sit down  

Definition of sit down in English Dictionary

• VerbeSGsits downPRsitting downPT, PPsat down+-
  1. (intransitive) To assume a sitting position from a standing position.
     1. Sit down! We have work to do.
  2. (transitive or reflexive) To cause to be seated or in a sitting posture; to furnish a seat to.
  3. (figuratively) To meet formally at a conference table.
     1. Hidden behind thickets of acronyms and gorse bushes of detail, a new great game is under way across the globe. Some call it geoeconomics, but it's geopolitics too. The current power play consists of an extraordinary range of countries simultaneously sitting down to negotiate big free trade and investment agreements.
• Plus d'exemples
  1. Utilisé au milieu de la phrase
     • Let's just sit down and iron out an agreement on this issue.
     • Eurydice pointed to the cupboard, and sat down on the low divan with folded hands, and looked at the floor. She was quite white. Elsa made her drink a glass of vodka.
     • They sat down to talk business.   We're not talking rocket science here: it should be easy. ‎
  2. Utilisé dans la fin de la phrase
     • After climbing six flights of stairs she found she had run out of steam and had to sit down.
     • I hope he doesn't think he can get away with such an thing. I'm not going to take this sitting down.

• Partie du discours Hiérarchie
  1. Phrases
     • Verbes à particule
       • Verbes à particule avec particules (down)
  2. Verbes
     • Verbes à particule
       • Verbes à particule avec particules (down)
     • Verbes intransitifs
     • Verbes transitifs

Other Vocabulary

1. en sitdown
2. en sat down
3. en set down
4. en bit down
5. en sit-down