Definitions of Sitting [ˈsɪt ɪŋ]

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Definition of 'Sitting'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) sitting
the act of a person or thing that sits.

2.  sitting
a period of being seated, as in posing for a portrait.

3.  sitting
a brooding, as of a hen upon eggs; incubation.

4.  sitting
a session, as of a court or legislature.

5.  sitting
the time allotted to the serving of a meal to a group, as aboard a ship.

6. (adj.) sitting
for, suited to, or accomplished while sitting:
a sitting catch.

7.  sitting
(of a target) readily seen, approached, or hit.

8.  sitting
occupying an official position or office; incumbent.

9.  sitting
in session; active:
a sitting legislature.

10.  sitting
(of a bird) occupying a nest of eggs for hatching.

Etymology: (1175–1225)

Definition of 'Sitting'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) sitting, posing
(photography) the act of assuming a certain position (as for a photograph or portrait)
"he wanted his portrait painted but couldn't spare time for the sitting"

2. (noun) sitting
the act of assuming or maintaining a seated position
"he read the mystery at one sitting"

3. (noun) seance, sitting, session
a meeting of spiritualists
"the seance was held in the medium's parlor"

4. (adj) sitting
a session as of a legislature or court

5. (adj) seated, sitting
(of persons) having the torso erect and legs bent with the body supported on the buttocks
"the seated Madonna"; "the audience remained seated"

6. (adj) sitting
not moving and therefore easy to attack
"a sitting target"

Definition of 'Sitting'

Webster Dictionary

1. (adj) Sitting
being in the state, or the position, of one who, or that which, sits

2. (noun) Sitting
the state or act of one who sits; the posture of one who occupies a seat

3. (noun) Sitting
a seat, or the space occupied by or allotted for a person, in a church, theater, etc.; as, the hall has 800 sittings

4. (noun) Sitting
the act or time of sitting, as to a portrait painter, photographer, etc

5. (noun) Sitting
the actual presence or meeting of any body of men in their seats, clothed with authority to transact business; a session; as, a sitting of the judges of the King's Bench, or of a commission

6. (noun) Sitting
the time during which one sits while doing something, as reading a book, playing a game, etc

7. (noun) Sitting
a brooding over eggs for hatching, as by fowls

8. Sitting
of Sit

Translation of 'Sitting'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: a period of continuous action, meeting etc I read the whole book at one sitting; The committee were prepared for a lengthy sitting.
Afrikaans: sitting, sessie	Arabic: جَلْسَه	Bulgarian: заседание
Brazilian: sessão	Czech: (po)sezení	German: die Sitzung
Danish: omgang	Greek: καθισιά, συνεδρίαση, συνε	Spanish: sesión
Estonian: istung, istumine	Farsi: نشست	Finnish: istunta
French: séance	Hebrew: יְשִיבָה	Hindi: बैठक
Croatian: sjedenje, zasjedanje	Hungarian: ülés	Indonesian: kegiatan
Icelandic: lota, törn	Italian: seduta, tornata	Japanese: １回の期間
Korean: 회기, 앉은 자리	Lithuanian: prisėdimas, posėdis	Latvian: sēde
Malay: sesi perbincangan dan seu	Dutch: zitting	Norwegian: i ett strekk; møte, samli
Polish: posiedzenie, sesja	Persian: نشست	Pashto: کښین
Portuguese: sessão	Romanian: şedinţă	Russian: сидение; присест; заседан
Slovak: (po)sedenie	Slovenian: zasedanje	Serbian: zasedanje
Swedish: [i ett] sträck (svep), si	Thai: การเข้านั่งประจำที่	Turkish: oturum, oturma, oturuş
Taiwanese: 持續性活動的一段期間，會期等	Ukrainian: засідання, сеанс	Urdu: نشست
Vietnamese: lần, lúc, lượt, buổi họp	Chinese: 一段时间
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