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sit-down en · ADJ

Etymology

Deverbal from sit down.

Meanings

1. (not-comparable) Intended to be done, used, consumed etc. while sitting.
   • It's nice to have a proper sit-down meal, rather than just a sandwich on the go.
   • My leg was giving me a good deal of trouble, and as I did not seem to be able to land upon a sit-down job, I next found myself trying to sell typewriters. 1933, Frank Clune, Try Anything Once, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, page 134:

Translations (3)

de im Sitzen (to be done while sitting) · de sitzend (to be done while sitting) · de Sitz- (to be done while sitting)

sit-down en · NOUN

Etymology

Deverbal from sit down.

Meanings

1. An act of sitting down, sometimes with other people in some form of social exchange.
   • Let's have a sit-down and talk about this properly.
   • I need a sit-down and a nice cup of tea.
2. An act of sitting down, sometimes with other people in some form of social exchange. ▸ An interview.
3. A sit-in, a protest of civil disobedience by people sitting and refusing to move.
   • The sit-downs were especially dangerous to the system because they were not controlled by the regular union leadership. 2003 (revised edition), Howard Zinn, A People's History of the United States, HarperCollins 2005, p. 401
   • I helped organize a sit-down outside an Oxford hairdressers' shop that refused black female customers. 2010, Christopher Hitchens, Hitch-22, Atlantic, published 2011, page 108:

Forms

Deriveds

sit-downer

Relateds

sit-up · situp

Translations (6)

hu ülősztrájk (a sit-in) · de Beisammensein im Sitzen (an act of sitting down, sometimes with other people) · de Sitzstreik (a sit-in) · de Sitzpause (an act of sitting down, sometimes with other people) · de Zusammensitzen (an act of sitting down, sometimes with other people) · de Zusammenkunft im Sitzen (an act of sitting down, sometimes with other people)