sit – English verb conjugation

Nominal Forms

Infinitive: to sit
Participle: sat
Gerund: sitting

Cognates

See the 10 cognates of sit

Indicative

Present

I	sit
you	sit
he;she;it	sits
we	sit
you	sit
they	sit

Perfect

I	have sat
you	have sat
he;she;it	has sat
we	have sat
you	have sat
they	have sat

Past

I	sat
you	sat
he;she;it	sat
we	sat
you	sat
they	sat

Pluperfect

I	had sat
you	had sat
he;she;it	had sat
we	had sat
you	had sat
they	had sat

Future

I	will sit
you	will sit
he;she;it	will sit
we	will sit
you	will sit
they	will sit

Future Perfect

I	will have sat
you	will have sat
he;she;it	will have sat
we	will have sat
you	will have sat
they	will have sat

Subjunctive

Present

I	sit
you	sit
he;she;it	sit
we	sit
you	sit
they	sit

Perfect

I	have sat
you	have sat
he;she;it	have sat
we	have sat
you	have sat
they	have sat

Imperfect

I	sat
you	sat
he;she;it	sat
we	sat
you	sat
they	sat

Pluperfect

I	had sat
you	had sat
he;she;it	had sat
we	had sat
you	had sat
they	had sat

Conditional

Present

I	would sit
you	would sit
he;she;it	would sit
we	would sit
you	would sit
they	would sit

Perfect

I	would have sat
you	would have sat
he;she;it	would have sat
we	would have sat
you	would have sat
they	would have sat

Imperative

you	sit
we	Let's sit
you	sit

Indicative

Present

I	am sitting
you	are sitting
he;she;it	is sitting
we	are sitting
you	are sitting
they	are sitting

Perfect

I	have been sitting
you	have been sitting
he;she;it	has been sitting
we	have been sitting
you	have been sitting
they	have been sitting

Past

I	was sitting
you	were sitting
he;she;it	was sitting
we	were sitting
you	were sitting
they	were sitting

Pluperfect

I	had been sitting
you	had been sitting
he;she;it	had been sitting
we	had been sitting
you	had been sitting
they	had been sitting

Future

I	will be sitting
you	will be sitting
he;she;it	will be sitting
we	will be sitting
you	will be sitting
they	will be sitting

Future Perfect

I	will have been sitting
you	will have been sitting
he;she;it	will have been sitting
we	will have been sitting
you	will have been sitting
they	will have been sitting

Conditional

Present

I	would be sitting
you	would be sitting
he;she;it	would be sitting
we	would be sitting
you	would be sitting
they	would be sitting

Perfect

I	would have been sitting
you	would have been sitting
he;she;it	would have been sitting
we	would have been sitting
you	would have been sitting
they	would have been sitting

Verbs conjugated like 'sit'

sit, baby-sit, babysit, birdiesit, birdsit, birdysit, catsit, dogsit, face-sit, granny-sit, horsesit, house-sit, housesit, outspit, oversit, petsit, pigsit, puppysit, resit,

Verbs similar to 'sit'

bit, dit, fit, hit, jit, kit, lit, nit, pit, rit,

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

fill in, complete: write
move oneself into such a position: sit up, take a seat
of an object: occupy a given position permanently: found, situate
be accepted: accept, receive, welcome, well
roost: perch, squat, hunker, seat
abide: occupy, dwell, stay, relax, lie, remain, repose, rest
meet: convene, assemble

Antonyms

abide: resist, reject, shun, avoid
meet: depart, separate, diverge, scatter

Additional Information

Phrasal Verbs

~ about (somewhere), ~ around (somewhere), ~ back, ~ by, ~ down, ~ somebody down, ~ yourself down, ~ for something, ~ for somebody, ~ in, ~ in for somebody, ~ on something, ~ out something, ~ something out, ~ over something, ~ through something, ~ up,

Etymology

1. O.E. sittan "to be seated, to seat oneself" (class V strong verb; past tense sæt, pp. seten), from P.Gmc. *setjanan (cf. O.S. sittian, O.N. sitja, O.Fris. sitta, M.Du. sitten, Du. zitten, O.H.G. sizzan, Ger. sitzen, Goth. sitan), from PIE base *sed- "to sit" (see sedentary). In ref. to a legislative assembly, from 1518. Meaning "to baby-sit" is recorded from 1966. Sitting room first recorded 1771. Slang sitting duck "easy target" first recorded 1944; lit. sense is from 1867 (it is considered not sporting to shoot at one). Sitting pretty is from 1921. To sit on one's hands was originally "to withhold applause" (1926); later, "to do nothing" (1959). To sit around "be idle, do nothing" is 1915, Amer.Eng. To sit out "not take part" is from 1626.
2. Etymology tree
3. Proto-Indo-European *sed-
4. Proto-Indo-European *-yeti
5. Proto-Indo-European *sédyeti
6. Proto-Germanic *sitjaną
7. Proto-West Germanic *sittjan
8. Old English sittan
9. Middle English sitten
10. English sit
11. From Middle English sitten, from Old English sittan, from Proto-West Germanic *sittjan, from Proto-Germanic *sitjaną, from Proto-Indo-European *sed- (“sit”).
12. Cognates
13. Cognate with West Frisian sitte, Low German sitten, Dutch zitten, German sitzen, Swedish sitta, Norwegian Bokmål sitte, Norwegian Nynorsk sitja, Danish sidde, Faroese sita, Icelandic sitja; and with Irish suigh, Latin sedeo, Russian сиде́ть (sidétʹ). See: Old English 'sittan', Proto-Germanic '*sitjaną', Low Saxon 'sitten', Dutch 'zitten', German, old spelling 'sitzen', Swedish 'sitta', Norwegian 'sitte', Norwegian, nynorsk 'sitja', Danish 'sidde', Faroese 'sita', Icelandic 'sitja', Irish 'suigh', Latin 'sedeo', Russian 'сиде́ть'.

Verbs referencing "sit"

Latin sedeo, German, old spelling sitzen, Esperanto sidi, Norwegian, nynorsk sitja, Low Saxon sitten, Norwegian sitte, Lithuanian sėdėti, Sanskrit सीदति, Danish sidde, Ido sidar, Luxembourgish sëtzen.

Sample Sentences

[...] the better relish and enjoyment of the real state-room presently to be disclosed:—these were truths which I really could not, for the moment, bring my mind at all to bear upon or comprehend. And I sat down upon a kind of horsehair slab, or perch, of which there were two within; and looked, without any expression of countenance whatever, at some friends who had come on board with us, and who were [...] (American Notes for General Circulation)
Having settled this point to the perfect satisfaction of all parties, concerned and unconcerned, we sat down round the fire in the ladies ’ cabin—just to try the effect. It was rather dark, certainly; but somebody said, ‘of course it would be light, at sea, ’ a proposition to which we all assented; [...] (American Notes for General Circulation)
[...] I remember, too, when we had discovered and exhausted another topic of consolation in the circumstance of this ladies ’ cabin adjoining our state-room, and the consequently immense feasibility of sitting there at all times and seasons, and had fallen into a momentary silence, leaning our faces on our hands and looking at the fire, one of our party said, with the solemn air of a man who had made a [...] (American Notes for General Circulation)
[...] another bell rings, and the stewardess reappears with another dish of potatoes—boiled this time—and store of hot meat of various kinds: not forgetting the roast pig, to be taken medicinally. We sit down at table again (rather more cheerfully than before ); prolong the meal with a rather mouldy dessert of apples, grapes, and oranges; and drink our wine and brandy-and-water. The bottles and [...] (American Notes for General Circulation)
Eliza started. “ O, missis ! ” she said, raising her eyes; then, bursting into tears, she sat down in a chair, and began sobbing. (Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
I saw now that ‘Right away ’ and ‘Directly ’ were one and the same thing. So I reversed my previous answer, and sat down to dinner in ten minutes afterwards; and a capital dinner it was. (American Notes for General Circulation)
Surprised and frightened, Eliza sat down, leaned her head on her husband's shoulder, and burst into tears. (Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
[...] It was very sad to look upon and hear them, happy though their condition unquestionably was; and I saw that one blind girl, who (being for the time deprived of the use of her limbs, by illness ) sat close beside me with her face towards them, wept silently the while she listened. (American Notes for General Circulation)
The thought occurred to me as I sat down in another room, before a girl, blind, deaf, and dumb; destitute of smell; and nearly so of taste: before a fair young creature with every human faculty, and hope, and power of goodness and [...] (American Notes for General Circulation)
She was seated in a little enclosure, made by school-desks and forms, writing her daily journal. But soon finishing this pursuit, she engaged in an animated conversation with a teacher who sat beside her. This was a favourite mistress with the poor pupil. If she could see the face of her fair instructress, she would not love her less, I am sure. (American Notes for General Circulation)
all by himself. And he's just sitting there having a drink, (A Gunfighter's Deal)
sitting at home, and I was playing around with, (The AI Doc: Or How I Became an Apocaloptimist)
- Inspector Shahane! - Big deal. - This is how you sit before the police. - Is it ? (Hoy Maharaja)

sit – English verb conjugation

English verb forms of sit

Nominal Forms

Cognates

Indicative

Present

Perfect

Past

Pluperfect

Future

Future Perfect

Subjunctive

Present

Perfect

Imperfect

Pluperfect

Conditional

Present

Perfect

Imperative

Progressive (Continuous) Forms

Indicative

Present

Perfect

Past

Pluperfect

Future

Future Perfect

Conditional

Present

Perfect

Other

Verbs conjugated like 'sit'

Verbs similar to 'sit'

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

Antonyms

Additional Information

Phrasal Verbs

Etymology

Verbs referencing "sit"

Sample Sentences