sitting
the act of a person or thing that sits.
a period of remaining seated, as in posing for a portrait or reading a book.
the space on or in which one sits, as in a church.
a brooding, as of a hen upon eggs; incubation.
the number of eggs on which a bird sits during a single hatching; clutch.
a session, as of a court or legislature.
the time or space allotted to the serving of a meal to a group, as aboard a ship.
(of a bird) occupying a nest of eggs for hatching.
of, for, or suited to sitting: a sitting area in the lobby.
holding an official position or office; occupying an appointed or elected seat; incumbent: a sitting pontiff.
in session or at work; active: a sitting legislature.
Idioms about sitting
sitting pretty, in an auspicious position: He's been sitting pretty since he got that new job.
Origin of sitting
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How to use sitting in a sentence
Portion it out over numerous sittings for no other reason than prolonging its enjoyment.
His contempt for judges and politicians was so absorbing that I read the book in two sittings.
Beyond: Two Souls took me about ten hours to complete, and I went through the whole thing in three sittings.
Emsley later made use of a series of photographs produced during the sittings.
Kate's First Official Portrait: Will Artist be Sent To Tower for Hideous Picture? | Tom Sykes | January 11, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTOne earlier series, “ Sittings,” required his subjects to get naked.
Soon the Commissioners were to start on their travels, and were at that time holding public sittings and taking evidence.
Fifty Years of Railway Life in England, Scotland and Ireland | Joseph TatlowThe nave itself presents rather a poor and naked appearance, occasioned in a great degree by the absence of sittings.
A Woman's Journey Round the World | Ida PfeifferShe attended daily the sittings of the Assembly, and listened with the deepest interest to the debates.
Madame Roland, Makers of History | John S. C. AbbottThe sections, the tribunals, the clubs were to suspend their sittings, that the public attention might not be distracted.
Madame Roland, Makers of History | John S. C. AbbottAt Birmingham, the council of the union declared its sittings permanent until the fate of the bill should be decided.
The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.III. | E. Farr and E. H. Nolan
British Dictionary definitions for sitting
/ (ˈsɪtɪŋ) /
a continuous period of being seated: I read his novel at one sitting
such a period in a restaurant, canteen, etc, where space and other facilities are limited: dinner will be served in two sittings
the act or period of posing for one's portrait to be painted, carved, etc
a meeting, esp of an official body, to conduct business
the incubation period of a bird's eggs during which the mother sits on them to keep them warm
in office: a sitting Member of Parliament
(of a hen) brooding eggs
seated: in a sitting position
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