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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
For Monday's events, veterans had pride of place on a viewing platform at the top of the Mall, sitting alongside the Royal Family and the prime minister, watching the military parade and marching bands.
We are sitting in her small cottage in East Keal, a quiet village on the edge of the Lincolnshire Wolds and just a stone's throw from a number of RAF stations.
A 1,000 year-old human skeleton buried sitting cross-legged in India is still without a museum to house it because of bureaucratic wrangling, six years after it was unearthed.
You have to list all the things that are sitting on that shelf.…
Mr Abel, sitting next to Mr Buffett on stage, was apparently caught unaware by the announcement.
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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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