noun
Meaning 1
Alternative form of sitout.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, alternative
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
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Phrase guide
sit out
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noun
Meaning 2
Alternative form of sit-out.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, alternative
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verb
Meaning 3
To decline to participate; particularly, to decline to dance.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: ambitransitive
Examples
- I don't like this tune, and I'm rather tired, so I think I'll just sit out.
- I don't like this tune, and I'm rather tired, so I think I'll just sit it out.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: opt out
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 4
To await the cessation of, without taking part.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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verb
Meaning 5
To be away from the table in the midst of an ongoing game, thus automatically placing one's forced bets and otherwise folding every hand when it is one's time to act.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: card-games, poker
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verb
Meaning 6
To lean out to the windward side of a sailboat in order to counterbalance the effects of the wind on the sails.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: nautical, transport
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: hike, lean out
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 7
To escape a hold while face down by swinging one's legs around into the sitting position.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: government, hobbies, lifestyle, martial-arts, military, politics, sports, war, wrestling
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verb
Meaning 8
endure to the end
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
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Broader terms: digest, endure, stick out, stomach, bear, stand, tolerate, support, brook, abide, suffer, put up
verb
Meaning 9
not participate in (an activity, such as a dance or a sports event)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- He sat out the game
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: refrain, forbear
History
Etymology
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Across languages
Translations
18 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Esperanto: sidi rande — decline to participate
- Finnish: jättää väliin — decline to participate
- Finnish: jättää välistä — decline to participate
- Finnish: jättäytyä pois — decline to participate
- German: ausstehen — decline to participate
- German: aussetzen — decline to participate
- Polish: nie brać udziału — decline to participate
- Polish: nie wziąć udziału — decline to participate
- Russian: отсидеться (otsidetʹsja) — decline to participate
- Russian: пропустить (propustitʹ) — decline to participate
- Spanish: quedarse — decline to participate
- Spanish: quedarse aquí — decline to participate
- Finnish: odottaa päättymistä — await the cessation of
- German: aussitzen — await the cessation of
- German: durchstehen — await the cessation of
- Finnish: hengata — lean out to the windward side of a sailboat in order to counterbalance
- Finnish: nojata tuulta vastaan — lean out to the windward side of a sailboat in order to counterbalance
- German: ausreiten — lean out to the windward side of a sailboat in order to counterbalance