Sit In

Definition: Sit In

Sit In

Verb

1. Attend as a visitor; "Can I sit in in your Intermediate Hittite class?".

2. Participate in an act of civil disobedience.

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

Judgment

Hold the scales, sit in judgment; try judgment, hear a cause.

Jurisdiction

Verb: judge, sit in judgment; extradite.

Lawsuit

Try, hear a cause; sit in judgment; adjudicate.

Crosswords: Sit In

This is an audience that's raised on television, their standards have been systematically lowered over the years. These guys sit in front of their sets and the gamma rays eat the white cells of their brains out! (Manhattan; writing credit: Woody Allen ; Marshall Brickman)

You doctors of the Law, and you Pharisees sit in the chair of Moses, but you say one thing and you do another. (Godspell; writing credit: David Greene; John-Michael Tebelak)

Do you want me to sit in a corner and rust or just fall apart where I'm standing? (The Hitch Hikers Guide to the Galaxy; writing credit: Douglas Adams; John Lloyd)

Yeah, I don't sit in chairs as well as I used to. (Assault on Precinct 13; writing credit: John Carpenter)

All right, fine, you know what, we'll both sit in the chair. (Friends; writing credit: Jörn O. Jensen; Birger Larsen)

And don't touch nothin' Sit in the car (Hey Ma; performing artist: Cam'ron)

My medallion sit in the middle of my tits (What'Chu Like; performing artist: Da Brat)

Once again we sit in silence (I Don't Wanna Cry; performing artist: Mariah Carey)

Some people are kind, polite, and sweet-spirited until you try to sit in their pews. (references; author: unknown)

I don't understand Christianity, nor do I understand electricity, but I don't intend to sit in the dark until I do! (references; author: unknown)

Sit In (1960)

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Somebody's got to sit in it. Credit: Library of Congress.

Helmets worn by Hitler's Stormtroopers sit in three rows on the pavement outside the Kroll Opera as the Reichstag met inside. Credit: Library of Congress.

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This Commission shall sit in the territory of the Saar Basin. (reference)

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Whose icy breast no pity warms, Whose little victims sit in swarms, And slowly sob on lower forms.

Ma struggled to her feet and went to sit in the entrance to the tent.

I would rather sit in the open air, for no dust gathers on the grass, unless where man has broken ground.

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Health

You may sit in a special chair or lie down on a treatment table. (references)

Civil Liberties

Cuba

He was forced to sit in a patrol car until the incident was finished. (references)

Tajikistan

Two representatives from the IRP sit in the lower house of the national Parliament. (references)

Central African Republic

Several RCD deputies continued to sit in the National Assembly during the suspension, and the party resumed its normal activities in late September. (references)

Economic History

Belgium

The Princes and Princesses of the royal line are full members of the Senate, but only Prince Philippe and Princess Astrid actually sit in the Senate. (references)

Human Rights

Guyana

The amendments also allow the President, on the advice of the JSC, to make temporary appointments of judges to sit in magistrate courts and the High Court. (references)

Turkey

SSC's sit in eight cities and try defendants accused of crimes such as terrorism, gang-related crimes, drug smuggling, membership in illegal organizations, and espousing or disseminating ideas prohibited by law, such as those "damaging the indivisible unity of the State." These courts may hold closed hearings and may admit testimony obtained during police interrogation in the absence of counsel. (references)

Political Rights

Kuwait

The Constitution provides that cabinet members sit in the National Assembly and may vote on legislation. (references)

Belize

Three women sit in the nine-member Senate, one of whom served as President of the Senate for part of the year. (references)

Zimbabwe

Amendment 10 also allows the President to appoint 20 of the 150 M.P.'s, including 12 nonconstituency M.P.'s and 8 provincial governors who sit in Parliament. (references)

Travel

Uzbekistan

When there are large social gatherings of mixed company, the women and men usually sit in separate groupings. (references)

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

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Expressions using "sit in": sit in a draught ♦ sit in a ring ♦ sit in for ♦ sit in for smb. ♦ sit in judgment ♦ sit in on ♦ sit in state. Additional references.

Albanian

kujdestare fënijësh, kujdesem për fëmijë, jam në seancë. (various references)

Arabic 

‏قام ب (do, encompass, handle, transact), ‏إعتصام, ‏شارك (be shared, contribute, engage, enter, involve, join in, part, partake, participate, partner, share, share in, spare one's life, take, take part). (various references)

Bulgarian 

седяща стачка (sit down), седя в знак на протест. (various references)

Czech

stávka s přednáškami, opatrovat dítì, hlídat dítì (baby sit, sit). (various references)

Danish

vaere dommer (to sit in the capacity of judge), retten saettes af samtlige Domstolens medlemmer (the Court of Justice shall sit in plenary session), Retten sættes normalt i form af afdelinger (the Court will normally sit in chambers), beklæde retten i en sag (sit in a case). (various references)

Dutch

over een zaak zitten (sit in a case), in voltallige zitting bijeenkomen (sit in plenary session), het Hof van Justitie houdt voltallig zitting (the Court of Justice shall sit in plenary session), het Gerecht houdt normaliter zitting in kamers (the Court will normally sit in chambers), als rechter zetelen (to sit in the capacity of judge). (various references)

Finnish

kuunnella (attend, eavesdrop, listen, tap). (various references)

French

sit-in, prendre part, manifestation avec occupation de locaux, grève sur le tas (sit down strike), assister. (various references)

German

sit-in, zu hause sitzen, vertreten (act for, act in place of, appear for, attend to, be the agent for, cover for, deputize, hold, justify, look after, maintain, plead, replace, represent, stand in for, sub, sub for, support, to act for, to act in place of, to represent, understudy), im hause sitzen, im haus sitzen, dabeisitzen, dabeisein (be present). (various references)

Greek 

καταλαμβάνω (conceive, occupy, seize, understand). (various references)

Hebrew 

ל�"שתתף (participate, share, share in, take part). (various references)

Hungarian

részt vesz (attend, engage in, partaken, participate, partook, share, take part, to assist, to attend, to partake, to participate, to take a part in sg, to take part in sg, to wade in), beül, ülõsztrájk (sit-down strike, stay-in strike). (various references)

Indonesian

bergelap-gelapan (be less than frank, sit in the dark). (various references)

Italian

occupare (absorb, attend to, be responsible for, deal in, employ, fill, hold, inhabit, keep, keep busy, live in, occupy, preoccupy, spend, take, take possession, take up, task, to employ), assistere (abet, aid, assist, attend, be present, help, look after, minister, nurse). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

木に留まる (to sit in a tree), 居並ぶ (to be arrayed, to sit in a row), 並居る (to be present, to sit in a row), 並み居る (to be present, to sit in a row). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

なみいる (to be present, to sit in a row), きにとまる (to sit in a tree), いならぶ (to be arrayed, to sit in a row). (various references)

Pig Latin

itsay inay

Portuguese

manifestação pacífica. (various references)

Romanian

fi aşezat într-un cerc (sit in a ring), şedea în cerc (sit in a ring). (various references)

Russian 

участвовать (bear a hand, participate, participated), смотреть за ребенком, сидячая забастовка (sit-down-strike, sit-in). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

sedeti na zemlji u znak protesta, vid demonstriranja, prisustvovati (attend, witness). (various references)

Spanish

participar en (engage in, go in for, involve oneself in, share in, take part), ocupación (avocation, emplacement, employment, encroachment, job, line, occupancy, occupation, profession, pursuit, tenure, usurpation, work). (various references)

Swedish

sittstrejka, sittstrejk (stay-in strike), sitta inne (be in prison, keep in). (various references)

Thai

ทำหน้าที่แทน (sit in for). (various references)

Turkish

oturma eylemi yapmak, oturma eylemi (sit-down strike, stay-down strike), katılmak (accompany, adhere, affiliate, ally, ally oneself, attach oneself to, attend, be a party to, be in the swim, be out of breath, be out of the swim, be superadded, chip in, club, club together, come into, contract in, contribute, enter, enter into, go in for, go with, identify oneself with, join, join in, mingle, number, partake, participate, play ball, precondition, put in an appearance, range, share, share in, sit for, stand in, subscribe, subscribe to, take a share in, take part, team up, weigh in with), gözlemcilik yapmak, bakmak (answer, attend, behold, care for, concern oneself, consider, consult, deem, do for, face, feed, fend for, find, Foster, front, front on to, give a look, groom, have a frontage on, have a look-see, keep, look, look after, look at, look on, look out, look through, look upon, maintain, make sure, nurse, overlook, put out to nurse, refer, regard, scan, see, see to, set eyes on, sight, suckle, superintend, supervise, support, survey, take a gander, take a look, take a look at, tend, turn up, view, wait on, wait upon, watch), bakıcılık yapmak (nurse), başında durmak, çocuk bakıcılığı yapmak. (various references)

Ukrainian

сидячий страйк, засідати (sit), доглядати дитину під час відсутності батьків. (various references)

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

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

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: intis.

-1 letter: inti, nisi, nits, snit, tins.

-2 letters: ins, its, nit, sin, sit, tin, tis.

-3 letters: in, is, it, si, ti.

+1 letter: binits, insist, instil, isatin, seniti, siting.

+2 letters: animist, biotins, chitins, citrins, distain, finites, fisting, histing, ignites, incites, indicts, indites, inkiest, inosite, insight, insists, instill, instils, intimas, intines, intuits, intwist, invites, ironist, isatine, isatins, kainits, liniest, listing, misting, nifties, nitrids, nitrils, nitwits, pianist, piniest, pinites, santimi, sienite, sifting, silting, sitting, skiting, smiting, spiting, stibine, suiting, tahinis, tidings, tiepins, tiffins, tilings, timings, tineids, tiniest, titians, unities, viniest, winiest, wisting, withins.

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