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sat for

sat for is the simple past and past participle of sit for.

Meaning of sit for

Verb

sit for (third-person singular simple present sits for, present participle sitting for, simple past and past participle sat for)

  1. To take care of children in the absence of their parents; to work as a babysitter for someone.
  2. To serve as a model for an artist or as the subject of a piece of art.
    • He sat for painters.1927, Joseph Auslander, Frank Ernest Hill, Theresa West Elmendorf, The Winged Horse, page 220
  3. To represent a political party in a place, especially the House of Lords.
    • Previously a crossbench peer in the House of Lords, now he sits for Labour.2025 February 19, Dickon Ross, “Opinion”, in RAIL, number 1029, page 3

Questions about sat for

What is sat for the simple past and past participle of?
Sat for is the simple past and past participle of sit for.

Words near sat for in the dictionary

  1. sat diver
  2. sat divers
  3. sat down
  4. sat fat
  5. sat fats
  6. sat for
  7. sat idly by
  8. sat in
  9. sat in for
  10. sat in judgement
  11. sat in judgment

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Adapted from Wiktionary: sat for (page history and authors); sit for (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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