sit-down

[ sit-doun ]

adjective

1. done or accomplished while sitting down:

   sit-down meetings between the two party leaders.

2. (of a meal or food) served to or intended for persons seated at a table:

   a sit-down dinner.

noun

1. Informal. a period or instance of sitting, as to relax, talk, or the like:

   They had a profitable sit-down together.

2. sit-down strike.
3. a protest demonstration whereby participants refuse to move from a public place.
4. Informal. a meal, especially a dinner, served to persons who are seated at a table.

sit down

verb

1. to adopt or cause (oneself or another) to adopt a sitting posture
2. intrfoll byunder to suffer (insults, etc) without protests or resistance

noun

1. a form of civil disobedience in which demonstrators sit down in a public place as a protest or to draw attention to a cause
2. See sit-down strike

adjective

1. (of a meal, etc) eaten while sitting down at a table

Word History and Origins

Origin of sit-down¹

First recorded in 1830–40; adj. and noun use of verb phrase sit down

Example Sentences

“I never really had sit-down dinners with my family. My mom was a single mom and we would eat on the couch,” says White.

From Los Angeles Times

I feel like me as a filmmaker, that's why, I didn't use sit-down interviews and a bunch of other people talking.

From Salon

Last week, in a sit-down interview with wrestler-turned-media-personality Tyrus, the former president warned listeners that manhood was under attack and religion was being mocked in the US.

From BBC

Breed reflected on her tenure during a lengthy sit-down interview with The Times last month outside a café at the Transamerica Pyramid.

From Los Angeles Times

I put their request directly to Andrei Kelin, the Russian ambassador to the UK, in as part of a wide-ranging sit-down interview that will be broadcast on Sunday.

From BBC

Related Words

• accumulate
• amass
• collect
• deliver
• hoard
• install
• invest
• save
• stash
• transfer