сидеть — meaning in English

English meaning

• do verb To perform or carry out an action or task.
• sit verb To be resting with your body upright, supported by your bottom, rather than standing or lying down.

Senses

сидеть is used for these senses in English:

• do (pro-verb) A syntactic marker that refers back to an earlier verb and allows the speaker to avoid repeating the verb; in most dialects, not used with auxiliaries such as be, though it can be in AAVE.
• do time (colloquial) To spend time in prison (as a prisoner) or in the military (as a servicemember).
• sit (intransitive, copulative, of a person) To be in a position in which the upper body is upright and supported by the buttocks.
• sit (intransitive, of an object) To occupy a given position.
• sit (government) To be a member of a deliberative body.

do — full definition

1. verb To perform or carry out an action or task.
2. verb Used as a helping verb to form questions and negatives, or for emphasis.
3. verb To be sufficient or acceptable.
4. verb To fare or get on in a particular way.
5. noun A social event or party (informal, chiefly British).

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.

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