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Women were going back to work, they were assuming their own power. They didn't have time to sit under the dryer.
Vidal Sassoon

Meaning of "sit under" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF SIT UNDER

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SIT UNDER

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Sit under is a verb.
The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

WHAT DOES SIT UNDER MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of sit under in the English dictionary

The definition of sit under in the dictionary is to be seated on the right of.


WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SIT UNDER

sit
sit back
sit down
sit in judgment
sit on
sit on the fence
sit out
sit over
sit shivah
sit tight
sit up
sit up like Jackie
sit-down
sit-down money
sit-down strike
sit-in
sit-up
sit-ups
Sita
sitar

WORDS THAT END LIKE SIT UNDER

Alexander
all-rounder
blunder
down under
echo sounder
flounder
founder
funder
go under
hereunder
over-under
plunder
pull the rug out from under
quarter-pounder
rounder
sounder
sunder
thereunder
thunder
under
wounder

Synonyms and antonyms of sit under in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «sit under» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SIT UNDER

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

Translator English - Chinese

在坐
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

sentarse bajo
570 millions of speakers

English

sit under
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

नीचे बैठना
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الجلوس تحت
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

сидеть под
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

sentar-se sob
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

বসুন
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

s´asseoir sous
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Duduk di bawah
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

sitzen unter
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

下に座る
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

아래에 앉아
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Njagong ing ngisor
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

ngồi dưới
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

கீழ் உட்கார்ந்து
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

खाली बसून
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Oturmak
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

sedersi sotto
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

usiąść pod
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

сидіти під
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

sta sub
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

καθίστε κάτω
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

onder sit
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

sitta under
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

sitte under
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of sit under

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SIT UNDER»

The term «sit under» is regularly used and occupies the 86.111 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «SIT UNDER» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «sit under» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «sit under» 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 sit under

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6 QUOTES WITH «SIT UNDER»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word sit under.
1
Joyce Banda
You can still sit under the tree where Dr. Livingstone negotiated with slave traders to set people free.
2
Roy Lichtenstein
I suppose I would still prefer to sit under a tree with a picnic basket rather than under a gas pump, but signs and comic strips are interesting as subject matter.
3
Spike Milligan
A sure cure for seasickness is to sit under a tree.
4
Vidal Sassoon
Women were going back to work, they were assuming their own power. They didn't have time to sit under the dryer.
5
Rose Schneiderman
Our people were very restive, saying that they could not sit under that notice, and that if the National Board did not call them out soon they would go out of themselves.
6
Yelawolf
I don't sit under the tattoo gun unless I'm sold on it completely and it will define me as a person.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SIT UNDER»

Discover the use of sit under in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to sit under and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Don't Sit Under the Apple Tree
A young girl living in a small Pennsylvania town relates her and her friends' activities in and out of school during the last months of World War II.
Robin F. Brancato, 1980
2
Don't sit under the grits tree with anyone else but me
Humorous essays discuss salad bars, banks, modern names, designer jeans, and life in the South
Lewis Grizzard, 1981
3
The National and Religious Song Reader: Patriotic, ...
One of the most atypical American patriotic songs is "Don't Sit Under the Apple Tree." A bouncy favorite of the swing era, and focusing on a romantic relationship , it does not follow the usual patterns of strong nationalism, loyalty to the ...
William Emmett Studwell, 1996
4
New Directions 41
You have you have you have you have you have to you have to you have to hear it is you who have to hear the bird to hear the bird you have to hear the bird sing you have to sit to hear to sit under to sit under the singing sit under the singing of  ...
James Laughlin, Frederick R. Martin, Peter Glassgold, 1980
5
Memoir and Remains of the Rev. Mac-Cheyne
Lord, evermore may I sit under this shadow ! Lord, evermore may I be filled with this joy ! 2d. Some people are afraid cf anything like joy in religion. They have none themselves, and they do not love to see it in others. Their religion is something ...
Andrew Alexander Bonar, 1850
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Memoir and remains of the Rev. ---,minister of St. Peter ́s ...
Lord, evermore may I sit under this shadow ! Lord, evermore may I be filled with this joy ! 2d. Some people are afraid cf anything like joy in religion They have none themselves, and they do not love to see it in others. Their religion is something ...
Robert Murray MacCHEYNE, 1845
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Memoir and Remains of the Rev. Robert Murray M'Cheyne: ...
Lord, evermore may I sit under this shadow ! Lord, evermore may I be filled with this joy ! 2d. Some people are afraid cf anything like joy in religion. They have none themselves, and they do not love to see it in others. Their religion is something ...
Robert Murray M'Cheyne, Andrew Alexander Bonar, 1846
8
George Washington and the Jews
(4:3) Every man shall sit under his own vine or under his own fig tree, undisturbed. (4:4) George Washington was familiar with both of these ancient exhortations. Apparently, the latter scripture in particular strongly appealed to him for he found ...
Fritz Hirschfeld, 2005
9
Sermons
O if God would but open your eyes, and give you simple, child-like faith, to look to Jesus, to sit under his shadow, then would songs of joy rise from all our dwellings . Rejoice in the Lord always, and again, I say, rejoice ! 3d. Because the fruit of ...
Robert Murray M'Cheyne, 1848
10
The Works of the Late Rev. Robert Murray McCheyne: ...
O if God would but open your eyes, and give you simple, child-like faith, to look to Jesus, to sit under his shadow, then would songs of joy rise from all our dwellings . Rejoice in the Lord always, and again, I say, rejoice ! 3d. Because the fruit of ...
Robert Murray M'Cheyne, 1847

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SIT UNDER»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term sit under is used in the context of the following news items.
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Karnataka Lokayukta row: State govt says it cannot hand over probe …
Lokayukta has sent a request to form an SIT and inquire about it. On the basis of that request, Chief Minister has constituted an SIT under an ADGP," he said. «Firstpost, Jul 15»
2
Parliament To Sit Under Extended Hours
The House will rise at 1pm or when business is completed. As the day's business is technically the extension of Tuesday's business the Government and ... «Scoop.co.nz, Jun 15»
3
Children should pull up a chair or sit under a tree and start reading
Children should pull up a chair or sit under a tree and start reading. Students from the Regional Multicultural Magnet School sit and read in the children's section ... «theday.com, Jun 15»
4
Do not put SIT under any Ministry: Swamy to PM Modi
"I seek your urgent intervention to see that the SIT on black money is not structurally under any ministry but has an independent existence," Swamy said in the ... «Zee News, Jun 15»
5
All Regs4Ships Ltd. Consulting Services now sit under the ChartCo …
As of the 18th June 2015 all Regs4ships consulting services will sit under the ChartCo brand. The services and products are designed to assist owners and ... «Hellenic Shipping News Worldwide, Jun 15»
6
House continues sitting under urgency
MPs will be back at Parliament this morning as the House continues to sit under urgency to pass a range of Budget measures. Bill English giving the 2015 ... «Radio New Zealand, May 15»
7
Warning in Sidmouth as beachgoers sit under cliff fall hot-spot
Warning in Sidmouth as beachgoers sit under cliff fall hot-spot ... And bizarrely just an hour after that another beachgoer was snapped sitting at the same spot ... «Western Morning News, May 15»
8
Kynoch students sit under 'The Reading Tree'
David Bitton/Appeal-Democrat First graders in Michelle Cross' class at Kynoch Elementary School pose for a portrait under “The Reading Tree” on their campus ... «Appeal-Democrat, Apr 15»
9
Cong demands SIT under IG-level officer to probe Rohtak case
The Congress today demanded a special investigation team (SIT) under an IG-level officer to probe the rape-cum-murder case of a mentally-challenged woman ... «Business Standard, Feb 15»
10
Spend 10 minutes in the sun to stay healthy
Last week, when I went to my doctor for a check-up, he advised me to sit under the early morning sun for 10 minutes," says Preeti Nadar, an accountant. «Times of India, Jan 15»

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