sit-down

تعريف sit-down في الإنجليزية الإنجليزية القاموس.: A meal formal enough to have everyone sitting at once; An event that occurs with people sitting; A sit-in, a protest of civil disobedience by people sitting and refusing to move; Intended to be done while sitting; A semi-formal talk, normally between a small number of people; A sit-in or sit-down is a form of direct action that involves one or more people occupying an area for a protest, often to promote political, social, or economic change; In a sit-down protest, people refuse to leave a place until they get what they want. Teachers staged a sit-down protest in front of the president's office. if you have a sit-down, you sit and rest for a short while; If you have a sit-down, you sit down and rest for a short time. All he wanted was a cup of tea and a sit-down; A sit-down meal is served to people sitting at tables. A sit-down dinner was followed by a disco; a strike in which workers refuse to leave the workplace until a settlement is reached
sit-down money: Welfare or social security payments made to aboriginal people, including unemployment benefits
2005: A discussion paper being released today canvasses a number of proposals to transform the payments that have become known as 'sit-down money'. — Australian Broadcasting Commission, The World Today, 21 February 2005.
sit-down meal: A meal served to people who are sitting at a table
please sit down: Offer to be seated
sit down: To cause to be seated or in a sitting posture; to furnish a seat to
For bones in Africa.
sit down: To assume a sitting position from a standing position
Sit down! We have work to do.
sit down: If you sit down and do something, you spend time and effort doing it in order to try to achieve something. Have you both sat down and worked out a budget together? see also sit-down
sit down: - a form of concerted work stoppage where workers refuse to work inside a factory or establishment after punching their time cards
sit down: be seated
sit down: be seated, take a seat; give a seat, show to a seat
sit down: see sit 2, 3
sit down: show to a seat; assign a seat for; "The host seated me next to Mrs Smith"
sit down: – a form of concerted work stoppage where workers refuse to work inside a factory or establishment after punching their time cards
sit down: A term which the golfer says to the ball to encourage it to land or stop rolling
sit down: take a seat
sit down on: suppress, crush
sit down strike: stay-in strike, type of quiet protest, demonstration involving prolonged sitting
sit down under an insult: silently withstand an insult, remain silent after an offense