Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

sit up with

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.88 in modern English

Syllables
sit up with
IPA
17
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
1
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To stay awake past one's usual time in order to care for or provide company to (someone).

verb

To remain with (someone) through the night, especially with an ill or troubled person.

verb

To remain with (a recently deceased person) all night, ostensibly to keep animals from the corpse.

Inflected Forms

sits up with (present, singular) sitting up with (participle, present) sat up with (participle, past) sat up with (past)

Questions

What does sit up with mean?
To stay awake past one's usual time in order to care for or provide company to (someone).

How to pronounce sit up with

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