sit
verb
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 verb
be seated
Types & categories
Related & opposite
Sense 2 verb
be around, often idly or without specific purpose
The object sat in the corner
Types & categories
- be hypernym
Sense 3 verb
take a seat
Types & categories
- change posture hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 4 verb
be in session
When does the court of law sit?
Types & categories
- convene hypernym
Related & opposite
- sitting derivation
Sense 5 verb
assume a posture as for artistic purposes
We don't know the woman who posed for Leonardo so often
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- sitting derivation
- posture derivation
- pose derivation
- artist's model derivation
- poser derivation
- artistic creation domain topic
Sense 6 verb
sit and travel on the back of animal, usually while controlling its motions
She never sat a horse!
Types & categories
Related & opposite
Sense 7 verb
be located or situated somewhere
The White House sits on Pennsylvania Avenue
Types & categories
- be hypernym
Sense 8 verb
work or act as a baby-sitter
I cannot baby-sit tonight; I have too much homework to do
Types & categories
- guard hypernym
Related & opposite
- babysitter derivation
Sense 9 verb
show to a seat; assign a seat for
The host seated me next to Mrs. Smith
Types & categories
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Sense 10 verb
serve in a specific professional capacity
the priest sat for confession
Types & categories
- serve hypernym
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | also see | Related & opposite | sit out |
| 1 | also see | Related & opposite | sit down |
| 1 | antonym | Related & opposite | stand |
| 1 | antonym | Related & opposite | lie |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | sitting |
| 1 | entails | Related & opposite | sit down |
| 1 | verb group | Related & opposite | seat |
| 1 | verb group | Related & opposite | sit down |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | lounge |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | sprawl |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | perch |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | squat |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | be |
| 3 | antonym | Related & opposite | get up |
| 3 | verb group | Related & opposite | sit |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | change posture |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | sitting |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | convene |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | sitting |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | posture |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | pose |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | artist's model |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | poser |
| 5 | domain topic | Related & opposite | artistic creation |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | display |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | ramp |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | riding |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | ride |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | rider |
| 6 | domain topic | Related & opposite | riding |
| 6 | verb group | Related & opposite | ride |
| 6 | hypernym | Types & categories | move |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | override |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | ride herd |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | outride |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | ride horseback |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | prance |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | canter |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | gallop |
| 7 | hypernym | Types & categories | be |
| 8 | derivation | Related & opposite | babysitter |
| 8 | hypernym | Types & categories | guard |
| 9 | causes | Related & opposite | sit |
| 9 | derivation | Related & opposite | seating |
| 9 | derivation | Related & opposite | seat |
| 9 | derivation | Related & opposite | seat |
| 9 | derivation | Related & opposite | seat |
| 9 | verb group | Related & opposite | sit |
| 9 | hypernym | Types & categories | put |
| 9 | hyponym | Types & categories | reseat |
| 10 | hypernym | Types & categories | serve |