sit-down

1 of 2

adjective

: served to seated diners
a sit-down dinner
also : of, relating to, or serving sit-down meals
a sit-down restaurant

sit-down

2 of 2

noun

1
: a cessation of work by employees while maintaining continuous occupation of their place of employment as a protest and means toward forcing compliance with demands
2
: a mass obstruction of an activity by sitting down to demonstrate a grievance or to get the activity modified or halted
3
: a meeting held especially to discuss and resolve problems or conflicts

Examples of sit-down in a Sentence

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Adjective
Several educators and at least one student were arrested for disorderly conduct after staging a sit-down in front of Gov. Ned Lamont’s office at the state Capitol Wednesday afternoon. Jessika Harkay, Hartford Courant, 22 May 2025 The Real Housewives of Atlanta alum, 49, shared the health update during a sit-down interview with Amazon Live on Wednesday, May 21. Vanessa Etienne, People.com, 22 May 2025
Noun
Ahead of the sit-down dinner and ceremony, guests such as Storm Reid, Christine Quinn, Jurnee Smollett, and Lukas Gage trickled in from the rainy outdoors over an hour or so, greeted inside with Casamigos cocktails, filet mignon canapés, and more. Jamila Stewart, Vogue, 22 Mar. 2023 News in the sit-down, which was recorded on March 15. Kirsty Hatcher, Peoplemag, 22 Mar. 2023 See All Example Sentences for sit-down

Word History

First Known Use

Adjective

1789, in the meaning defined above

Noun

1868, in the meaning defined at sense 3

Time Traveler
The first known use of sit-down was in 1789

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“Sit-down.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sit-down. Accessed 29 May. 2025.

Kids Definition

sit-down

noun
ˈsit-ˌdau̇n
: a strike in which the workers stop work and refuse to leave their places of employment

called also sit-down strike

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