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sat (SAT) (verb)
1. To have rested on a chair or other surface: Ana sat on the boulder and admired the view.
2. To have been inactive: The tractor sat in the barn because it had a flat tire.
3. To have lain or rested: The pot of soup sat on the stove where Jim's wife was cooking and it smelled very appetizing.
4. To have been in a location: The house sat in the middle of the green lawn and shade trees.
2. To have been inactive: The tractor sat in the barn because it had a flat tire.
3. To have lain or rested: The pot of soup sat on the stove where Jim's wife was cooking and it smelled very appetizing.
4. To have been in a location: The house sat in the middle of the green lawn and shade trees.
set (SET) (verb)
1. To place on a surface with care and deliberation: Mrs. Smith told her students, "Please set the books neatly on the shelves."
2. To attend with a fixed intention: Marcus had set his mind to solving the mathematical puzzle before he watched television.
3. To establish a standard or pattern for a performance: Megan set the criterion for high jumping during the sports competition.
2. To attend with a fixed intention: Marcus had set his mind to solving the mathematical puzzle before he watched television.
3. To establish a standard or pattern for a performance: Megan set the criterion for high jumping during the sports competition.
Jay's generosity set an example for his colleagues who also contributed to the relief fund.
set (SET) (noun)
1. The scenery for a theatrical or film production: The set for the new play was lovely and earned a round of applause.
2. A collection of books or other objects that belong together because of such circumstances as being by the same author, having the same pattern, etc.: Suzanne bought a new set of china to replace the set that she had had when she was at college.
2. A collection of books or other objects that belong together because of such circumstances as being by the same author, having the same pattern, etc.: Suzanne bought a new set of china to replace the set that she had had when she was at college.
At the auction, Alex bought the complete set of Thackeray novels.
sit (SIT) (verb)
1. To be in a position in which one's bottom is resting on a chair, a seat, the ground, etc.; especially, with one's back upright: Jane said, "Hello Bernard, please come in and sit down on the couch."
2. To occupy an official position: Randall was elected to sit for a city council position after he resigned from the board of directors.
3. To allow to be inactive: Oscar and Eleanor will let the car sit in the garage over the winter because they don't have winter tires.
2. To occupy an official position: Randall was elected to sit for a city council position after he resigned from the board of directors.
3. To allow to be inactive: Oscar and Eleanor will let the car sit in the garage over the winter because they don't have winter tires.
The sled will sit in the garage during the summer and then it will be used again when the snow covers the ground in the winter.
4. To pose for a portrait, photograph, etc.: Lucille agreed to sit for the painter this week.Edwin thought he would sit down for a few minutes and admire the set for the play which will premier tomorrow. The scene was set in the countryside in an old house that looked as if it had sat on the same location for at least a hundred years.
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Confusing Words Clarified: Group S; Homonyms, Homophones, Homographs, Synonyms, Polysemes, etc. +
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(Latin: sit, sitting)