sit
verb [I] (BE A MEMBER) /sɪt/ (present tense sitting, past tense and past participle sat)Definition
› to be a member of an official group: I'm going to be sitting on the committee for one more year. Our member of Congress has sat for (= represented) this town for years.US All of the federal judges currently sitting (= in office) in Maryland hail from Baltimore.Joining and leaving groups and organizations
(Definition of sit verb (BE A MEMBER) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- affiliation noun
- band together phrasal verb
- be on the books idiom
- belong to sth phrasal verb
- blackball verb
- enrol verb
- enter verb (ORGANIZATION)
- entrant noun
- entry noun (WAY IN)
- entrée noun (ENTRY)
- initiation ceremony noun
- join verb (BECOME A MEMBER)
- joiner noun (TAKING PART)
- onto preposition (ADDING)
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- sign up phrasal verb
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