sat

Pluralsats, SATs, Sats

1. 1
   verb

   Past tense and past participle of sit. Use it for the past, or after has, have or had.

   We sat on the grass and ate our sandwiches.

   That old bike has sat in the garage for years.

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2. 2
   Sayes-ay-TEEUS/ˌɛs eɪ ˈti/UK/ˌɛs eɪ ˈtiː/

   noun · SATUScountable or uncountableabbreviationellipsis

   Short for SAT Reasoning Test, a national test US students take in the last years of high school.

   My sister studies every night for the SAT.

   He took the SAT twice to get a better score.

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3. 3
   noun · Satabbreviation

   Short for Saturday. People use it in writing, like on calendars and signs.

   The store is open Mon–Sat from 9 to 6.

   On her calendar she wrote: Sat – Grandma's birthday party.

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4. 4
   adjectivenonstandardUKnot before a noun

   Sitting down in a seat or another place.

   We were sat at the back of the bus, so we didn't see anything.

   Mum was sat in the garden with her book.

   Similarseated, sitting

   Oppositestanding

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5. 5
   nounabbreviation

   Short for satellite, a machine sent into space to travel around a planet.

   We used a sat phone to call home from the mountains.

   The rocket carried a small sat into space.

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6. 6
   nouncountable

   How full something is, most often how much oxygen is in a person's blood.

   The nurse put a clip on his finger to check his oxygen sats.

   Her oxygen sat was low, so the doctor gave her extra oxygen through a mask.

   Similarsaturation

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7. 7
   noun · SATBritishcountable or uncountableacronym

   Short for Statutory Assessment Test, a national test that children in England take at school.

   My little brother is only ten, and he's worried about his SATs.

   The primary school put its SAT results on the noticeboard.

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8. 8
   adjectiveabbreviation

   Short for satisfactory. Used on forms and checklists to mean good enough.

   The room check was sat, so we could leave for the weekend.

   Her work on the project was sat, but not outstanding.

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9. 9
   adjectiveabbreviation

   Short for saturated. Used in short notes and labels, as in sat fat.

   Look at the sat fat line on the food label before you buy.

   Butter has much more sat fat than olive oil.

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