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sitting in on

sitting in on is the present participle and gerund of sit in on.

Meaning of sit in on

Verb

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

  1. To attend a private meeting or class without participating.
    • Parents of younger children often become upset when they are told that they cannot sit in on the psychological assessment.

Questions about sitting in on

What is sitting in on the present participle and gerund of?
Sitting in on is the present participle and gerund of sit in on.

Words near sitting in on in the dictionary

  1. sitting idly by
  2. sitting in
  3. sitting in for
  4. sitting in judgement
  5. sitting in judgment
  6. sitting in on
  7. sitting loose
  8. sitting loosely
  9. sitting member
  10. sitting members
  11. sitting off

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Adapted from Wiktionary: sitting in on (page history and authors); sit in on (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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