"sit down" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-sit down.wav [UK] Forms: sits down [present, singular, third-person], sitting down [participle, present], sat down [past], sate down [dated, past, poetic], sat down [participle, past], sitten down [archaic, dialectal, participle, past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|sit<,,sat:sate􂀿dated, poetic􂁀,sat:sitten􂀿archaic, dialectal􂁀> down}} sit down (third-person singular simple present sits down, present participle sitting down, simple past sat down or (dated, poetic) sate down, past participle sat down or (archaic, dialectal) sitten down)
  1. (intransitive) To assume a sitting position from a standing position. Tags: intransitive Categories (topical): Sitting Synonyms (assume a sitting position): be seated, take a pew, take a seat Translations (to assume a sitting position from a standing position): атәара (atʷʼara) (Abkhaz), ア (a) (Ainu), ulem (Albanian), καθίζω (kathízō) (Ancient Greek), جَلَسَ (jalasa) (Arabic), قَعَدَ (qaʕada) (Arabic), قعد (ʔaʕad) [Egyptian-Arabic] (Arabic), նստել (nstel) (Armenian), oturmaq (Azerbaijani), əyləşmək (Azerbaijani), eseri (Basque), сяда́ць (sjadácʹ) [imperfective] (Belarusian), садзі́цца (sadzícca) [imperfective] (Belarusian), се́сці (sjésci) [perfective] (Belarusian), tukaw (Bikol Central), ся́дам (sjádam) [imperfective] (Bulgarian), се́дна (sédna) [perfective] (Bulgarian), ထိုင် (htuing) (Burmese), asseure's (Catalan), دانیشتن (danîştin) (Central Kurdish), ᏦᏞᏍᏗ (tsotlesdi) (Cherokee), зуәха (zuəha) [Dungan] (Chinese), 坐下 (chē-hā) [Hokkien] (Chinese), 坐落來 [Hokkien] (Chinese), 坐落来 (chē--lo̍h-lâi) [Hokkien] (Chinese), 坐低 (co⁵ dai¹) (Chinese Cantonese), 坐下 (zuòxià) (Chinese Mandarin), (zuò) (Chinese Mandarin), 坐下來 (Chinese Mandarin), 坐下来 (zuòxiàlái) (Chinese Mandarin), posadit se [perfective] (Czech), sednout si [perfective] (Czech), sedat si [imperfective] (Czech), gaan zitten (Dutch), sidiĝi (Esperanto), istuutua (Finnish), istua alas (Finnish), s’asseoir (French), sentar (Galician), asentar (Galician), დაჯდომა (daǯdoma) (Georgian), sich setzen (German), 𐌲𐌰𐍃𐌹𐍄𐌰𐌽 (gasitan) (Gothic), chita (Haitian Creole), התיישב \ הִתְיַשֵּׁב (hityashév) (Hebrew), बैठना (baiṭhnā) (Hindi), leül (Hungarian), sideskar (Ido), sedersi (Italian), assettarsi [regional] (Italian), 座る (suwaru) (alt: すわる) (Japanese), 腰掛ける (koshikakeru) (alt: こしかける) (Japanese), суух (suux) (Kalmyk), lukluk (Kapampangan), отыру (otyru) (Kazakh), អង្គុយ (ʼɑɑʼɑngkuy) (Khmer), 앉다 (anda) (Korean), отуруу (oturuu) (Kyrgyz), олтуруу (olturuu) (Kyrgyz), ນັ່ງ (nang) (Lao), sīdō (Latin), cōnsīdō (Latin), sednuś se (Lower Sorbian), седнува (sednuva) [imperfective] (Macedonian), седне (sedne) [perfective] (Macedonian), суух (suux) (Mongolian), s'assettà (Neapolitan), ukantsi (Ngazidja Comorian), s'assiéthe (Norman), rûniştin (Northern Kurdish), نشستن (nešastan) (Persian), siadać [imperfective] (Polish), usiąść [perfective] (Polish), sentar-se (Portuguese), așeza (Romanian), sta jos (Romanian), seser (Romansch), сади́ться (sadítʹsja) [imperfective] (Russian), сесть (sestʹ) [perfective] (Russian), सीदति (sīdati) (Sanskrit), се̏сти [Cyrillic, perfective] (Serbo-Croatian), сје̏сти [Cyrillic, perfective] (Serbo-Croatian), с́е̏сти (english: Montenegrin) [Cyrillic, perfective] (Serbo-Croatian), систи [Chakavian, Cyrillic, Ikavian, perfective] (Serbo-Croatian), sȅsti [Roman, perfective] (Serbo-Croatian), sjȅsti [Roman, perfective] (Serbo-Croatian), śȅsti (english: Montenegrin) [Roman, perfective] (Serbo-Croatian), sisti [Chakavian, Ikavian, Roman, perfective] (Serbo-Croatian), assettàrisi (Sicilian), sadnúť si [perfective] (Slovak), posadiť sa [perfective] (Slovak), usesti se [perfective] (Slovene), sesti [perfective] (Slovene), sentarse (Spanish), kukaa (Swahili), kukaa kitako (Swahili), kuketi (Swahili), sätta sig (Swedish), umupo (Tagalog), lumuklok (Tagalog), нишастан (nišastan) (Tajik), утырырга (utırırga) (Tatar), นั่ง (nâng) (Thai), sindaun (Tok Pisin), oturmak (Turkish), oturmak (Turkmen), 𐎊𐎘𐎁 (yṯb) (Ugaritic), сіда́ти (sidáty) [imperfective] (Ukrainian), сі́сти (sísty) [perfective] (Ukrainian), بیٹھنا (baiṭhnā) (Urdu), ئولتۇرماق (olturmaq) (Uyghur), oʻtirmoq (Uzbek), ngồi xuống (Vietnamese), ngồi (Vietnamese), eistedd i lawr (Welsh), mynd ar ei eistedd (Welsh), kutal (Yucatec Maya), kultal (Yucatec Maya)
    Sense id: en-sit_down-en-verb-~QYRvn1k Disambiguation of Sitting: 52 35 7 6 Categories (other): American Sign Language terms in nonstandard scripts, English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs with particle (down) Disambiguation of American Sign Language terms in nonstandard scripts: 83 9 5 3 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 68 13 13 7 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs with particle (down): 51 21 16 12 Disambiguation of 'assume a sitting position': 55 15 1 29 Disambiguation of 'to assume a sitting position from a standing position': 82 5 1 13
  2. (transitive or reflexive) To cause to be seated or in a sitting posture; to furnish a seat to. Tags: reflexive, transitive
    Sense id: en-sit_down-en-verb-hkXFP8fT
  3. (figurative) To meet formally at a conference table. Tags: figuratively
    Sense id: en-sit_down-en-verb-wzIaGLYz
  4. To assume a low or sunken position.
    Sense id: en-sit_down-en-verb-AU2leS5H
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: please sit down, sit-down money Related terms: lie down, set a spell, set down [transitive], sit, sit up, stand up

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    {
      "_dis1": "53 47 0 0",
      "word": "please sit down"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "53 47 0 0",
      "word": "sit-down money"
    }
  ],
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      "form": "sits down",
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        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sitting down",
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        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sat down",
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        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sate down",
      "tags": [
        "dated",
        "past",
        "poetic"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sat down",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sitten down",
      "tags": [
        "archaic",
        "dialectal",
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "_dis1": "53 47 0 0",
      "word": "lie down"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "53 47 0 0",
      "word": "set a spell"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "53 47 0 0",
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ],
      "word": "set down"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "53 47 0 0",
      "word": "sit"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "53 47 0 0",
      "word": "sit up"
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      "_dis1": "53 47 0 0",
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    }
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          "_dis": "52 35 7 6",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Sitting",
          "orig": "en:Sitting",
          "parents": [
            "Body",
            "Human",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
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      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Sit down! We have work to do.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1560 September 25, Ihon Daus, transl., A Famouse Cronicle of Oure Time, Called Sleidanes Commentaries, Concerning the State of Religion and Common Wealth, […], London: […] Ihon Daye, for Abraham Veale, and Nicholas England, folio cccxij, verso",
          "text": "From thence he cometh forth again ⁊ ſitteth down vnder his cloth of eſtate.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1605, [William Bradshaw], A Proposition. Concerning Kneeling in the Very Act of Receiuing Howsoever. […], page 13",
          "text": "Therfore where it is ſuppoſed that Chriſt and his Apoſtles miniſtred & receiued ſitting but by occaſion, and not of purpoſe: becauſe they were ſitting before in eating the paſſeover. wher as if Chriſt had ſitten down of purpoſ to adminiſter the cõmunion, then all that is ſaid is graunted to be ſome purpoſe.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1648, Galliazzo Gualdo Priorato, translated by Henry [Carey, 2nd] Earle of Monmouth, An History of the Late Warres and Other State Affaires of the Best Part of Christendom, Beginning with the King of Swethlands Entrance into Germany, and Continuing to the Yeare 1640, London: W. Wilson, and are to bee sold by Iohn Hardesty, Thomas Huntington, and Thomas Iackson, […], pages 340–341",
          "text": "[…] he made Maracini advance with his men towards Oder, to hinder Orang hells further proceedings, or his joyning with Bannier, which if it had happened time enough, that Elector would have had ſomewhat elſe to doe, then to have ſitten down before a ſtrong Towne which had a prettie Army in the Field to aſſiſt it.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1660, W[illiam] S[mith], An Holy Kiss of Peace, Sent from the Seed of Life, Greeting All the Lambs and Little Ones with a Tender Salutation. […], London: […] Robert Wilson, […], page 13",
          "text": "[…] and then made to thy ſelf a Reſt, and haſt ſitten down at Eaſe, promiſing to thy ſelf Security in thy profeſſed Formality, where thy Vitals have been ſtopped; […]",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1944 July and August, W. G. Chapman, “The First of the Exeter Expresses”, in Railway Magazine, page 215",
          "text": "[…] my only chance of sitting down was for the hour we were at dinner. […].",
          "type": "quotation"
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      "glosses": [
        "To assume a sitting position from a standing position."
      ],
      "id": "en-sit_down-en-verb-~QYRvn1k",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive) To assume a sitting position from a standing position."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "_dis1": "55 15 1 29",
          "sense": "assume a sitting position",
          "word": "be seated"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "55 15 1 29",
          "sense": "assume a sitting position",
          "word": "take a pew"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "55 15 1 29",
          "sense": "assume a sitting position",
          "word": "take a seat"
        }
      ],
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        "intransitive"
      ],
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        {
          "_dis1": "82 5 1 13",
          "code": "ab",
          "lang": "Abkhaz",
          "roman": "atʷʼara",
          "sense": "to assume a sitting position from a standing position",
          "word": "атәара"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 5 1 13",
          "code": "ain",
          "lang": "Ainu",
          "roman": "a",
          "sense": "to assume a sitting position from a standing position",
          "word": "ア"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 5 1 13",
          "code": "sq",
          "lang": "Albanian",
          "sense": "to assume a sitting position from a standing position",
          "word": "ulem"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 5 1 13",
          "code": "ar",
          "lang": "Arabic",
          "roman": "jalasa",
          "sense": "to assume a sitting position from a standing position",
          "word": "جَلَسَ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 5 1 13",
          "code": "ar",
          "lang": "Arabic",
          "roman": "qaʕada",
          "sense": "to assume a sitting position from a standing position",
          "word": "قَعَدَ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 5 1 13",
          "code": "arz",
          "lang": "Arabic",
          "roman": "ʔaʕad",
          "sense": "to assume a sitting position from a standing position",
          "tags": [
            "Egyptian-Arabic"
          ],
          "word": "قعد"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 5 1 13",
          "code": "hy",
          "lang": "Armenian",
          "roman": "nstel",
          "sense": "to assume a sitting position from a standing position",
          "word": "նստել"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 5 1 13",
          "code": "az",
          "lang": "Azerbaijani",
          "sense": "to assume a sitting position from a standing position",
          "word": "oturmaq"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 5 1 13",
          "code": "az",
          "lang": "Azerbaijani",
          "sense": "to assume a sitting position from a standing position",
          "word": "əyləşmək"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 5 1 13",
          "code": "eu",
          "lang": "Basque",
          "sense": "to assume a sitting position from a standing position",
          "word": "eseri"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 5 1 13",
          "code": "be",
          "lang": "Belarusian",
          "roman": "sjadácʹ",
          "sense": "to assume a sitting position from a standing position",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "сяда́ць"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 5 1 13",
          "code": "be",
          "lang": "Belarusian",
          "roman": "sadzícca",
          "sense": "to assume a sitting position from a standing position",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "садзі́цца"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 5 1 13",
          "code": "be",
          "lang": "Belarusian",
          "roman": "sjésci",
          "sense": "to assume a sitting position from a standing position",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "се́сці"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 5 1 13",
          "code": "bcl",
          "lang": "Bikol Central",
          "sense": "to assume a sitting position from a standing position",
          "word": "tukaw"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 5 1 13",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "sjádam",
          "sense": "to assume a sitting position from a standing position",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "ся́дам"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 5 1 13",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "sédna",
          "sense": "to assume a sitting position from a standing position",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "се́дна"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 5 1 13",
          "code": "my",
          "lang": "Burmese",
          "roman": "htuing",
          "sense": "to assume a sitting position from a standing position",
          "word": "ထိုင်"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 5 1 13",
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "to assume a sitting position from a standing position",
          "word": "asseure's"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 5 1 13",
          "code": "chr",
          "lang": "Cherokee",
          "roman": "tsotlesdi",
          "sense": "to assume a sitting position from a standing position",
          "word": "ᏦᏞᏍᏗ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 5 1 13",
          "code": "yue",
          "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
          "roman": "co⁵ dai¹",
          "sense": "to assume a sitting position from a standing position",
          "word": "坐低"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 5 1 13",
          "code": "dng",
          "lang": "Chinese",
          "roman": "zuəha",
          "sense": "to assume a sitting position from a standing position",
          "tags": [
            "Dungan"
          ],
          "word": "зуәха"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 5 1 13",
          "code": "nan-hbl",
          "lang": "Chinese",
          "roman": "chē-hā",
          "sense": "to assume a sitting position from a standing position",
          "tags": [
            "Hokkien"
          ],
          "word": "坐下"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 5 1 13",
          "code": "nan-hbl",
          "lang": "Chinese",
          "sense": "to assume a sitting position from a standing position",
          "tags": [
            "Hokkien"
          ],
          "word": "坐落來"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 5 1 13",
          "code": "nan-hbl",
          "lang": "Chinese",
          "roman": "chē--lo̍h-lâi",
          "sense": "to assume a sitting position from a standing position",
          "tags": [
            "Hokkien"
          ],
          "word": "坐落来"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 5 1 13",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "zuòxià",
          "sense": "to assume a sitting position from a standing position",
          "word": "坐下"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 5 1 13",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "zuò",
          "sense": "to assume a sitting position from a standing position",
          "word": "坐"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 5 1 13",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "to assume a sitting position from a standing position",
          "word": "坐下來"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 5 1 13",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "zuòxiàlái",
          "sense": "to assume a sitting position from a standing position",
          "word": "坐下来"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 5 1 13",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "to assume a sitting position from a standing position",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "posadit se"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 5 1 13",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "to assume a sitting position from a standing position",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "sednout si"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 5 1 13",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "to assume a sitting position from a standing position",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "sedat si"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 5 1 13",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "to assume a sitting position from a standing position",
          "word": "gaan zitten"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 5 1 13",
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "to assume a sitting position from a standing position",
          "word": "sidiĝi"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 5 1 13",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to assume a sitting position from a standing position",
          "word": "istuutua"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 5 1 13",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to assume a sitting position from a standing position",
          "word": "istua alas"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 5 1 13",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "to assume a sitting position from a standing position",
          "word": "s’asseoir"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 5 1 13",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "to assume a sitting position from a standing position",
          "word": "sentar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 5 1 13",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "to assume a sitting position from a standing position",
          "word": "asentar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 5 1 13",
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "daǯdoma",
          "sense": "to assume a sitting position from a standing position",
          "word": "დაჯდომა"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 5 1 13",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to assume a sitting position from a standing position",
          "word": "sich setzen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 5 1 13",
          "code": "got",
          "lang": "Gothic",
          "roman": "gasitan",
          "sense": "to assume a sitting position from a standing position",
          "word": "𐌲𐌰𐍃𐌹𐍄𐌰𐌽"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 5 1 13",
          "code": "grc",
          "lang": "Ancient Greek",
          "roman": "kathízō",
          "sense": "to assume a sitting position from a standing position",
          "word": "καθίζω"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 5 1 13",
          "code": "ht",
          "lang": "Haitian Creole",
          "sense": "to assume a sitting position from a standing position",
          "word": "chita"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 5 1 13",
          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "roman": "hityashév",
          "sense": "to assume a sitting position from a standing position",
          "word": "התיישב \\ הִתְיַשֵּׁב"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 5 1 13",
          "code": "hi",
          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "baiṭhnā",
          "sense": "to assume a sitting position from a standing position",
          "word": "बैठना"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 5 1 13",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to assume a sitting position from a standing position",
          "word": "leül"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 5 1 13",
          "code": "io",
          "lang": "Ido",
          "sense": "to assume a sitting position from a standing position",
          "word": "sideskar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 5 1 13",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "to assume a sitting position from a standing position",
          "word": "sedersi"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 5 1 13",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "to assume a sitting position from a standing position",
          "tags": [
            "regional"
          ],
          "word": "assettarsi"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 5 1 13",
          "alt": "すわる",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "suwaru",
          "sense": "to assume a sitting position from a standing position",
          "word": "座る"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 5 1 13",
          "alt": "こしかける",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "koshikakeru",
          "sense": "to assume a sitting position from a standing position",
          "word": "腰掛ける"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 5 1 13",
          "code": "xal",
          "lang": "Kalmyk",
          "roman": "suux",
          "sense": "to assume a sitting position from a standing position",
          "word": "суух"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 5 1 13",
          "code": "pam",
          "lang": "Kapampangan",
          "sense": "to assume a sitting position from a standing position",
          "word": "lukluk"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 5 1 13",
          "code": "kk",
          "lang": "Kazakh",
          "roman": "otyru",
          "sense": "to assume a sitting position from a standing position",
          "word": "отыру"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 5 1 13",
          "code": "km",
          "lang": "Khmer",
          "roman": "ʼɑɑʼɑngkuy",
          "sense": "to assume a sitting position from a standing position",
          "word": "អង្គុយ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 5 1 13",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "anda",
          "sense": "to assume a sitting position from a standing position",
          "word": "앉다"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 5 1 13",
          "code": "ckb",
          "lang": "Central Kurdish",
          "roman": "danîştin",
          "sense": "to assume a sitting position from a standing position",
          "word": "دانیشتن"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 5 1 13",
          "code": "kmr",
          "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
          "sense": "to assume a sitting position from a standing position",
          "word": "rûniştin"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 5 1 13",
          "code": "ky",
          "lang": "Kyrgyz",
          "roman": "oturuu",
          "sense": "to assume a sitting position from a standing position",
          "word": "отуруу"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 5 1 13",
          "code": "ky",
          "lang": "Kyrgyz",
          "roman": "olturuu",
          "sense": "to assume a sitting position from a standing position",
          "word": "олтуруу"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 5 1 13",
          "code": "lo",
          "lang": "Lao",
          "roman": "nang",
          "sense": "to assume a sitting position from a standing position",
          "word": "ນັ່ງ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 5 1 13",
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "to assume a sitting position from a standing position",
          "word": "sīdō"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 5 1 13",
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "to assume a sitting position from a standing position",
          "word": "cōnsīdō"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 5 1 13",
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "sednuva",
          "sense": "to assume a sitting position from a standing position",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "седнува"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 5 1 13",
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "sedne",
          "sense": "to assume a sitting position from a standing position",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "седне"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 5 1 13",
          "code": "mn",
          "lang": "Mongolian",
          "roman": "suux",
          "sense": "to assume a sitting position from a standing position",
          "word": "суух"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 5 1 13",
          "code": "nap",
          "lang": "Neapolitan",
          "sense": "to assume a sitting position from a standing position",
          "word": "s'assettà"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 5 1 13",
          "code": "zdj",
          "lang": "Ngazidja Comorian",
          "sense": "to assume a sitting position from a standing position",
          "word": "ukantsi"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 5 1 13",
          "code": "nrf",
          "lang": "Norman",
          "sense": "to assume a sitting position from a standing position",
          "word": "s'assiéthe"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 5 1 13",
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "nešastan",
          "sense": "to assume a sitting position from a standing position",
          "word": "نشستن"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 5 1 13",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "to assume a sitting position from a standing position",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "siadać"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 5 1 13",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "to assume a sitting position from a standing position",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "usiąść"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 5 1 13",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "to assume a sitting position from a standing position",
          "word": "sentar-se"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 5 1 13",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "to assume a sitting position from a standing position",
          "word": "așeza"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 5 1 13",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "to assume a sitting position from a standing position",
          "word": "sta jos"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 5 1 13",
          "code": "rm",
          "lang": "Romansch",
          "sense": "to assume a sitting position from a standing position",
          "word": "seser"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 5 1 13",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "sadítʹsja",
          "sense": "to assume a sitting position from a standing position",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "сади́ться"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 5 1 13",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "sestʹ",
          "sense": "to assume a sitting position from a standing position",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "сесть"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 5 1 13",
          "code": "sa",
          "lang": "Sanskrit",
          "roman": "sīdati",
          "sense": "to assume a sitting position from a standing position",
          "word": "सीदति"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 5 1 13",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "to assume a sitting position from a standing position",
          "tags": [
            "Cyrillic",
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "се̏сти"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 5 1 13",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "to assume a sitting position from a standing position",
          "tags": [
            "Cyrillic",
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "сје̏сти"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 5 1 13",
          "code": "sh",
          "english": "Montenegrin",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "to assume a sitting position from a standing position",
          "tags": [
            "Cyrillic",
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "с́е̏сти"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 5 1 13",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "to assume a sitting position from a standing position",
          "tags": [
            "Chakavian",
            "Cyrillic",
            "Ikavian",
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "систи"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 5 1 13",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "to assume a sitting position from a standing position",
          "tags": [
            "Roman",
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          ],
          "word": "sȅsti"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 5 1 13",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "to assume a sitting position from a standing position",
          "tags": [
            "Roman",
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          ],
          "word": "sjȅsti"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 5 1 13",
          "code": "sh",
          "english": "Montenegrin",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "to assume a sitting position from a standing position",
          "tags": [
            "Roman",
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "śȅsti"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 5 1 13",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "to assume a sitting position from a standing position",
          "tags": [
            "Chakavian",
            "Ikavian",
            "Roman",
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "sisti"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 5 1 13",
          "code": "scn",
          "lang": "Sicilian",
          "sense": "to assume a sitting position from a standing position",
          "word": "assettàrisi"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 5 1 13",
          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "to assume a sitting position from a standing position",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "sadnúť si"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 5 1 13",
          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "to assume a sitting position from a standing position",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "posadiť sa"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 5 1 13",
          "code": "sl",
          "lang": "Slovene",
          "sense": "to assume a sitting position from a standing position",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "usesti se"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 5 1 13",
          "code": "sl",
          "lang": "Slovene",
          "sense": "to assume a sitting position from a standing position",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "sesti"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 5 1 13",
          "code": "dsb",
          "lang": "Lower Sorbian",
          "sense": "to assume a sitting position from a standing position",
          "word": "sednuś se"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 5 1 13",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to assume a sitting position from a standing position",
          "word": "sentarse"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 5 1 13",
          "code": "sw",
          "lang": "Swahili",
          "sense": "to assume a sitting position from a standing position",
          "word": "kukaa"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 5 1 13",
          "code": "sw",
          "lang": "Swahili",
          "sense": "to assume a sitting position from a standing position",
          "word": "kukaa kitako"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 5 1 13",
          "code": "sw",
          "lang": "Swahili",
          "sense": "to assume a sitting position from a standing position",
          "word": "kuketi"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 5 1 13",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "to assume a sitting position from a standing position",
          "word": "sätta sig"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 5 1 13",
          "code": "tl",
          "lang": "Tagalog",
          "sense": "to assume a sitting position from a standing position",
          "word": "umupo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 5 1 13",
          "code": "tl",
          "lang": "Tagalog",
          "sense": "to assume a sitting position from a standing position",
          "word": "lumuklok"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 5 1 13",
          "code": "tg",
          "lang": "Tajik",
          "roman": "nišastan",
          "sense": "to assume a sitting position from a standing position",
          "word": "нишастан"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 5 1 13",
          "code": "tt",
          "lang": "Tatar",
          "roman": "utırırga",
          "sense": "to assume a sitting position from a standing position",
          "word": "утырырга"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 5 1 13",
          "code": "th",
          "lang": "Thai",
          "roman": "nâng",
          "sense": "to assume a sitting position from a standing position",
          "word": "นั่ง"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 5 1 13",
          "code": "tpi",
          "lang": "Tok Pisin",
          "sense": "to assume a sitting position from a standing position",
          "word": "sindaun"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 5 1 13",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "to assume a sitting position from a standing position",
          "word": "oturmak"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 5 1 13",
          "code": "tk",
          "lang": "Turkmen",
          "sense": "to assume a sitting position from a standing position",
          "word": "oturmak"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 5 1 13",
          "code": "uga",
          "lang": "Ugaritic",
          "roman": "yṯb",
          "sense": "to assume a sitting position from a standing position",
          "word": "𐎊𐎘𐎁"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 5 1 13",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "sidáty",
          "sense": "to assume a sitting position from a standing position",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "сіда́ти"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 5 1 13",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "sísty",
          "sense": "to assume a sitting position from a standing position",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "сі́сти"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 5 1 13",
          "code": "ur",
          "lang": "Urdu",
          "roman": "baiṭhnā",
          "sense": "to assume a sitting position from a standing position",
          "word": "بیٹھنا"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 5 1 13",
          "code": "ug",
          "lang": "Uyghur",
          "roman": "olturmaq",
          "sense": "to assume a sitting position from a standing position",
          "word": "ئولتۇرماق"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 5 1 13",
          "code": "uz",
          "lang": "Uzbek",
          "sense": "to assume a sitting position from a standing position",
          "word": "oʻtirmoq"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 5 1 13",
          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "to assume a sitting position from a standing position",
          "word": "ngồi xuống"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 5 1 13",
          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "to assume a sitting position from a standing position",
          "word": "ngồi"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 5 1 13",
          "code": "cy",
          "lang": "Welsh",
          "sense": "to assume a sitting position from a standing position",
          "word": "eistedd i lawr"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 5 1 13",
          "code": "cy",
          "lang": "Welsh",
          "sense": "to assume a sitting position from a standing position",
          "word": "mynd ar ei eistedd"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 5 1 13",
          "code": "yua",
          "lang": "Yucatec Maya",
          "sense": "to assume a sitting position from a standing position",
          "word": "kutal"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "82 5 1 13",
          "code": "yua",
          "lang": "Yucatec Maya",
          "sense": "to assume a sitting position from a standing position",
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          "text": "Sit your ass down and shut up.",
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          "ref": "1922, A. E. Housman, Astronomy, lines 3–4",
          "text": "Oh I will sit me down and weep / For bones in Africa.",
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        {
          "ref": "2016 October 3, Tad Friend, “Sam Altman’s Manifest Destiny”, in The New Yorker",
          "text": "Two YC partners sat Altman down last year “and told him, ‘Slow down, chill out!’",
          "type": "quotation"
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        "To cause to be seated or in a sitting posture; to furnish a seat to."
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        "(transitive or reflexive) To cause to be seated or in a sitting posture; to furnish a seat to."
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          "ref": "2013 July 19, Timothy Garton Ash, “Where Dr Pangloss meets Machiavelli”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 6, page 18",
          "text": "Hidden behind thickets of acronyms and gorse bushes of detail, a new great game is under way across the globe. Some call it geoeconomics, but it's geopolitics too. The current power play consists of an extraordinary range of countries simultaneously sitting down to negotiate big free trade and investment agreements.",
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        "(figurative) To meet formally at a conference table."
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      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "The ball scooted off the fairway and sat down in the thick rough."
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          "text": "As we all climbed aboard, the little boat sat down low in the water."
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    {
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ],
      "word": "set down"
    },
    {
      "word": "sit"
    },
    {
      "word": "sit up"
    },
    {
      "word": "stand up"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "categories": [
        "English intransitive verbs",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Sit down! We have work to do.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1560 September 25, Ihon Daus, transl., A Famouse Cronicle of Oure Time, Called Sleidanes Commentaries, Concerning the State of Religion and Common Wealth, […], London: […] Ihon Daye, for Abraham Veale, and Nicholas England, folio cccxij, verso",
          "text": "From thence he cometh forth again ⁊ ſitteth down vnder his cloth of eſtate.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1605, [William Bradshaw], A Proposition. Concerning Kneeling in the Very Act of Receiuing Howsoever. […], page 13",
          "text": "Therfore where it is ſuppoſed that Chriſt and his Apoſtles miniſtred & receiued ſitting but by occaſion, and not of purpoſe: becauſe they were ſitting before in eating the paſſeover. wher as if Chriſt had ſitten down of purpoſ to adminiſter the cõmunion, then all that is ſaid is graunted to be ſome purpoſe.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1648, Galliazzo Gualdo Priorato, translated by Henry [Carey, 2nd] Earle of Monmouth, An History of the Late Warres and Other State Affaires of the Best Part of Christendom, Beginning with the King of Swethlands Entrance into Germany, and Continuing to the Yeare 1640, London: W. Wilson, and are to bee sold by Iohn Hardesty, Thomas Huntington, and Thomas Iackson, […], pages 340–341",
          "text": "[…] he made Maracini advance with his men towards Oder, to hinder Orang hells further proceedings, or his joyning with Bannier, which if it had happened time enough, that Elector would have had ſomewhat elſe to doe, then to have ſitten down before a ſtrong Towne which had a prettie Army in the Field to aſſiſt it.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1660, W[illiam] S[mith], An Holy Kiss of Peace, Sent from the Seed of Life, Greeting All the Lambs and Little Ones with a Tender Salutation. […], London: […] Robert Wilson, […], page 13",
          "text": "[…] and then made to thy ſelf a Reſt, and haſt ſitten down at Eaſe, promiſing to thy ſelf Security in thy profeſſed Formality, where thy Vitals have been ſtopped; […]",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1944 July and August, W. G. Chapman, “The First of the Exeter Expresses”, in Railway Magazine, page 215",
          "text": "[…] my only chance of sitting down was for the hour we were at dinner. […].",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
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      "glosses": [
        "To assume a sitting position from a standing position."
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive) To assume a sitting position from a standing position."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive"
      ]
    },
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      "categories": [
        "English reflexive verbs",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English terms with usage examples",
        "English transitive verbs",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Sit your ass down and shut up.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1922, A. E. Housman, Astronomy, lines 3–4",
          "text": "Oh I will sit me down and weep / For bones in Africa.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2016 October 3, Tad Friend, “Sam Altman’s Manifest Destiny”, in The New Yorker",
          "text": "Two YC partners sat Altman down last year “and told him, ‘Slow down, chill out!’",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To cause to be seated or in a sitting posture; to furnish a seat to."
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive or reflexive) To cause to be seated or in a sitting posture; to furnish a seat to."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "reflexive",
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2013 July 19, Timothy Garton Ash, “Where Dr Pangloss meets Machiavelli”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 6, page 18",
          "text": "Hidden behind thickets of acronyms and gorse bushes of detail, a new great game is under way across the globe. Some call it geoeconomics, but it's geopolitics too. The current power play consists of an extraordinary range of countries simultaneously sitting down to negotiate big free trade and investment agreements.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To meet formally at a conference table."
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(figurative) To meet formally at a conference table."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively"
      ]
    },
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "The ball scooted off the fairway and sat down in the thick rough."
        },
        {
          "text": "As we all climbed aboard, the little boat sat down low in the water."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To assume a low or sunken position."
      ]
    }
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    {
      "sense": "assume a sitting position",
      "word": "be seated"
    },
    {
      "sense": "assume a sitting position",
      "word": "take a pew"
    },
    {
      "sense": "assume a sitting position",
      "word": "take a seat"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "code": "ab",
      "lang": "Abkhaz",
      "roman": "atʷʼara",
      "sense": "to assume a sitting position from a standing position",
      "word": "атәара"
    },
    {
      "code": "ain",
      "lang": "Ainu",
      "roman": "a",
      "sense": "to assume a sitting position from a standing position",
      "word": "ア"
    },
    {
      "code": "sq",
      "lang": "Albanian",
      "sense": "to assume a sitting position from a standing position",
      "word": "ulem"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "jalasa",
      "sense": "to assume a sitting position from a standing position",
      "word": "جَلَسَ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "qaʕada",
      "sense": "to assume a sitting position from a standing position",
      "word": "قَعَدَ"
    },
    {
      "code": "arz",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "ʔaʕad",
      "sense": "to assume a sitting position from a standing position",
      "tags": [
        "Egyptian-Arabic"
      ],
      "word": "قعد"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "nstel",
      "sense": "to assume a sitting position from a standing position",
      "word": "նստել"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "to assume a sitting position from a standing position",
      "word": "oturmaq"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "to assume a sitting position from a standing position",
      "word": "əyləşmək"
    },
    {
      "code": "eu",
      "lang": "Basque",
      "sense": "to assume a sitting position from a standing position",
      "word": "eseri"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "sjadácʹ",
      "sense": "to assume a sitting position from a standing position",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "сяда́ць"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "sadzícca",
      "sense": "to assume a sitting position from a standing position",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "садзі́цца"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "sjésci",
      "sense": "to assume a sitting position from a standing position",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "се́сці"
    },
    {
      "code": "bcl",
      "lang": "Bikol Central",
      "sense": "to assume a sitting position from a standing position",
      "word": "tukaw"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "sjádam",
      "sense": "to assume a sitting position from a standing position",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "ся́дам"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "sédna",
      "sense": "to assume a sitting position from a standing position",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "се́дна"
    },
    {
      "code": "my",
      "lang": "Burmese",
      "roman": "htuing",
      "sense": "to assume a sitting position from a standing position",
      "word": "ထိုင်"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "to assume a sitting position from a standing position",
      "word": "asseure's"
    },
    {
      "code": "chr",
      "lang": "Cherokee",
      "roman": "tsotlesdi",
      "sense": "to assume a sitting position from a standing position",
      "word": "ᏦᏞᏍᏗ"
    },
    {
      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "roman": "co⁵ dai¹",
      "sense": "to assume a sitting position from a standing position",
      "word": "坐低"
    },
    {
      "code": "dng",
      "lang": "Chinese",
      "roman": "zuəha",
      "sense": "to assume a sitting position from a standing position",
      "tags": [
        "Dungan"
      ],
      "word": "зуәха"
    },
    {
      "code": "nan-hbl",
      "lang": "Chinese",
      "roman": "chē-hā",
      "sense": "to assume a sitting position from a standing position",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "坐下"
    },
    {
      "code": "nan-hbl",
      "lang": "Chinese",
      "sense": "to assume a sitting position from a standing position",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "坐落來"
    },
    {
      "code": "nan-hbl",
      "lang": "Chinese",
      "roman": "chē--lo̍h-lâi",
      "sense": "to assume a sitting position from a standing position",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "坐落来"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "zuòxià",
      "sense": "to assume a sitting position from a standing position",
      "word": "坐下"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "zuò",
      "sense": "to assume a sitting position from a standing position",
      "word": "坐"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "to assume a sitting position from a standing position",
      "word": "坐下來"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "zuòxiàlái",
      "sense": "to assume a sitting position from a standing position",
      "word": "坐下来"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "to assume a sitting position from a standing position",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "posadit se"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "to assume a sitting position from a standing position",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "sednout si"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "to assume a sitting position from a standing position",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "sedat si"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to assume a sitting position from a standing position",
      "word": "gaan zitten"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "to assume a sitting position from a standing position",
      "word": "sidiĝi"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to assume a sitting position from a standing position",
      "word": "istuutua"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to assume a sitting position from a standing position",
      "word": "istua alas"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to assume a sitting position from a standing position",
      "word": "s’asseoir"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "to assume a sitting position from a standing position",
      "word": "sentar"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "to assume a sitting position from a standing position",
      "word": "asentar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "daǯdoma",
      "sense": "to assume a sitting position from a standing position",
      "word": "დაჯდომა"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to assume a sitting position from a standing position",
      "word": "sich setzen"
    },
    {
      "code": "got",
      "lang": "Gothic",
      "roman": "gasitan",
      "sense": "to assume a sitting position from a standing position",
      "word": "𐌲𐌰𐍃𐌹𐍄𐌰𐌽"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "kathízō",
      "sense": "to assume a sitting position from a standing position",
      "word": "καθίζω"
    },
    {
      "code": "ht",
      "lang": "Haitian Creole",
      "sense": "to assume a sitting position from a standing position",
      "word": "chita"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "hityashév",
      "sense": "to assume a sitting position from a standing position",
      "word": "התיישב \\ הִתְיַשֵּׁב"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "baiṭhnā",
      "sense": "to assume a sitting position from a standing position",
      "word": "बैठना"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to assume a sitting position from a standing position",
      "word": "leül"
    },
    {
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "to assume a sitting position from a standing position",
      "word": "sideskar"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to assume a sitting position from a standing position",
      "word": "sedersi"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to assume a sitting position from a standing position",
      "tags": [
        "regional"
      ],
      "word": "assettarsi"
    },
    {
      "alt": "すわる",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "suwaru",
      "sense": "to assume a sitting position from a standing position",
      "word": "座る"
    },
    {
      "alt": "こしかける",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "koshikakeru",
      "sense": "to assume a sitting position from a standing position",
      "word": "腰掛ける"
    },
    {
      "code": "xal",
      "lang": "Kalmyk",
      "roman": "suux",
      "sense": "to assume a sitting position from a standing position",
      "word": "суух"
    },
    {
      "code": "pam",
      "lang": "Kapampangan",
      "sense": "to assume a sitting position from a standing position",
      "word": "lukluk"
    },
    {
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "otyru",
      "sense": "to assume a sitting position from a standing position",
      "word": "отыру"
    },
    {
      "code": "km",
      "lang": "Khmer",
      "roman": "ʼɑɑʼɑngkuy",
      "sense": "to assume a sitting position from a standing position",
      "word": "អង្គុយ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "anda",
      "sense": "to assume a sitting position from a standing position",
      "word": "앉다"
    },
    {
      "code": "ckb",
      "lang": "Central Kurdish",
      "roman": "danîştin",
      "sense": "to assume a sitting position from a standing position",
      "word": "دانیشتن"
    },
    {
      "code": "kmr",
      "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
      "sense": "to assume a sitting position from a standing position",
      "word": "rûniştin"
    },
    {
      "code": "ky",
      "lang": "Kyrgyz",
      "roman": "oturuu",
      "sense": "to assume a sitting position from a standing position",
      "word": "отуруу"
    },
    {
      "code": "ky",
      "lang": "Kyrgyz",
      "roman": "olturuu",
      "sense": "to assume a sitting position from a standing position",
      "word": "олтуруу"
    },
    {
      "code": "lo",
      "lang": "Lao",
      "roman": "nang",
      "sense": "to assume a sitting position from a standing position",
      "word": "ນັ່ງ"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "to assume a sitting position from a standing position",
      "word": "sīdō"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "to assume a sitting position from a standing position",
      "word": "cōnsīdō"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "sednuva",
      "sense": "to assume a sitting position from a standing position",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "седнува"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "sedne",
      "sense": "to assume a sitting position from a standing position",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "седне"
    },
    {
      "code": "mn",
      "lang": "Mongolian",
      "roman": "suux",
      "sense": "to assume a sitting position from a standing position",
      "word": "суух"
    },
    {
      "code": "nap",
      "lang": "Neapolitan",
      "sense": "to assume a sitting position from a standing position",
      "word": "s'assettà"
    },
    {
      "code": "zdj",
      "lang": "Ngazidja Comorian",
      "sense": "to assume a sitting position from a standing position",
      "word": "ukantsi"
    },
    {
      "code": "nrf",
      "lang": "Norman",
      "sense": "to assume a sitting position from a standing position",
      "word": "s'assiéthe"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "nešastan",
      "sense": "to assume a sitting position from a standing position",
      "word": "نشستن"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to assume a sitting position from a standing position",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "siadać"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to assume a sitting position from a standing position",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "usiąść"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to assume a sitting position from a standing position",
      "word": "sentar-se"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "to assume a sitting position from a standing position",
      "word": "așeza"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "to assume a sitting position from a standing position",
      "word": "sta jos"
    },
    {
      "code": "rm",
      "lang": "Romansch",
      "sense": "to assume a sitting position from a standing position",
      "word": "seser"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "sadítʹsja",
      "sense": "to assume a sitting position from a standing position",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "сади́ться"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "sestʹ",
      "sense": "to assume a sitting position from a standing position",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "сесть"
    },
    {
      "code": "sa",
      "lang": "Sanskrit",
      "roman": "sīdati",
      "sense": "to assume a sitting position from a standing position",
      "word": "सीदति"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "to assume a sitting position from a standing position",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "се̏сти"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "to assume a sitting position from a standing position",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "сје̏сти"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "english": "Montenegrin",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "to assume a sitting position from a standing position",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "с́е̏сти"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "to assume a sitting position from a standing position",
      "tags": [
        "Chakavian",
        "Cyrillic",
        "Ikavian",
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "систи"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "to assume a sitting position from a standing position",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "sȅsti"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "to assume a sitting position from a standing position",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "sjȅsti"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "english": "Montenegrin",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "to assume a sitting position from a standing position",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "śȅsti"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "to assume a sitting position from a standing position",
      "tags": [
        "Chakavian",
        "Ikavian",
        "Roman",
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "sisti"
    },
    {
      "code": "scn",
      "lang": "Sicilian",
      "sense": "to assume a sitting position from a standing position",
      "word": "assettàrisi"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "to assume a sitting position from a standing position",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "sadnúť si"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "to assume a sitting position from a standing position",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "posadiť sa"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "to assume a sitting position from a standing position",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "usesti se"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "to assume a sitting position from a standing position",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "sesti"
    },
    {
      "code": "dsb",
      "lang": "Lower Sorbian",
      "sense": "to assume a sitting position from a standing position",
      "word": "sednuś se"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to assume a sitting position from a standing position",
      "word": "sentarse"
    },
    {
      "code": "sw",
      "lang": "Swahili",
      "sense": "to assume a sitting position from a standing position",
      "word": "kukaa"
    },
    {
      "code": "sw",
      "lang": "Swahili",
      "sense": "to assume a sitting position from a standing position",
      "word": "kukaa kitako"
    },
    {
      "code": "sw",
      "lang": "Swahili",
      "sense": "to assume a sitting position from a standing position",
      "word": "kuketi"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to assume a sitting position from a standing position",
      "word": "sätta sig"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "to assume a sitting position from a standing position",
      "word": "umupo"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "to assume a sitting position from a standing position",
      "word": "lumuklok"
    },
    {
      "code": "tg",
      "lang": "Tajik",
      "roman": "nišastan",
      "sense": "to assume a sitting position from a standing position",
      "word": "нишастан"
    },
    {
      "code": "tt",
      "lang": "Tatar",
      "roman": "utırırga",
      "sense": "to assume a sitting position from a standing position",
      "word": "утырырга"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "nâng",
      "sense": "to assume a sitting position from a standing position",
      "word": "นั่ง"
    },
    {
      "code": "tpi",
      "lang": "Tok Pisin",
      "sense": "to assume a sitting position from a standing position",
      "word": "sindaun"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "to assume a sitting position from a standing position",
      "word": "oturmak"
    },
    {
      "code": "tk",
      "lang": "Turkmen",
      "sense": "to assume a sitting position from a standing position",
      "word": "oturmak"
    },
    {
      "code": "uga",
      "lang": "Ugaritic",
      "roman": "yṯb",
      "sense": "to assume a sitting position from a standing position",
      "word": "𐎊𐎘𐎁"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "sidáty",
      "sense": "to assume a sitting position from a standing position",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "сіда́ти"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "sísty",
      "sense": "to assume a sitting position from a standing position",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "сі́сти"
    },
    {
      "code": "ur",
      "lang": "Urdu",
      "roman": "baiṭhnā",
      "sense": "to assume a sitting position from a standing position",
      "word": "بیٹھنا"
    },
    {
      "code": "ug",
      "lang": "Uyghur",
      "roman": "olturmaq",
      "sense": "to assume a sitting position from a standing position",
      "word": "ئولتۇرماق"
    },
    {
      "code": "uz",
      "lang": "Uzbek",
      "sense": "to assume a sitting position from a standing position",
      "word": "oʻtirmoq"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "to assume a sitting position from a standing position",
      "word": "ngồi xuống"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "to assume a sitting position from a standing position",
      "word": "ngồi"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "to assume a sitting position from a standing position",
      "word": "eistedd i lawr"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "to assume a sitting position from a standing position",
      "word": "mynd ar ei eistedd"
    },
    {
      "code": "yua",
      "lang": "Yucatec Maya",
      "sense": "to assume a sitting position from a standing position",
      "word": "kutal"
    },
    {
      "code": "yua",
      "lang": "Yucatec Maya",
      "sense": "to assume a sitting position from a standing position",
      "word": "kultal"
    }
  ],
  "word": "sit down"
}

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