sat

Definition

  • abbreviation: Scholastic Assessment Test
  • abbreviation: Saturday
  • past tense and past participle of 'sit'
  • used for a standardized test used to evaluate suitability for college admission

Examples

  • Though the movie was very boring, he 'sat' it 'out' to see how it ended.

  • He went over and 'sat' [='sat down'] in a chair next to the window.

  • The children 'sat' cross-legged on the floor playing a game.

Movie quotes

  • (..) at Shawshank State Prison. Drink up while it's cold, ladies. The colossal prick even managed to sound magnanimous. We sat and drank with the sun on our shoulders and felt like free men. We could have been tarring the roof of one of our own houses. We were the lords of all creation. As for Andy... (..)
    1994 The Shawshank Redemption