sits

Sits is the third-person singular present tense form of the English verb sit. It is used with he, she, or it: he sits, she sits, it sits. Other forms of the verb include I sit, you sit, we sit, they sit. The verb sit is primarily intransitive in its basic sense, meaning to rest one’s body on a chair or other support; it does not take a direct object in this sense.

It can also describe the position or location of something, as in “The house sits on a hill,” meaning it is situated there. The past tense is sat, and the past participle is also sat; the present participle is sitting.

Sits is used to describe ongoing or habitual action in the present. In questions and negations, standard do-support and subject–auxiliary inversion are used: “Does he sit here often?” “He does not sit still for long.” The verb has several common phrasal uses, including sit down (to take a seated position), sit in (to attend a meeting as a listener, typically temporarily), sit for (to pose for a portrait), and sit tight (to wait patiently).

Etymology: sit derives from Old English sittan, and is related to Dutch zitten and German sitzen, with cognates in other Germanic languages.