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sitting upon

sitting upon is the present participle and gerund of sit upon.

Meaning of sit upon

Verb

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

  1. Synonym of sit on (“block, suppress, hold back”).
    Synonyms:
    sit on

Questions about sitting upon

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

Words near sitting upon in the dictionary

  1. sitting toilets
  2. sitting under
  3. sitting up
  4. sitting up and taking notice
  5. sitting up with
  6. sitting upon
  7. sitting volleyball
  8. sitting with
  9. sitting-out area
  10. sitting-out areas
  11. sitting-rising test

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