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Human bodies are designed for regular physical activity. The sedentary nature of much of modern life probably plays a significant role in the epidemic incidence of depression today. Many studies show that depressed patients who stick to a regimen of aerobic exercise improve as much as those treated with medication.
Andrew Weil

Meaning of "sedentary" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD SEDENTARY

From Latin sedentārius, from sedēre to sit.
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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF SEDENTARY

sedentary  [ˈsɛdəntərɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SEDENTARY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Sedentary is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES SEDENTARY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Sedentary

Sedentary may refer to: ▪ Sedentary lifestyle, a type of lifestyle without physical exercise, usually referring to individual people ▪ Sedentism, permanently living in one place, usually referring to animals or people groups...

Definition of sedentary in the English dictionary

The first definition of sedentary in the dictionary is characterized by or requiring a sitting position. Other definition of sedentary is tending to sit about without taking much exercise. Sedentary is also moving about very little, usually because of attachment to a rock or other surface.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH SEDENTARY


commentary
ˈkɒməntərɪ
complementary
ˌkɒmplɪˈmɛntərɪ
complimentary
ˌkɒmplɪˈmɛntərɪ
documentary
ˌdɒkjʊˈmɛntərɪ
elementary
ˌɛlɪˈmɛntərɪ
fragmentary
ˈfræɡməntərɪ
inventory
ˈɪnvəntərɪ
involuntary
ɪnˈvɒləntərɪ
lientery
ˈlaɪəntərɪ
ligamentary
ˌlɪɡəˈməntərɪ
mesentery
ˈmɛsəntərɪ
momentary
ˈməʊməntərɪ
nonvoluntary
ˌnɒnˈvɒləntərɪ
pigmentary
ˈpɪɡməntərɪ
promontory
ˈprɒməntərɪ
segmentary
ˈsɛɡməntərɪ
semisedentary
ˌsɛmɪˈsɛdəntərɪ
supplementary
ˌsʌplɪˈmɛntərɪ
unguentary
ˈʌŋɡwəntərɪ
voluntary
ˈvɒləntərɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SEDENTARY

sedated
sedately
sedateness
sedation
sedative
Seddon
Sedecias
sedent
sedentarily
sedentariness
Seder
sederunt
sedge
sedge fly
sedge warbler
sedged
sedgeland
Sedgemoor
Sedgwick
sedgy

WORDS THAT END LIKE SEDENTARY

alimentary
dentary
filamentary
fly-on-the-wall documentary
impedimentary
integumentary
medicamentary
military
mockumentary
nondocumentary
rudimentary
running commentary
sacramentary
sedimentary
semidocumentary
shockumentary
tegumentary
tenementary
testamentary
uncomplimentary
unparliamentary

Synonyms and antonyms of sedentary in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «SEDENTARY»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «sedentary» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of sedentary

Translation of «sedentary» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SEDENTARY

Find out the translation of sedentary to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of sedentary from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «sedentary» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

需要久坐的
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

sedentario
570 millions of speakers

English

sedentary
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

गतिहीन
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

المستقرة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

сидячий
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

sedentário
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

আসীন
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

sédentaire
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Tidak aktif
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

sitzend
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

体を動かさない
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

주로 앉아 지내는
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Sedentary
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

không di động
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

உடல் உழைப்பு தேவைப்படாத
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

कामोत्तेजक
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

yerleşik
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

sedentario
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

siedzący tryb życia
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

сидячий
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

sedentar
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

καθιστική ζωή
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

sittende
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

sedentary
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

sedentary
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of sedentary

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SEDENTARY»

The term «sedentary» is quite widely used and occupies the 41.096 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «SEDENTARY» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «sedentary» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «sedentary» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about sedentary

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9 QUOTES WITH «SEDENTARY»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word sedentary.
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Ferran Adria
I can't live without activity; I can't be sedentary.
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Tony Buzan
Like our physical bodies, our memory becomes out of shape. As children, we are constantly learning new experiences, but by the time we reach our 20s, we start to lead a more sedentary life both mentally and physically. Our lives become routine, and we stop challenging our brains, and our memory starts to suffer.
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Randy Couture
A lot of us lead relatively sedentary lifestyles, so you have to motivate yourself and force yourself to go to the gym and do active things. The folks that have figured it out, found that thing that they love and made it a big part of their lives, it's easy for them to stay in shape.
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Mike May
Sporting goods sales have suffered because Americans have become too sedentary.
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Michael Merzenich
If a brain is exercised properly, anyone can grow intelligence, at any age, and potentially by a lot. Or you can just let your brain idle - and watch it slowly, inexorably, go to seed like a sedentary body.
6
Johan Rockstrom
Paleoclimatic records show clearly that the past 10,000 years, the Holocene, is a remarkably stable period in which we went from being a few hunters and gatherers to become more sedentary agriculture-based civilizations, which then moved us to the current populated modern era.
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George Santayana
The mind of the Renaissance was not a pilgrim mind, but a sedentary city mind, like that of the ancients.
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Andrew Weil
Human bodies are designed for regular physical activity. The sedentary nature of much of modern life probably plays a significant role in the epidemic incidence of depression today. Many studies show that depressed patients who stick to a regimen of aerobic exercise improve as much as those treated with medication.
9
Henry Williamson
The slow rhythm of the body, the insistent rhythm of the wit, were they becoming irreconcilable in modern civilisation? The sedentary life, frustration and irritability; work with the body, fatigue - and peace of mind.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SEDENTARY»

Discover the use of sedentary in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to sedentary and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Youth Physical Activity and Sedentary Behavior: Challenges ...
The text communicates the knowledge base on developmental, economic, psychological, and social factors related to youth physical activity and sedentary behavior and provides an overview of youth-specific approaches to addressing the problem ...
Alan L. Smith, Stuart Biddle, 2008
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Nomads in the Sedentary World
Studies the role played by nomads in the political, linguistic, socio-economic and cultural development of the sedentary world around them.
Anatoly M. Khazanov, Andre Wink, 2012
3
American Idle: A Journey Through Our Sedentary Culture
**First Place Grand Prize Winner for Non-Fiction books at the 2010 Next Generation Indie Book Awards!! Congratulations Mary!!**
Mary Collins, 2009
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Sedentary life and nutrition
These are considered from perspectives of different disciplines and branches of medicine."--booknews.com
Fabrizio Fabris, Luigi Pernigotti, Ermanno Ferrario, 1990
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Longitudinal Relationships Between Physical Activity, ...
This study highlighted a critical period for intervening in physical activity and obesity for young adolescents.
HyunJu Park, 2007
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Sedentary Behavior and Physical Activity: Risk Factors ...
This dissertation explores two diametrically opposed behavioral risk factors.
Anne-Marie Meyer, 2007
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Memoirs of Normalcy: Journey from Sedentary to Extraordinary
Do I stay?
Joleene Desrosiers Moody, 2012
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Nomad-sedentary politics in medieval Russia: the nomads in ...
Is about the interaction of Rus' princes of medieval Russia with the steppe nomads of Eurasia.
Mark J. Janselewitz, 2003
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Obesity in Europe: Young People's Physical Activity and ...
It was in 2003 that the EU Commission Directorate General for Education and Culture commissioned a «Study on young people's lifestyles and sedentariness and the role of sport in the context of education and as a means of restoring the ...
Wolf-Dietrich Brettschneider, Roland Naul, 2007
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From Equality to Inequality: Social Change Among Newly ...
From Equality to Inequality provides rich empirical data on the factors within a community that significantly affect the development of inequality, including the effects of sedentism, integration, leadership competition, self-aggrandizement ...
Csilla Dallos, 2011

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SEDENTARY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term sedentary is used in the context of the following news items.
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Constantly Sitting Down, Being Sedentary Could Worsen Anxiety …
Sitting in front of a TV, laptop, or computer all day is certainly bad for your physical health; but it's also detrimental to your mental health. Photo courtesy of ... «Medical Daily, Jun 15»
2
Agriculture, Sedentary Lifestyle Led Shift to Lighter Human Bones
As human society developed agriculture and shifted to a more sedentary lifestyle, beginning some 12,000 years ago, people no longer had to spend most of ... «Voice of America, May 15»
3
Sedentary lifestyle – not watching TV – may up diabetes risk
“Experts claim being a couch potato can increase the risk of developing diabetes,” the Daily Express reports. A study of people at high risk of diabetes produced ... «NHS Choices, Apr 15»
4
Office workers 'too sedentary'
Office workers need to get off their backsides and move around more, according to a new campaign. On Your Feet Britain says sitting for long periods at work is ... «BBC News, Mar 15»
5
New rules cut amount of juice, 'sedentary time' for kids at NYC …
The "sedentary time" does not include naps, reading time and activities like puzzles and crafts. The changes apply to non-residential day care programs and ... «Fox News, Mar 15»
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Dr. Murray Feingold: Does a sedentary lifestyle make you prone to …
Many people live a sedentary lifestyle for a variety of reasons. Because of their occupation, they have to sit behind a desk all day. With the advent of computers, ... «Stockton Record, Feb 15»
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When it comes to jogging, less is more, study argues
... light joggers and moderate joggers have lower mortality rates than sedentary ... "is not statistically different from that of the sedentary group," the authors wrote. «Los Angeles Times, Feb 15»
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We are all sitting too much, and technology isn't helping
A pair of new articles published in the BMJ this week highlight the debilitating effects of sedentary lifestyles and suggest a new public policy focus on getting the ... «The Verge, Jan 15»
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Sitting for prolonged periods increases risk of death, disease: study
Prolonged time spent sitting and being sedentary is associated with an increased risk for heart disease, cancer and death, regardless of physical activity, ... «CTV News, Jan 15»
10
Sitting is the 'new smoking' 8:33
But if 10 per cent more could be enticed to get out of their chairs and lead a less sedentary life, they'd be giving a big boost to the economy, it says. «CBC.ca, Oct 14»

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