Satn.

Brit.

/sat/, U.S.

/sæt/

Origin: A borrowing from Sanskrit. Etymon: Sanskrit sat.

Etymology: < Sanskrit sat, use as noun of sat existing, real, true (see sati n.).

Hinduism, Buddhism, and Jainism.

A state of absolute being or pure existence.In Hinduism, Sat is considered one of the three aspects of the divine, together with Chit (Chit n.⁶) and Ananda (Ananda n.), and often appears in combination with these words as sat-chit-ananda.

ΚΠ

1875 J. D. B. Gribble tr. E. R. Baierlein Land of Tamulians i. iv. 64 The Vedanta..has yet arrived at a kind of Trinity... I mean the Sat, Chit, and Ananda (Existence, Thought, Joy) which it is not so very difficult to translate into Father, Son and Holy Ghost.

1914 Theosophy Aug. 463 In waking life, Sat experiences fully and knows. In dream state, Sat again knows and sees what goes on there.

2005 J. G. Suthren Hirst Samkara's Advaita Vedanta v. 108 Objects do not exist independently, but are contingent upon sat.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2021; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

> as lemmas

SAT n. U.S. scholastic aptitude test.

ΚΠ

1961 A. Anastasi Psychol. Testing (ed. 2) ix. 226 A number of tests have been specially developed for use in the admission, placement, and counseling of college students. An outstanding example is the Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) of the College Entrance Examination Board.

1971 E. Ashby Any Person, Any Study ii. 59 Taken together with SAT scores the information is as good as any measure yet devised to predict academic performance in college examinations.

1974 A. Lurie War between Tates ii. 39 Until very recently, girls like her, whatever their SAT scores, didn't usually go to graduate school.

SAT n. (also Sat) British Education standard assessment task (or test); usually in plural.

ΘΚΠ

society > education > educational administration > examination > [noun] > school examinations

entrance examination1819

entrance exam1857

standard1862

skew1866

leaving examination1868

Oxford1871

entry exam1886

Abitur1918

higher1923

scholarship1950

A level1951

C.S.E.1963

international baccalaureate1966

A1979

Certificate of Secondary Education1981

AS1984

STEP1985

SAT1988

A21999

1988 Guardian 11 Oct. 22/1 Contracts to develop the ‘standard assessment tasks’ (SATs) for seven-year-olds in mathematics, science, English and Welsh, and possibly design and technology.

2002 Observer 30 June (Review section) 2/4 The Sats results show there is no plateauing off.

单词	sat
释义	Satn. Brit. /sat/, U.S. /sæt/ Origin: A borrowing from Sanskrit. Etymon: Sanskrit sat. Etymology: < Sanskrit sat, use as noun of sat existing, real, true (see sati n.). Hinduism, Buddhism, and Jainism. A state of absolute being or pure existence.In Hinduism, Sat is considered one of the three aspects of the divine, together with Chit (Chit n.⁶) and Ananda (Ananda n.), and often appears in combination with these words as sat-chit-ananda. ΚΠ 1875 J. D. B. Gribble tr. E. R. Baierlein Land of Tamulians i. iv. 64 The Vedanta..has yet arrived at a kind of Trinity... I mean the Sat, Chit, and Ananda (Existence, Thought, Joy) which it is not so very difficult to translate into Father, Son and Holy Ghost. 1914 Theosophy Aug. 463 In waking life, Sat experiences fully and knows. In dream state, Sat again knows and sees what goes on there. 2005 J. G. Suthren Hirst Samkara's Advaita Vedanta v. 108 Objects do not exist independently, but are contingent upon sat. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2021; most recently modified version published online June 2022). > as lemmas SAT SAT n. U.S. scholastic aptitude test. ΚΠ 1961 A. Anastasi Psychol. Testing (ed. 2) ix. 226 A number of tests have been specially developed for use in the admission, placement, and counseling of college students. An outstanding example is the Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) of the College Entrance Examination Board. 1971 E. Ashby Any Person, Any Study ii. 59 Taken together with SAT scores the information is as good as any measure yet devised to predict academic performance in college examinations. 1974 A. Lurie War between Tates ii. 39 Until very recently, girls like her, whatever their SAT scores, didn't usually go to graduate school. extracted from Sn.¹ SAT SAT n. (also Sat) British Education standard assessment task (or test); usually in plural. ΘΚΠ society > education > educational administration > examination > [noun] > school examinations entrance examination1819 entrance exam1857 standard1862 skew1866 leaving examination1868 Oxford1871 entry exam1886 Abitur1918 higher1923 scholarship1950 A level1951 C.S.E.1963 international baccalaureate1966 A1979 Certificate of Secondary Education1981 AS1984 STEP1985 SAT1988 A21999 1988 Guardian 11 Oct. 22/1 Contracts to develop the ‘standard assessment tasks’ (SATs) for seven-year-olds in mathematics, science, English and Welsh, and possibly design and technology. 2002 Observer 30 June (Review section) 2/4 The Sats results show there is no plateauing off. extracted from Sn.¹ < n.1875 as lemmas
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