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  • 31Sit — Sit, obs. 3d pers. sing. pres. of {Sit}, for sitteth. [1913 Webster] …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 32sit-in — s.m.inv. ES ingl. {{wmetafile0}} manifestazione di protesta consistente nell occupare in massa un suolo pubblico sedendosi per terra allo scopo di provocare disagio e ingombro, bloccando il traffico e sim. {{line}} {{/line}} DATA: 1960. ETIMO:… …

    Dizionario italiano

  • 33sit-in — n a type of protest in which people refuse to leave the place where they work or study until their demands are agreed to hold/stage a sit in ▪ Several thousand students staged sit ins and protest marches …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 34sit-in — sit ins N COUNT A sit in is a protest in which people go to a public place and stay there for a long time. The campaigners held a sit in outside the Supreme Court …

    English dictionary

  • 35sit in — (for (someone)) to do someone s job or fulfill a responsibility for them. The vice president will sit in for the president at today s meeting. Their drummer was sick so they asked if I could sit in …

    New idioms dictionary

  • 36sit-in — [sit′in΄] n. a method of protesting the policy of a government, business, etc., in which demonstrators sit in, and refuse to leave, a public place, thus blocking traffic, disrupting operations, etc …

    English World dictionary

  • 37sit-up — ☆ sit up or situp [sit′up΄ ] n. an exercise in which a person lying flat on the back rises to a sitting position without using the hands: sit ups are usually done in series …

    English World dictionary

  • 38sit-up — /sit up /, n. an exercise in which a person lies flat on the back, lifts the torso to a sitting position, and then lies flat again without changing the position of the legs: formerly done with the legs straight but now usually done with the knees …

    Universalium

  • 39sit-in — See work ins/sit ins. Practical Law Dictionary. Glossary of UK, US and international legal terms. www.practicallaw.com. 2010 …

    Law dictionary

  • 40SIT —   [Abkürzung für englisch static induction transistor »statischer Influenztransistor«], ein Transistor, im weiteren Sinn aufgebaut wie ein JFET (Feldeffekttransistor), ähnelt in seiner Wirkungsweise der Vakuumtriode und kann als JFET mit sehr… …

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