take a seat — sit down
collocationB1IELTS 5+neutralcommon
to sit down, usually when someone invites you to do so in a polite or friendly way.
Say it like a native
Textbook Kindly position yourself upon a chair.
Native Take a seat.
'Take a seat' is the polite everyday invitation; the literal paraphrase is absurd.
Pattern: take a seat
In use
- Please take a seat while you wait for the doctor.daily life
- In my country, when guests arrive, we usually invite them to take a seat and offer them something to drink.IELTS speaking
Common mistake
✗ Please take a sit.
✓ Please take a seat.
'A seat' (noun), not 'a sit'.
Common collocations
take a seat— please, have a seat, come in and, won't you
Don't confuse it
More formal than simply saying 'sit down.'