sat

verb

1. (form-of, participle, past)simple past and past participle of sit

   “I sat in the middle of the park.”

   “Jill sat Jack down for a talk.”

   “We sat ourselves down for dinner.”

   “The children were sat at a low table. (informal; chiefly UK/Commonwealth)”

   “Hold on, I’m sat on my arse while I’m writing this.”

adj

1. (abbreviation, alt-of)Abbreviation of satisfactory.
2. (abbreviation, alt-of)Abbreviation of satisfied.
3. (abbreviation, alt-of)Abbreviation of saturated.

noun

1. (abbreviation, alt-of)Abbreviation of satellite (“artificial orbital body”).
2. (abbreviation, alt-of)Abbreviation of satori (“a mutant gene of Drosophila, a genus of fruit flies, that causes homosexual behaviour in males (specifically, courtship directed to other males)”).
3. (abbreviation, alt-of)Abbreviation of satoshi (“a hundred-millionth of a bitcoin”).
4. Level of saturation (especially of oxygen in the blood).

   “Also, your blood pressure and oxygen sats – that's the amount of oxygen in your blood.”

   “[T]his is her third admission for breathing difficulties. The first two admissions we managed to control her and discharge her home with her mum. This time we can't get her oxygen sats up—they're actually falling.”

   “Intubation is not necessary unless his oxygen sat reading is low.”

5. (abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable)Initialism of surface air temperature.
6. (US, abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis, uncountable)Ellipsis of SAT Reasoning Test, formerly an acronym for Scholastic Assessment Test and (originally) Scholastic Aptitude Test: a national exam taken annually by high school juniors and seniors.

   “take the SAT”

   “take an SAT”

   “Some people claim that the SATs have gotten harder.”

   “AIs are no longer just producing passable five-paragraph essays. Now they’re excelling at the SAT, “earning” a score of 1410. […] To score a 1410 on the SAT says something about your capacities and prospects—maybe you can get into Stanford.”

7. (British, countable, uncountable)The National Curriculum assessment, formerly called (either officially or unofficially) by names including the Statutory Assessment Test and the Standard Attainment Test.
8. (abbreviation, alt-of)Abbreviation of Saturday.