down and do something, you spend time and effort doing it in order to try to achieve something. □ [V P ] Have you both sat down and worked out a budget together?

3 → see also sit-down

▸  sit in on PHRASAL VERB If you sit in on a lesson, meeting, or discussion, you are present while it is taking place but do not take part in it. □ [V P P n] Will they permit you to sit in on a few classes?

▸  sit on PHRASAL VERB If you say that someone is sitting on something, you mean that they are delaying dealing with it. [INFORMAL ] □ [V P n] He had been sitting on the document for at least two months.

▸  sit out PHRASAL VERB If you sit something out , you wait for it to finish, without taking any action. □ [V n P ] The only thing I can do is keep quiet and sit this one out. □ [V P n] He can afford to sit out the property slump.

▸  sit through PHRASAL VERB If you sit through something such as a film, lecture, or meeting, you stay until it is finished although you are not enjoying it. □ [V P n] …movies so bad you can hardly bear to sit through them.

▸  sit up

1 PHRASAL VERB If you sit up , you move into a sitting position when you have been leaning back or lying down. □ [V P ] Her head spins dizzily as soon as she sits up.

2 PHRASAL VERB If you sit someone up , you move them into a sitting position when they have been leaning back or lying down. □ [V n P ] She sat him up and made him comfortable. [Also V P n (not pron)]

3 PHRASAL VERB If you sit up , you do not go to bed although it is very late. □ [V P ] We sat up drinking and talking.

4 → see also sit-up COLLOCATIONS sit VERB 1

sit+ adverb : comfortably, idly, patiently, quietly; uneasily

si|tar /s I tɑː ^r / (sitars ) N‑VAR A sitar is an Indian musical instrument with two layers of strings, a long neck, and a round body.

sit|com /s I tkɒm/ (sitcoms ) N‑COUNT A sitcom is an amusing television drama series about a set of characters. Sitcom is an abbreviation for 'situation comedy'.

si t-down

1 N‑SING If you have a sit-down , you sit down and rest for a short time. [BRIT , INFORMAL ] □  All he wanted was a cup of tea and a sit-down.

2 ADJ [ADJ n] A sit-down meal is served to people sitting at tables. □  A sit-down dinner was followed by a disco.

3 ADJ [ADJ n] In a sit-down protest, people refuse to leave a place until they get what they want. □  Teachers staged a sit-down protest in front of the president's office.

site ◆◆◇ /sa I t/ (sites , siting , sited )