sit for

A1 Topic:Education & Learning Prepositional verb

Base verb: sit

Meanings

1
verb
to take a formal examination
Prepositional verb · Inseparable

sit for something

Usage: For introduces the examination taken.

He is sitting for his final exams next week.
Sources and attribution

OpenAI Codex authors; independent AI editorial review recorded in the corpus review archive. — Original project editorial material; cleared for The Missing Workbook
- The Missing Workbook: original construction review
He is sitting for his final exams next week.
2
verb
to pose while an artist paints or photographs you
Prepositional verb · Inseparable

sit for someone / sit for a portrait

Usage: In the posing sense, the artist follows for: sit for the painter, sit for her. A portrait may also follow for. Remain still while being painted or photographed.

The painter asked her neighbor to sit for her while she worked on his portrait.
Sources and attribution

OpenAI Codex authors; independent AI editorial review recorded in the corpus review archive. — Original project editorial material; cleared for The Missing Workbook
- The Missing Workbook: original construction review
The painter asked her neighbor to sit for her while she worked on his portrait.

Verb forms

Verb forms are not available for this word yet.

Thesaurus

Word family

Forms sat forsits forsitting for

Related forms sit

Topics

Education & Learning

External links

# sit for

**Type:** Word
**Level:** A1
**Part of speech:** verb

## Meanings
1. to take a formal examination
2. to pose while an artist paints or photographs you

## Usage Notes
- to take a formal examination: For introduces the examination taken.
- to pose while an artist paints or photographs you: In the posing sense, the artist follows for: sit for the painter, sit for her. A portrait may also follow for. Remain still while being painted or photographed.

## Examples
- He is sitting for his final exams next week.
- The painter asked her neighbor to sit for her while she worked on his portrait.
- He is sitting for his final exams next week.
- The painter asked her neighbor to sit for her while she worked on his portrait.

## Related Forms
- sit

## Learning Sources
Adapted from Wiktionary contributors, with original notes and examples. Learning notes: [CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).
- [The Missing Workbook: original construction review](https://github.com/barisozmen/rails_english)

## Topics
- Education & Learning

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