sedentary
pronunciation
How to pronounce sedentary in British English:
UK [ˈsedntri]
How to pronounce sedentary in American English:
US [ˈsednteri]
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- Adjective:
- used of persons or actions
Word Origin
- sedentary
- sedentary: see session
- sedentary (adj.)
- 1590s, "remaining in one place," from Middle French sédentaire (16c.) and directly from Latin sedentarius "sitting, remaining in one place," from sedentem (nominative sedens), present participle of sedere "to sit; occupy an official seat, preside; sit still, remain; be fixed or settled," from PIE root *sed- (1) "to sit" (cognates: Sanskrit a-sadat "sat down," sidati "sits;" Old Persian hadis "abode;" Greek ezesthai "to sit," hedra "seat, chair, face of a geometric solid;" Old Irish suide "seat, sitting;" Welsh sedd "seat," eistedd "sitting;" Old Church Slavonic sežda, sedeti "to sit;" Lithuanian sedmi "to sit;" Russian sad "garden," Lithuanian soditi "to plant;" Gothic sitan, Old English sittan "to sit;" see sit). Of persons, the sense "not in the habit of exercise" is recorded from 1660s.
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Example
- 1. Will she suddenly wake up and say , " hey , I never realised what fun a sedentary life could be ! "
- 2. Obesity and sedentary lifestyles are spreading globally .
- 3. Explore an activity that you and your kids both really love-other than a sedentary one ( tv , video games and the internet don 't count ! )
- 4. Other risk factors include habits such as eating too many calories and living a sedentary lifestyle .
- 5. Rural residents are now more likely than other americans to be obese , sedentary and smoke cigarettes .