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• sit-down
  sit-down

  adjective

  done or accomplished while sitting down.
• sit down
  sit down

  verb

  to adopt or cause (oneself or another) to adopt a sitting posture

sit-down

American  

[sit-daun] / ˈsɪtˌdaʊn /

adjective

1. done or accomplished while sitting down.

   sit-down meetings between the two party leaders.

2. (of a meal or food) served to or intended for persons seated at a table.

   a sit-down dinner.

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noun

• sit-downs
  plural

1. Informal. a period or instance of sitting, as to relax, talk, or the like.

   They had a profitable sit-down together.

2. sit-down strike.

3. a protest demonstration whereby participants refuse to move from a public place.

4. Informal. a meal, especially a dinner, served to persons who are seated at a table.

sit down British  

verb

1. to adopt or cause (oneself or another) to adopt a sitting posture

2. to suffer (insults, etc) without protests or resistance

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noun

1. a form of civil disobedience in which demonstrators sit down in a public place as a protest or to draw attention to a cause

2. See sit-down strike

adjective

1. (of a meal, etc) eaten while sitting down at a table

sit down Idioms  

1. Take a seat, as in Won't you sit down? I won't be long . [c. 1200]

2. sit down to . Prepare to eat a meal, as in At six we all sat down to dinner . [Late 1500s]

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• sit-downs
  plural

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Etymology

Origin of sit-down

First recorded in 1830–40; adj. and noun use of verb phrase sit down

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Example Sentences

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Jagalchi, a Korean market in Daly City, opened last year with a 75,000-square-foot supermarket with fresh seafood, a bakery, a K-beauty section and sit-down dining.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 30, 2026

Andy Burnham said he wanted to ensure no nation was "left behind" after the sit-down, which also included representatives from Northern Ireland.

From BBC ● Oct. 30, 2026

Chipotle’s stock is down 22.4% so far this year, as the chain tries to stand out among a sea of discounts and promos from sit-down restaurants and fast-food chains.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 28, 2026

The meeting marked the third sit-down between the two leaders, who have developed a cordial in-person rapport despite their political differences.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 21, 2026

Instead, Permian and Carter agreed to a sit-down the Sunday before the game at the Midland airport.

From "Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream" by H.G. Bissinger

“Maybe we can sit down and talk and say, ‘Listen, you really need to think about this.

From Salon ● Oct. 29, 2026

Maria Corina Machado, Venezuela's opposition leader and Nobel peace laureate, said on Monday she was ready to sit down with the country's interim president after her surprise return from exile.

From Barron's ● Oct. 26, 2026

“No one wanted to sit down with these people, no one,” Figuera said in an interview with a small group of reporters in Caracas, where a third round of talks concluded this week.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 25, 2026

"Do you sit down at a terminal and feel a rush of energy? Do you enjoy playing with and defining AI systems?"

From BBC ● Oct. 9, 2026

Then you and I will sit down over cups of hot coffee and slices of cherry pie, and we will savor every last one of our secrets together.

From "The Detective's Assistant" by Kate Hannigan

For the superrich, private bankers or lawyers might fly to vacation homes to facilitate sit-downs or kick-start a financial conversation on the ski slopes or at the lake house.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 24, 2026

It was one of those sit-downs where you, the talent, talk about your dream projects and what you’ve got cooking and see if there’s maybe mutual interest.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 18, 2025

She mentioned one of his big legacy-media sit-downs, an interview with George Stephanopoulos, seemingly just to establish that Bankman-Fried was making the rounds and talking a lot.

From Slate ● Oct. 31, 2023

A parade of foreign leaders on recent US trips, including on official state visits at the White House's invitation, have added sit-downs with Elon Musk to their schedules.

From BBC ● Sep. 19, 2023

I could escape the stage-managed multilateral meetings and sit-downs with leaders and find new ways to bring a little extra warmth to those otherwise staid visits.

From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama

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