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Sit By

Definition: Sit By

Sit By

Verb

1. Be inactive or indifferent while something is happening; "Don't just sit by while your rights are violated!".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 


Synonym: Sit By

Synonym: sit back (v). (additional references)

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Crosswords: Sit By

English words defined with "sit by": CuttystoolDamocles, Double-bankedKing's BenchPedariansit backTo be beside one's self. (references)
Specialty definitions using "sit by": AbracadabraBeleses, BRAHMACrowddemo modeExcessICONOCLASTRouen. (references)

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Modern Usage: Sit By

DomainUsage

Screenplays

why you hardly sleep, why you live alone, and why night after night, you sit by your computer. (The Matrix; writing credit: Andy Wachowski and Larry Wachowski.)

Well, you know what they say: if you don't have anything nice to say about anybody, come sit by me! (Steel Magnolias; writing credit: Robert Harling)

Lyrics

And sit by the phone for you (JESSE; performing artist: Carly Simon)

I won't sit by the phone for you (JESSE; performing artist: Carly Simon)

Hey, he's gonna sit by you (Another One Rides The Bus; performing artist: Weird Al Yankovic)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Image Slideshow: Sit By

Illustrations:
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Photo Album: Sit By

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He himself, would sit by the old Dutch housewives with a purring grimalkin on his lap. Credit: Library of Congress.

Ernest Shipman presents Mary Shaw in Alice sit by the fire by J.M. Barrie, author of Peter Pan, The little minister, etc. Credit: Library of Congress.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

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Use in Literature: Sit By

TitleAuthorQuote

Emma

Austen, Jane

I shall sit by you.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Modern Translation: Sit By

Language Translations for "sit by"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Bulgarian 

  

стоя безучастно. (various references)

   

Italian

  

starsene a guardare. (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

itsay ybay

   

Thai

  

ทำอะไรไม่ไ"้. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Ancestral Language Translations: Sit By

LanguagePeriodTranslations
Latin500 BCE-Modern

adsedero, adsedit, adsidebat, adsidentium. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Anagrams: Sit By

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: bitsy.

Words within the letters "b-i-s-t-y"

-1 letter: bits.

-2 letters: bis, bit, bys, its, sib, sit, sty, tis.

-3 letters: bi, by, is, it, si, ti.

 Words containing the letters "b-i-s-t-y"
 

+2 letters: babysit, bristly, obesity, symbiot.

 

+3 letters: babysits, basicity, bestiary, biotypes, bistoury, blistery, bodysuit, botrytis, butyrins, hobbyist, lobbyist, obtusity, satiably, sobriety, stubbily, subtilty, suitably, sybarite, symbiont, symbiote, symbiots, tensibly.

 

+4 letters: absurdity, baptistry, bestially, biacetyls, bicyclist, bimethyls, biosafety, birthdays, bodysuits, brutishly, buttinsky, cymbalist, estimably, gibbosity, gigabytes, hobbyists, kilobytes, lobbyists, obscenity, obscurity, obstinacy, salubrity, stability, suability, sublimity, subtilely, sybarites, sybaritic, symbionts, symbiotes, symbiotic, symbolist, tomboyish, usability, verbosity, ytterbias.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: Sit By


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

53 69 74      42 79

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

    

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01010011 01101001 01110100 00100000 01000010 01111001

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#83 &#105 &#116 &#32 &#66 &#121

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0053 0069 0074      0042 0079

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

53758623691

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Non-English Dictionaries with "Sit By"

LanguageCoverageLanguage Translations

Bulgarian

речник, яснота, сила, очертания, дефиниция, транслация, превеждане, предаване, поддаване, тълкуване, огъване, преводбългарски, български език, българин, bulgaro

Italian

dizionario, definizione, traduzioneиталиански език, италиански, италианец, italiano, ชาวอิตาลี, เกี่ยวกับอิตาลี, าษาอิตาลี

Thai

พจนานุกรมtailandese, าษาไทย, เกี่ยวกับคนไทย, ที่เกี่ยวกับประเทศไทย, คนไทย

English

Dictionary, Definition, Translationанглийски език, английски, англичаните, inglese, เกี่ยวกับประเทศอังกฤษ, ชาวอังกฤษ, าษาอังกฤษ
 


INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Modern
5. Images: Slideshow
6. Images: Photo Album
7. Quotations: Fiction
8. Translations: Modern
9. Translations: Ancient
10. Anagrams
11. Orthography
12. Bibliography


  

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