I'm going to sit on the bench over there next to the street lamp.
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Sit
//sɪt//
Synonyms for "sit" (85 found)
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Closest matches (17)
Strong matches (26)
Related words (42)
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More general
19 entriesShowing 16 of 19 words.
Antonyms
7 entriesSynonyms
8 entriesRelated terms
1 entriesderived
95 entriesShowing 16 of 95 words.
distinct from
2 entriesentails
1 entrieshas context
8 entriesmanner of
3 entriesrelated to
39 entriesShowing 16 of 39 words.
similar
3 entriesTranslations
226 translations across 164 languages.
Acehnese
1 entries- duek verb (of a person, be in a position in which the upper body is upright and the legs are supported)
Afrikaans
1 entries- sit verb (of a person, be in a position in which the upper body is upright and the legs are supported)
Albanian
1 entries- ulem verb (of a person, be in a position in which the upper body is upright and the legs are supported)
Ancient Greek
2 entries- κάθημαι verb (of a person, be in a position in which the upper body is upright and the legs are supported)
- ἕζομαι verb (of a person, be in a position in which the upper body is upright and the legs are supported)
Arabic
4 entries- جلس verb (of a person, be in a position in which the upper body is upright and the legs are supported)
- جَلَسَ verb (of a person, be in a position in which the upper body is upright and the legs are supported)
- قعد verb (of a person, be in a position in which the upper body is upright and the legs are supported)
- قعد verb (of a person, be in a position in which the upper body is upright and the legs are supported)
Aramaic
1 entries- ܝܬܒ verb (of a person, be in a position in which the upper body is upright and the legs are supported)
Armenian
2 entries- նստել verb (of a person, be in a position in which the upper body is upright and the legs are supported)
- նստել verb (of an object: occupy a given position permanently)
Aromanian
1 entries- shed verb (of a person, be in a position in which the upper body is upright and the legs are supported)
Assamese
1 entries- বহ verb (of a person, be in a position in which the upper body is upright and the legs are supported)
Asturian
1 entries- sentar verb (of a person, be in a position in which the upper body is upright and the legs are supported)
Azerbaijani
2 entries- oturmaq verb (of a person, be in a position in which the upper body is upright and the legs are supported)
- əyləşmək verb (of a person, be in a position in which the upper body is upright and the legs are supported)
Bashkir
1 entries- ултырыу verb (of a person, be in a position in which the upper body is upright and the legs are supported)
Basque
2 entries- eseri verb (of a person, be in a position in which the upper body is upright and the legs are supported)
- eseri verb (of an object: occupy a given position permanently)
Belarusian
1 entries- сядзе́ць verb (of a person, be in a position in which the upper body is upright and the legs are supported)
Bengali
1 entries- বসা verb (of a person, be in a position in which the upper body is upright and the legs are supported)
Bhojpuri
2 entries- बईठल verb (of a person, be in a position in which the upper body is upright and the legs are supported)
- बैसल verb (of a person, be in a position in which the upper body is upright and the legs are supported)
Biatah Bidayuh
1 entries- guru verb (of a person, be in a position in which the upper body is upright and the legs are supported)
Bikol Central
1 entries- tukaw verb (of a person, be in a position in which the upper body is upright and the legs are supported)
Bulgarian
1 entries- седя́ verb (of a person, be in a position in which the upper body is upright and the legs are supported)
Burmese
1 entries- ထိုင် verb (of a person, be in a position in which the upper body is upright and the legs are supported)
Buryat
1 entries- һууха verb (of a person, be in a position in which the upper body is upright and the legs are supported)
Catalan
1 entries- seure verb (of a person, be in a position in which the upper body is upright and the legs are supported)
Cebuano
1 entries- linkod verb (of a person, be in a position in which the upper body is upright and the legs are supported)
Central Sierra Miwok
1 entries- húŋ·e verb (of a person, be in a position in which the upper body is upright and the legs are supported)
Cherokee
1 entries- ᎤᏬᏝ verb (of a person, be in a position in which the upper body is upright and the legs are supported)
Chinese
2 entries- зуә verb (of a person, be in a position in which the upper body is upright and the legs are supported)
- 坐 verb (of a person, be in a position in which the upper body is upright and the legs are supported)
Chinese Cantonese
1 entries- 坐 verb (of a person, be in a position in which the upper body is upright and the legs are supported)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 出任 verb (to be a member of a deliberative body)
- 坐 verb (of a person, be in a position in which the upper body is upright and the legs are supported)
Church Slavic
1 entries- сѣдѣти verb (of a person, be in a position in which the upper body is upright and the legs are supported)
Czech
1 entries- sedět verb (of a person, be in a position in which the upper body is upright and the legs are supported)
Danish
1 entries- sidde verb (of a person, be in a position in which the upper body is upright and the legs are supported)
Dolgan
1 entries- олор verb (of a person, be in a position in which the upper body is upright and the legs are supported)
Dutch
1 entries- zitten verb (of a person, be in a position in which the upper body is upright and the legs are supported)
Eastern Cham
1 entries- dauk verb (of a person, be in a position in which the upper body is upright and the legs are supported)
Eastern Min Chinese
1 entries- 坐 verb (of a person, be in a position in which the upper body is upright and the legs are supported)
Esperanto
2 entries- pozi verb (pose for artistic representation)
- sidi verb (of a person, be in a position in which the upper body is upright and the legs are supported)
Estonian
2 entries- istuma verb (of a person, be in a position in which the upper body is upright and the legs are supported)
- püsima verb (of an object: occupy a given position permanently)
Even
1 entries- тэгэттэй verb (of a person, be in a position in which the upper body is upright and the legs are supported)
Evenki
1 entries- тэгэми verb (of a person, be in a position in which the upper body is upright and the legs are supported)
Faroese
1 entries- sita verb (of a person, be in a position in which the upper body is upright and the legs are supported)
Fataluku
1 entries- mire verb (of a person, be in a position in which the upper body is upright and the legs are supported)
Finnish
4 entries- istunto noun (meditation event)
- istua verb (of a person, be in a position in which the upper body is upright and the legs are supported)
- istua verb (to be a member of a deliberative body)
- maata verb (of an object: occupy a given position permanently)
French
4 entries- s'asseoir verb (of a person, be in a position in which the upper body is upright and the legs are supported)
- siéger verb (to be a member of a deliberative body)
- être assis verb (of a person, be in a position in which the upper body is upright and the legs are supported)
- être assise verb (of a person, be in a position in which the upper body is upright and the legs are supported)
Galician
1 entries- sentar verb (of a person, be in a position in which the upper body is upright and the legs are supported)
Ge'ez
1 entries- ነበረ verb (of a person, be in a position in which the upper body is upright and the legs are supported)
Georgian
1 entries- ჯდომა verb (of a person, be in a position in which the upper body is upright and the legs are supported)
German
4 entries- angehören verb (to be a member of a deliberative body)
- hocke verb (of a person, be in a position in which the upper body is upright and the legs are supported)
- liegen verb (of an object: occupy a given position permanently)
- sitzen verb (of a person, be in a position in which the upper body is upright and the legs are supported)
Gothic
1 entries- 𐍃𐌹𐍄𐌰𐌽 verb (of a person, be in a position in which the upper body is upright and the legs are supported)
Greek
1 entries- κάθομαι verb (of a person, be in a position in which the upper body is upright and the legs are supported)
Gujarati
1 entries- બેસવું verb (of a person, be in a position in which the upper body is upright and the legs are supported)
Haitian Creole
1 entries- chita verb (of a person, be in a position in which the upper body is upright and the legs are supported)
Hawaiian
1 entries- noho verb (of a person, be in a position in which the upper body is upright and the legs are supported)
Hebrew
1 entries- יָשַׁב verb (of a person, be in a position in which the upper body is upright and the legs are supported)
Higaonon
1 entries- pino-o verb (of a person, be in a position in which the upper body is upright and the legs are supported)
Hindi
3 entries- बैठना verb (of a person, be in a position in which the upper body is upright and the legs are supported)
- बैठा होना verb (of a person, be in a position in which the upper body is upright and the legs are supported)
- स्थित verb (of an object: occupy a given position permanently)
Hungarian
1 entries- ül verb (of a person, be in a position in which the upper body is upright and the legs are supported)
Icelandic
1 entries- sitja verb (of a person, be in a position in which the upper body is upright and the legs are supported)
Ido
1 entries- sidar verb (of a person, be in a position in which the upper body is upright and the legs are supported)
Ilocano
1 entries- agtugaw verb (of a person, be in a position in which the upper body is upright and the legs are supported)
Inari Sami
1 entries- čokkáđ verb (of a person, be in a position in which the upper body is upright and the legs are supported)
Indonesian
1 entries- duduk verb (of a person, be in a position in which the upper body is upright and the legs are supported)
Ingrian
1 entries- istua verb (of a person, be in a position in which the upper body is upright and the legs are supported)
Interlingua
2 entries- esser sedite verb (of a person, be in a position in which the upper body is upright and the legs are supported)
- seder verb (of a person, be in a position in which the upper body is upright and the legs are supported)
Irish
2 entries- suigh verb (of a person, be in a position in which the upper body is upright and the legs are supported)
- suigh verb (to be a member of a deliberative body)
Italian
3 entries- essere seduto verb (of a person, be in a position in which the upper body is upright and the legs are supported)
- sedere verb (of a person, be in a position in which the upper body is upright and the legs are supported)
- sedersi verb (of a person, be in a position in which the upper body is upright and the legs are supported)
Japanese
4 entries- ある verb (of an object: occupy a given position permanently)
- いる verb (to be a member of a deliberative body)
- 受け入れる verb (of an agreement or arrangement, to be accepted)
- 座る verb (of a person, be in a position in which the upper body is upright and the legs are supported)
Javanese
1 entries- lungguh verb (of a person, be in a position in which the upper body is upright and the legs are supported)
Kaitag
1 entries- кабирга́ра verb (of a person, be in a position in which the upper body is upright and the legs are supported)
Kalmyk
1 entries- суух verb (of a person, be in a position in which the upper body is upright and the legs are supported)
Kannada
1 entries- ಕುಳಿತುಕೊ verb (of a person, be in a position in which the upper body is upright and the legs are supported)
Kashubian
1 entries- sedzec verb (of a person, be in a position in which the upper body is upright and the legs are supported)
Kazakh
1 entries- отыру verb (of a person, be in a position in which the upper body is upright and the legs are supported)
Khiamniungan Naga
1 entries- mòknòi verb (of a person, be in a position in which the upper body is upright and the legs are supported)
Khmer
1 entries- អង្គុយ verb (of a person, be in a position in which the upper body is upright and the legs are supported)
Komi
1 entries- пукавны verb (of a person, be in a position in which the upper body is upright and the legs are supported)
Korean
1 entries- 앉다 verb (of a person, be in a position in which the upper body is upright and the legs are supported)
Kumyk
1 entries- олтурмакъ verb (of a person, be in a position in which the upper body is upright and the legs are supported)
Kyrgyz
2 entries- олтуруу verb (of a person, be in a position in which the upper body is upright and the legs are supported)
- отуруу verb (of a person, be in a position in which the upper body is upright and the legs are supported)
Lao
1 entries- ນັ່ງ verb (of a person, be in a position in which the upper body is upright and the legs are supported)
Latgalian
1 entries- sēdēt verb (of a person, be in a position in which the upper body is upright and the legs are supported)
Latin
1 entries- sedeō verb (of a person, be in a position in which the upper body is upright and the legs are supported)
Latvian
1 entries- sēdēt verb (of a person, be in a position in which the upper body is upright and the legs are supported)
Lithuanian
1 entries- sėdėti verb (of a person, be in a position in which the upper body is upright and the legs are supported)
Low German
1 entries- sitten verb (of a person, be in a position in which the upper body is upright and the legs are supported)
Lower Sorbian
1 entries- sejźeś verb (of a person, be in a position in which the upper body is upright and the legs are supported)
Luxembourgish
1 entries- sëtzen verb (of a person, be in a position in which the upper body is upright and the legs are supported)
Macedonian
1 entries- седи verb (of a person, be in a position in which the upper body is upright and the legs are supported)
Makasae
1 entries- mii verb (of a person, be in a position in which the upper body is upright and the legs are supported)
Malay
1 entries- duduk verb (of a person, be in a position in which the upper body is upright and the legs are supported)
Maltese
1 entries- qagħad verb (of a person, be in a position in which the upper body is upright and the legs are supported)
Manchu
1 entries- ᡨᡝᠮᠪᡳ verb (of a person, be in a position in which the upper body is upright and the legs are supported)
Marathi
1 entries- बसणे verb (of a person, be in a position in which the upper body is upright and the legs are supported)
Mazanderani
1 entries- هنیشتن verb (of a person, be in a position in which the upper body is upright and the legs are supported)
Mongolian
1 entries- суух verb (of a person, be in a position in which the upper body is upright and the legs are supported)
Māori
1 entries- noho verb (of a person, be in a position in which the upper body is upright and the legs are supported)
Nanai
1 entries- тэси verb (of a person, be in a position in which the upper body is upright and the legs are supported)
Navajo
1 entries- sédá verb (of a person, be in a position in which the upper body is upright and the legs are supported)
Ngarrindjeri
1 entries- lewun verb (of a person, be in a position in which the upper body is upright and the legs are supported)
Northern Kurdish
1 entries- rûniştin verb (of a person, be in a position in which the upper body is upright and the legs are supported)
Norwegian
2 entries- sitte verb (of a person, be in a position in which the upper body is upright and the legs are supported)
- sitte verb (of an object: occupy a given position permanently)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- ligge verb (of an object: occupy a given position permanently)
Nǀuu
2 entries- soo verb (of a person, be in a position in which the upper body is upright and the legs are supported)
- sûi verb (of a person, be in a position in which the upper body is upright and the legs are supported)
Occitan
1 entries- sèire verb (of a person, be in a position in which the upper body is upright and the legs are supported)
Odia
1 entries- ବସିବା verb (of a person, be in a position in which the upper body is upright and the legs are supported)
Old English
1 entries- sittan verb (of a person, be in a position in which the upper body is upright and the legs are supported)
Old Javanese
1 entries- lungguh verb (of a person, be in a position in which the upper body is upright and the legs are supported)
Old Turkic
1 entries- 𐰆𐰞𐰺 verb (of a person, be in a position in which the upper body is upright and the legs are supported)
Oromo
1 entries- taa'uu verb (of a person, be in a position in which the upper body is upright and the legs are supported)
Ossetian
1 entries- бадын verb (of a person, be in a position in which the upper body is upright and the legs are supported)
Ottoman Turkish
1 entries- اوتورمق verb (of a person, be in a position in which the upper body is upright and the legs are supported)
Pannonian Rusyn
1 entries- шедзиц verb (of a person, be in a position in which the upper body is upright and the legs are supported)
Papiamentu
1 entries- sinta verb (of a person, be in a position in which the upper body is upright and the legs are supported)
Persian
1 entries- نشستن verb (of a person, be in a position in which the upper body is upright and the legs are supported)
Polish
1 entries- siedzieć verb (of a person, be in a position in which the upper body is upright and the legs are supported)
Portuguese
1 entries- estar sentado verb (of a person, be in a position in which the upper body is upright and the legs are supported)
Punjabi
1 entries- ਬੈਠਣਾ verb (of a person, be in a position in which the upper body is upright and the legs are supported)
Quechua
3 entries- chukuy verb (of a person, be in a position in which the upper body is upright and the legs are supported)
- samay verb (of a person, be in a position in which the upper body is upright and the legs are supported)
- tiyay verb (of a person, be in a position in which the upper body is upright and the legs are supported)
Rapa Nui
1 entries- noho verb (of a person, be in a position in which the upper body is upright and the legs are supported)
Romani
1 entries- beśel verb (of a person, be in a position in which the upper body is upright and the legs are supported)
Romanian
2 entries- așeza verb (of a person, be in a position in which the upper body is upright and the legs are supported)
- ședea verb (of a person, be in a position in which the upper body is upright and the legs are supported)
Romansch
2 entries- esser tschentà verb (of a person, be in a position in which the upper body is upright and the legs are supported)
- seser verb (of a person, be in a position in which the upper body is upright and the legs are supported)
Russian
3 entries- заседать verb (to be a member of a deliberative body)
- сиде́ть verb (of a person, be in a position in which the upper body is upright and the legs are supported)
- сиде́ть verb (of an object: occupy a given position permanently)
Samoan
1 entries- nofo verb (of a person, be in a position in which the upper body is upright and the legs are supported)
Sanskrit
1 entries- सीदति verb (of a person, be in a position in which the upper body is upright and the legs are supported)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- sedeti verb (of a person, be in a position in which the upper body is upright and the legs are supported)
- sjediti verb (of a person, be in a position in which the upper body is upright and the legs are supported)
- sjedjeti verb (of a person, be in a position in which the upper body is upright and the legs are supported)
- седети verb (of a person, be in a position in which the upper body is upright and the legs are supported)
Sinhalese
1 entries- වාඩිවෙනවා verb (of a person, be in a position in which the upper body is upright and the legs are supported)
Skolt Sami
1 entries- išttâd verb (of a person, be in a position in which the upper body is upright and the legs are supported)
Slovak
1 entries- sedieť verb (of a person, be in a position in which the upper body is upright and the legs are supported)
Slovene
1 entries- sedeti verb (of a person, be in a position in which the upper body is upright and the legs are supported)
Southern Altai
1 entries- отурар verb (of a person, be in a position in which the upper body is upright and the legs are supported)
Spanish
4 entries- asentarse verb (of an object: occupy a given position permanently)
- encajar verb (of an agreement or arrangement, to be accepted)
- estar sentado verb (of a person, be in a position in which the upper body is upright and the legs are supported)
- pertenecer verb (to be a member of a deliberative body)
Sundanese
1 entries- calik verb (of a person, be in a position in which the upper body is upright and the legs are supported)
Swahili
1 entries- kukaa verb (of a person, be in a position in which the upper body is upright and the legs are supported)
Swedish
4 entries- ligga verb (of an object: occupy a given position permanently)
- sitta verb (of a person, be in a position in which the upper body is upright and the legs are supported)
- sitta verb (of an object: occupy a given position permanently)
- sitta verb (to be a member of a deliberative body)
Sylheti
1 entries- ꠛꠃꠣ verb (of a person, be in a position in which the upper body is upright and the legs are supported)
Tagalog
1 entries- umupo verb (of a person, be in a position in which the upper body is upright and the legs are supported)
Tajik
1 entries- нишастан verb (of a person, be in a position in which the upper body is upright and the legs are supported)
Talysh
1 entries- nışte verb (of a person, be in a position in which the upper body is upright and the legs are supported)
Tamil
2 entries- அமர் verb (of a person, be in a position in which the upper body is upright and the legs are supported)
- உட்கார் verb (of a person, be in a position in which the upper body is upright and the legs are supported)
Tatar
1 entries- утырырга verb (of a person, be in a position in which the upper body is upright and the legs are supported)
Telugu
1 entries- కూర్చొను verb (of a person, be in a position in which the upper body is upright and the legs are supported)
Ternate
1 entries- tego verb (of a person, be in a position in which the upper body is upright and the legs are supported)
Tetum
1 entries- tuur verb (of a person, be in a position in which the upper body is upright and the legs are supported)
Thai
1 entries- นั่ง verb (of a person, be in a position in which the upper body is upright and the legs are supported)
Tooro
1 entries- ikarra verb (of a person, be in a position in which the upper body is upright and the legs are supported)
Turkish
1 entries- oturmak verb (of a person, be in a position in which the upper body is upright and the legs are supported)
Turkmen
1 entries- oturmak verb (of a person, be in a position in which the upper body is upright and the legs are supported)
Udmurt
1 entries- пукыны verb (of a person, be in a position in which the upper body is upright and the legs are supported)
Ugaritic
1 entries- 𐎊𐎘𐎁 verb (of a person, be in a position in which the upper body is upright and the legs are supported)
Ukrainian
2 entries- поси́діти verb (of a person, be in a position in which the upper body is upright and the legs are supported)
- сиді́ти verb (of a person, be in a position in which the upper body is upright and the legs are supported)
Upper Sorbian
1 entries- sedźeć verb (of a person, be in a position in which the upper body is upright and the legs are supported)
Urdu
2 entries- بیٹھا ہونا verb (of a person, be in a position in which the upper body is upright and the legs are supported)
- بیٹھنا verb (of a person, be in a position in which the upper body is upright and the legs are supported)
Uzbek
1 entries- oʻtirmoq verb (of a person, be in a position in which the upper body is upright and the legs are supported)
Vietnamese
1 entries- ngồi verb (of a person, be in a position in which the upper body is upright and the legs are supported)
Waray-Waray
1 entries- lingkod verb (of a person, be in a position in which the upper body is upright and the legs are supported)
Welsh
1 entries- eistedd verb (of a person, be in a position in which the upper body is upright and the legs are supported)
West-Frisian
1 entries- sitte verb (of a person, be in a position in which the upper body is upright and the legs are supported)
Western Bukidnon Manobo
1 entries- pinu'u verb (of a person, be in a position in which the upper body is upright and the legs are supported)
Yaghnobi
1 entries- нидак verb (of a person, be in a position in which the upper body is upright and the legs are supported)
Yakut
1 entries- олор verb (of a person, be in a position in which the upper body is upright and the legs are supported)
Yiddish
1 entries- זיצן verb (of a person, be in a position in which the upper body is upright and the legs are supported)
Zazaki
1 entries- niştiş verb (of a person, be in a position in which the upper body is upright and the legs are supported)
Zealandic
1 entries- zitte verb (of a person, be in a position in which the upper body is upright and the legs are supported)
ǃXóõ
2 entries- tshûu verb (of a person, be in a position in which the upper body is upright and the legs are supported)
- ǃʻáã verb (of a person, be in a position in which the upper body is upright and the legs are supported)
Sample sentences
45 total sentences available.
You have only to sit here.
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Sit near at hand.
Source: tatoeba (18736)
I would like to sit in the non-smoking section.
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Showing 4 of 45 available sentences.
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