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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

SAT, pret of sit.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: the seventh and last day of the week; observed as the Sabbath by Jews and some Christians [syn: Saturday, Sabbatum, Sat]

Merriam Webster's

abbreviation Saturday

Merriam Webster's

I. past and past participle of sit II. abbreviation 1. satellite 2. saturated

Britannica Concise

Standardized test taken by U.S. high-school students applying to colleges. It is divided into two principal sections, verbal and mathematical. Promulgated largely through the efforts of J. B. Conant as a means of promoting merit-based (rather than class-based) college admissions, it was administered to few students before the end of World War II but today is taken by millions each year. Scores declined as the test came to be more widely administered, and in 1995 the score of 500 for each section (midway between the extremes of 200 and 800) was reestablished as the actual mean score of those tested. The test, which most colleges use as one measure of a student's ability, has been insistently criticized for a claimed bias in favor of the white middle class, and for its multiple-choice format, which critics claim is inadequate to test various important capacities.

Oxford Reference Dictionary

past and past part. of SIT.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Sat Sat, imp. of Sit. [Written also sate.]

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Sit Sit, v. i. [imp. Sat(Sate, archaic); p. p. Sat (Sitten, obs.); p. pr. & vb. n. Sitting.] [OE. sitten, AS. sittan; akin to OS. sittian, OFries. sitta, D. zitten, G. sitzen, OHG. sizzen, Icel. sitja, SW. sitta, Dan. sidde, Goth. sitan, Russ. sidiete, L. sedere, Gr. ???, Skr. sad. [root]154. Cf. Assess,Assize, Cathedral, Chair, Dissident, Excise, Insidious, Possess, Reside, Sanhedrim, Seance, Seat, n., Sedate, 4th Sell, Siege, Session, Set, v. t., Sizar, Size, Subsidy.] 1. To rest upon the haunches, or the lower extremity of the trunk of the body; -- said of human beings, and sometimes of other animals; as, to sit on a sofa, on a chair, or on the ground. And he came and took the book put of the right hand of him that sate upon the seat. --Bible (1551) (Rev. v. 7.) I pray you, jest, sir, as you sit at dinner. --Shak. 2. To perch; to rest with the feet drawn up, as birds do on a branch, pole, etc. 3. To remain in a state of repose; to rest; to abide; to rest in any position or condition. And Moses said to . . . the children of Reuben, Shall your brothren go to war, and shall ye sit here? --Num. xxxii. 6. Like a demigod here sit I in the sky. --Shak. 4. To lie, rest, or bear; to press or weigh; -- with on; as, a weight or burden sits lightly upon him. The calamity sits heavy on us. --Jer. Taylor. 5. To be adjusted; to fit; as, a coat sts well or ill. This new and gorgeous garment, majesty, Sits not so easy on me as you think. --Shak. 6. To suit one well or ill, as an act; to become; to befit; -- used impersonally. [Obs.] --Chaucer. 7. To cover and warm eggs for hatching, as a fowl; to brood; to incubate. As the partridge sitteth on eggs, and hatcheth them not. --Jer. xvii. 11. 8. To have position, as at the point blown from; to hold a relative position; to have direction. Like a good miller that knows how to grind, which way soever the wind sits. --Selden. Sits the wind in that quarter? --Sir W. Scott. 9. To occupy a place or seat as a member of an official body; as, to sit in Congress. 10. To hold a session; to be in session for official business; -- said of legislative assemblies, courts, etc.; as, the court sits in January; the aldermen sit to-night. 11. To take a position for the purpose of having some artistic representation of one's self made, as a picture or a bust; as, to sit to a painter.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Sit Sit, v. i. [imp. Sat(Sate, archaic); p. p. Sat (Sitten, obs.); p. pr. & vb. n. Sitting.] [OE. sitten, AS. sittan; akin to OS. sittian, OFries. sitta, D. zitten, G. sitzen, OHG. sizzen, Icel. sitja, SW. sitta, Dan. sidde, Goth. sitan, Russ. sidiete, L. sedere, Gr. ???, Skr. sad. [root]154. Cf. Assess,Assize, Cathedral, Chair, Dissident, Excise, Insidious, Possess, Reside, Sanhedrim, Seance, Seat, n., Sedate, 4th Sell, Siege, Session, Set, v. t., Sizar, Size, Subsidy.] 1. To rest upon the haunches, or the lower extremity of the trunk of the body; -- said of human beings, and sometimes of other animals; as, to sit on a sofa, on a chair, or on the ground. And he came and took the book put of the right hand of him that sate upon the seat. --Bible (1551) (Rev. v. 7.) I pray you, jest, sir, as you sit at dinner. --Shak. 2. To perch; to rest with the feet drawn up, as birds do on a branch, pole, etc. 3. To remain in a state of repose; to rest; to abide; to rest in any position or condition. And Moses said to . . . the children of Reuben, Shall your brothren go to war, and shall ye sit here? --Num. xxxii. 6. Like a demigod here sit I in the sky. --Shak. 4. To lie, rest, or bear; to press or weigh; -- with on; as, a weight or burden sits lightly upon him. The calamity sits heavy on us. --Jer. Taylor. 5. To be adjusted; to fit; as, a coat sts well or ill. This new and gorgeous garment, majesty, Sits not so easy on me as you think. --Shak. 6. To suit one well or ill, as an act; to become; to befit; -- used impersonally. [Obs.] --Chaucer. 7. To cover and warm eggs for hatching, as a fowl; to brood; to incubate. As the partridge sitteth on eggs, and hatcheth them not. --Jer. xvii. 11. 8. To have position, as at the point blown from; to hold a relative position; to have direction. Like a good miller that knows how to grind, which way soever the wind sits. --Selden. Sits the wind in that quarter? --Sir W. Scott. 9. To occupy a place or seat as a member of an official body; as, to sit in Congress. 10. To hold a session; to be in session for official business; -- said of legislative assemblies, courts, etc.; as, the court sits in January; the aldermen sit to-night. 11. To take a position for the purpose of having some artistic representation of one's self made, as a picture or a bust; as, to sit to a painter.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

Sat is the past tense and past participle of sit.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

also sat The SAT is an examination which is often taken by students who wish to enter a college or university. SAT is an abbreviation for 'Scholastic Aptitude Test'. (AM) N-PROPER

Airports

Landing Facility Type	AIRPORT
Airport Code	SAT
EFF_DATE	02/16/2006
FAA Region	ASW
FAA District	NONE
State	TX
State	TEXAS
County	BEXAR
County State	TX
City Name	SAN ANTONIO
Full Name	SAN ANTONIO INTL
Owner Type	PU
Facility Use	PU
Facility City, State, Zip	"SAN ANTONIO, TX 78207"
Elevation	809
Aeronautical chart on which the airport facility appears	SAN ANTONIO
Distance from the central business district of the associated city to the airport in nautical miles	07
Direction of airport from the central business district of the associated city	N
Airport Certification Type and Date	I CS 05/1973
NASP/Federal Agreement Code	NGYP3
Customs international airport	N
Customs Landing Rights Airport	Y
Joint Use	N
Military Landing Rights	Y
MIL_INT	R
Control Tower	Y
Based Single Engine General Aviation Aircraft	133
Based Multi-engine general aviation aircraft	048
Based Jet engine general aviation aircraft	075
Based Helicopters	007
Commercial Services	084296
Air Taxi	036660
General Aviation, Local Operations	005084
General Aviation - Itinerant Operations	095449
Military Aircraft Operations	010658
Latitude	29.5336944444
Longitude	-98.4697777778
State FIPS code	48
State Postal Code	TX
Total domestic enplanements (inbound plus outbound)	3376750
Version	09