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sitting
[sit-ing]
noun
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.
adjective
(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.
sitting
/ ˈɪɪŋ /
noun
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
adjective
in office
a sitting Member of Parliament
(of a hen) brooding eggs
seated
in a sitting position
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Idioms and Phrases
sitting pretty, in an auspicious position.
He's been sitting pretty since he got that new job.
Example Sentences
An accompanying picture, of the prince sitting on a stone wall, was taken while he visited farmers and food producers on the Duchy of Cornwall - a parcel of land William now owns - in May.
But although multimillionaire businessman Yusuf was sitting close to Towler in the party's office, it was delegated to Reform's chief operations officer to ring him and then deliver the news in an adjoining room.
In the first video I watched, a man in an unmarked car detains another man sitting on a bus bench in Pasadena.
Orioles interim manager Tony Mansolino added: "It's really scary. It's terrifying. I mean, we all sit in these dugouts every night and in a lot of ways you kind of feel like sitting ducks."
A couple of weeks after having a colposcopy, while sitting in her kitchen, she received a "terrifying" phone call from the hospital asking her to come in, but not to come alone.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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