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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
A peaceful form of protest in which people occupy an area and refuse to leave..
Thousands of students marched in the streets and staged a sit-in at T’ien-an-men Square, chanting “Long live democracy! Long live freedom! Down with corruption!”
Local sources said a sit-in protest by hundreds of ethnic Hui Muslims took place on Friday to defend the huge new mosque, which was built last year in the northern region of Ningxia.
a sit-in kayak
a sit-in bath
Use sit-in when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Sit-in means A peaceful form of protest in which people occupy an area and refuse to leave..
Common synonyms include sit-down, dharna.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
Thousands of students marched in the streets and staged a sit-in at T’ien-an-men Square, chanting “Long live democracy! Long live freedom! Down with corruption!”
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