: served to seated diners
a sit-down dinner
also
: of, relating to, or serving sit-down meals
a sit-down restaurant
1
: a cessation of work by employees while maintaining continuous occupation of their place of employment as a protest and means toward forcing compliance with demands
2
: a mass obstruction of an activity by sitting down to demonstrate a grievance or to get the activity modified or halted
3
: a meeting held especially to discuss and resolve problems or conflicts
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Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 11 Mar. 2025
Built around an arresting sit-down interview with Ambrose, Hughes-Hallett deftly weaves in subtle re-enactments, a trove of archival footage, (overabundant) pans to photos, and a variety of jargon-decoding graphics.
—Ritesh Mehta, IndieWire, 10 Mar. 2025
Jamila Stewart, Vogue, 22 Mar. 2023
News in the sit-down, which was recorded on March 15.
—Kirsty Hatcher, Peoplemag, 22 Mar. 2023
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Adjective
Coughlan will take part in a sit-down interview and then receive her accolade in the iconic Lumiere Theater in Cannes’ Palais des Festivals.
—Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 11 Mar. 2025
Built around an arresting sit-down interview with Ambrose, Hughes-Hallett deftly weaves in subtle re-enactments, a trove of archival footage, (overabundant) pans to photos, and a variety of jargon-decoding graphics.
—Ritesh Mehta, IndieWire, 10 Mar. 2025
Noun
Ahead of the sit-down dinner and ceremony, guests such as Storm Reid, Christine Quinn, Jurnee Smollett, and Lukas Gage trickled in from the rainy outdoors over an hour or so, greeted inside with Casamigos cocktails, filet mignon canapés, and more.
—Jamila Stewart, Vogue, 22 Mar. 2023
News in the sit-down, which was recorded on March 15.
—Kirsty Hatcher, Peoplemag, 22 Mar. 2023
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“Sit-down.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sit-down. Accessed 22 Mar. 2025.
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