sit

Meaning

To rest your body on a chair or the ground.

Example sentences

• Please sit on this chair.দয়া করে এই চেয়ারে বসো।
• The students sat quietly.শিক্ষার্থীরা চুপচাপ বসল।

Synonyms & antonyms

Antonyms: stand

Forms of “sit”

Base form

sit

Past simple

sat

Past participle

sat

-ing form

sitting

Third person (he/she/it)

sits

Other English words for “বসা”

• sit down

  To move into a sitting position.

• be seated

  To sit down, in polite or formal English.

Opposite words

• stand

  দাঁড়ানো

  To be on your feet in an upright position.

• pace

  অস্থিরভাবে পায়চারি করা

  To walk back and forth repeatedly, especially when worried or thinking.

“sit” elsewhere on EnglishBD

• We use 'get on/off' for large vehicles you stand and walk inside (bus, train, plane) and 'get in/out' for small ones you sit down in (car, taxi).

  Phrasal Verbs with Get →

• come in — Please come in and sit down.

  Phrasal Verbs with Come →

• "Pick up" is separable: use "pick up the bag" or "pick the bag up", but a pronoun must sit in the middle — "pick it up".

  Phrasal Verbs with Pick →

Where this word is used

• বসা — বাংলা অর্থ

Check yourself

1. “sit” — এর বাংলা অর্থ কোনটি?

   • • যোগ করা, দেওয়া
   • • অর্জন করা, লাভ করা
   • • বসা
   • • বিবেচনা করা
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   বসা — sit (verb) — বসা. To rest your body on a chair or the ground.

Related words

• standদাঁড়ানোantonym
• sisterবোনnearby
• sister-in-lawননদ, জা, শ্যালিকা, ভাবি (সম্পর্কভেদে)nearby
• sit downবসা, বসে পড়াnearby
• sit on the fenceকোনো পক্ষ না নিয়ে দ্বিধায় থাকাnearby
• sixছয়same level
• skyআকাশsame level
• sleepঘুমানো, ঘুমsame level
• slowধীর, মন্থরsame level
• slowlyধীরে, আস্তেsame level
• smallছোটsame level
• smileহাসা, মুচকি হাসাsame level