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sit in

sit in verb: to attend a class, educational presentation, meeting, etc. for one time, as a visitor.

Verb

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

  1. (idiomatic) To attend a class, educational presentation, meeting, etc. for one time, as a visitor.
  2. To take part in a group musical performance, especially a jazz session, as a temporary guest.
  3. To participate in a sit-in protest.
    • Over 200 homeless women and children sat-in over night at the state house to protest inadequate state funding for Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC).1987 April 4, Kim Westheimer, “Homeless Women & Children Sit-In”, in Gay Community News, page 4

sit in meaning in Urdu, Bengali and Malayalam

sit in in Urdu

دھرنا

sit in in Bengali

শিক্ষামূলক উপস্থাপনায়, সভায় ইত্যাদিতে উপস্থিত হওয়া, অবস্থান ধর্মঘটে অংশ নেওয়া

sit in in Malayalam

for fill in for, stand in for, cover for
മറ്റൊരാളിനു പകരം ഇരിക്കുക, ബദലായിരിക്കുക, മറ്റൊരാളി സ്ഥാനം എടുക്കുക, പ്രതിനിധീകരിക്കുക, പകരം നിൽക്കുക, പകരക്കാരനാകുക

Forms of sit in

third-person singular presentsits in
present participlesitting in
past participlesat in
pastsat in

Questions about sit in

What does sit in mean?
Sit in means to attend a class, educational presentation, meeting, etc. for one time, as a visitor.
What is sit in in Urdu?
Sit in in Urdu is دھرنا. See Sit in meaning in Urdu.
What part of speech is sit in?
Sit in is a verb.
What is the past tense of sit in?
The past tense of sit in is sat in.

Words near sit in in the dictionary

  1. sit by
  2. sit dead-red
  3. sit down
  4. sit for
  5. sit idly by
  6. sit in
  7. sit in for
  8. sit in judgement
  9. sit in judgment
  10. sit in on
  11. sit in the wheels

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: sit in (page history and authors); sit in (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); sit in (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); sit in (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license). 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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