sat

[sat] / sæt /

VERB

rest on one's behind

Synonyms

STRONGEST

cover install lie park perch relax remain rest seat squat

STRONG

ensconce hunker pose posture settle

WEAK

be seated bear on give feet a rest grab a chair have a place have a seat plop down put it there seat oneself take a load off take a place take a seat

Antonyms

STRONGEST

depart move stand straighten

WEAK

cancel

VERB

hold a meeting

Synonyms

STRONGEST

assemble meet open

STRONG

convene deliberate officiate preside

WEAK

be in session come together hold an assembly

Antonyms

STRONGEST

divide separate

STRONG

WEAK

cancel stand

Example Sentences

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Google hasn’t sat around and waited for competition to take market share from search.

From Barron's

I sat in with Robert Glasper at the New York location and I’m very honored to do the Blue Note again.

From Los Angeles Times

Rowling has described working on her early books in The Elephant House in the late 1990s and often sat at an antique wooden table which was salvaged from the blaze.

From BBC

In Kendall Square, the life-sciences hub tucked next to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology campus in Cambridge, 17% of lab space in the neighborhood sat vacant this September, according to CBRE.

From The Wall Street Journal