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Seat vs. Sit
Seat
/siːt/Examples:
Unless everybody is seated, all spectators will be dismissed!Seats "on 'change" sold for two thousand dollars each.Deliberately seating himself upon it, he answered, "Just so."
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This word has no antonymsSit
/sɪt/Examples:
The cat likes to sit by the window.Winston sat at the table and opened his diary.Lady Clarke was sitting in a big armchair near the window.
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Ways to tell them apart:
- Seat refers to an object, like a chair, that you can place yourself on.
- Sit is an action you do to position yourself on a seat.
- Remember that you can sit on a seat, not the other way around.
- Seat is usually a noun, while sit is a verb.
- You take a seat when you decide to sit somewhere.
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