seistä — meaning in English

English meaning

• sit verb To be resting with your body upright, supported by your bottom, rather than standing or lying down.
• stand verb To be upright on one's feet, or to rise into that position.

Senses

seistä is used for these senses in English:

• sit (intransitive, of an object) To occupy a given position.
• stand (intransitive, copulative) To maintain an invincible or permanent attitude; to be fixed, steady, or firm; to take a position in resistance or opposition.
• stand (intransitive, followed by to + infinitive) To be positioned to gain or lose.
• stand (intransitive, copulative) To maintain one's ground; to be acquitted; not to fail or yield; to be safe.
• stand by (intransitive) To do nothing. To be inactive in a situation.

sit — full definition

1. verb To be resting with your body upright, supported by your bottom, rather than standing or lying down.
2. verb To lower yourself into a seated position.
3. verb To be located or positioned somewhere.
4. verb To hold a formal seat or membership on a board, council, or similar body, or (of a court) to be in session.
5. verb To take or complete an exam.

stand — full definition

1. verb To be upright on one's feet, or to rise into that position.
2. verb To be located or positioned somewhere.
3. verb To tolerate or endure something, usually in the negative.
4. verb To remain valid or in effect.
5. verb To be a candidate in an election.

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