si t|ting te n|ant (sitting tenants ) N‑COUNT A sitting tenant is a person who rents a house or flat as their home and has a legal right to live there. [BRIT ] □ 1.4 million council homes have been sold, mostly to sitting tenants.
situ|ate /s I tʃue I t/ (situates , situating , situated ) VERB If you situate something such as an idea or fact in a particular context, you relate it to that context, especially in order to understand it better. [FORMAL ] □ [V n adv/prep] She situates Autumn Sequel in the context of post-war disillusionment.
situ|at|ed /s I tʃue I t I d/ ADJ [adv ADJ ] If something is situated in a particular place or position, it is in that place or position. □ [+ in ] His hotel is situated in one of the loveliest places on the Loire.
situa|tion ◆◆◆ /s I tʃue I ʃ ə n/ (situations )
1 N‑COUNT [oft poss N ] You use situation to refer generally to what is happening in a particular place at a particular time, or to refer to what is happening to you. □ Army officers said the situation was under control. □ She's in a hopeless situation.
2 N‑COUNT The situation of a building or town is the kind of surroundings that it has. [FORMAL ] □ The garden is in a beautiful situation.
3 PHRASE Situations Vacant is the title of a column or page in a newspaper where jobs are advertised. [mainly BRIT ] in AM, use Employment
si tua|tion co m|edy (situation comedies ) N‑VAR A situation comedy is an amusing television drama series about a set of characters. The abbreviation sitcom is also used. □ …a situation comedy that was set in an acupuncture clinic.
si t-up (sit-ups ) in AM, also use situp N‑COUNT [usu pl] Sit-ups are exercises that you do to strengthen your stomach muscles. They involve sitting up from a lying position while keeping your legs straight on the floor.
six ◆◆◆ /s I ks/ (sixes ) NUM Six is the number 6. □ …a glorious career spanning more than six decades.
si x-foo ter (six-footers ) N‑COUNT Someone who is six foot tall can be called a six-footer . [INFORMAL ]
si x-pack (six-packs )
1 N‑COUNT A six-pack is a pack containing six bottles or cans sold together. □ [+ of ] He picked up a six-pack of Coke.
2 N‑COUNT [oft N n] If a man has a six-pack , his stomach muscles are very well developed. □ He has a six-pack stomach and is extremely well-proportioned.
six|pence /s I kspəns/ (sixpences ) N‑COUNT A sixpence is a small silver coin which was used in Britain before the decimal money system was introduced in 1971. It was the equivalent of 2.5 pence. [BRIT ]
si x-shooter (six-shooters ) N‑COUNT A six-shooter is a small gun that holds six bullets.
six|teen ◆◆◆ /s I kstiː n/ (sixteens ) NUM Sixteen is the number 16. □ …exams taken at the age of sixteen. □ He worked sixteen hours a day.
six|teenth ◆◆◇ /s I kstiː nθ/ (sixteenths )
1 ORD The sixteenth item in a series is the one that you count as number sixteen. □ …the sixteenth century AD.
2 FRACTION A sixteenth is one of sixteen equal parts of something. □ …a sixteenth of a second.
sixth ◆◆◇ /s I ksθ/ (sixths )
1 ORD The sixth item in a series is the one that you count as number six. □ …the sixth round of the World Cup. □ …the sixth of December.
2 FRACTION A sixth is one of six equal parts of something. □ The company yesterday shed a sixth of its workforce. □ …five-sixths of a mile.
si xth form (sixth forms ) also sixth-form N‑COUNT [usu sing] The sixth form in a British school consists of the classes that pupils go to from 16 to 18 years of age, usually in order to study for A levels. □ She was offered her first modelling job while she was still in the sixth-form.
si xth for|mer (sixth formers ) also sixth-former N‑COUNT A sixth former is a pupil who is in the sixth form at a British school.
si xth se nse N‑SING If you say that someone has a sixth sense , you mean that they seem to have a natural ability to know about things before other people, or to know things that other people do not know. □ [+ for ] The interesting thing about O'Reilly is his sixth sense for finding people who have good ideas.
six|ti|eth ◆◆◇ /s I kstiəθ/ ORD The sixtieth item in a series is the one that you count as number sixty. □ He is to retire on his sixtieth birthday.
six|ty ◆◆◆ /s I ksti/ (sixties )
1 NUM Sixty is the number 60. □ …the sunniest April in Britain for more than sixty years.
2 N‑PLURAL When you talk about the sixties , you are referring to numbers between 60 and 69. For example, if you are in your sixties , you are aged between 60 and 69. If the temperature is in the sixties , it is between 60 and 69 degrees. □ …a lively widow in her sixties.
3 N‑PLURAL The sixties is the decade between 1960 and 1969. □ Fewer couples marry now than did in the Sixties and early Seventies.
si x-ya rd bo x N‑SING On a football pitch, the six-yard box is the rectangular area marked in front of the goal.
siz|able /sa I zəb ə l/ → see sizeable
size ◆◆◇ /sa I z/ (sizes , sizing , sized )