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sits for

sits for is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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

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What is sits for the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Sits for is the third-person singular simple present indicative of sit for.

Words near sits for in the dictionary

  1. sits around
  2. sits back
  3. sits back on one's heels
  4. sits by
  5. sits down
  6. sits for
  7. sits idly by
  8. sits in
  9. sits in for
  10. sits in judgement
  11. sits in judgment

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Adapted from Wiktionary: sits 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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