sat

C2+ Topic:Time
US /sæt/ UK /sæt/
verb

Meanings

  1. 1
    verb

    past tense and past participle of sit

    They sat by the fire until the last embers faded to ash.

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Synonyms
1 verb · past tense and past... seatedperchedrested
Opposites
Word family
Related forms sitseatsettle

Etymology

Past tense and past participle of sit, from Old English sæt, the preterite of sittan ('to sit'), from Proto-Germanic *sitjaną, from Proto-Indo-European *sed- ('to sit').

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