Definitions for sitting
ˈsɪt ɪŋsit·ting

Princeton's WordNet(5.00 / 2 votes)Rate this definition:

1. sitting, posingnoun

   (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. sittingnoun

   the act of assuming or maintaining a seated position

   "he read the mystery at one sitting"

3. seance, sitting, sessionnoun

   a meeting of spiritualists

   "the seance was held in the medium's parlor"

4. sittingadjective

   a session as of a legislature or court

5. seated, sittingadjective

   (of persons) having the torso erect and legs bent with the body supported on the buttocks

   "the seated Madonna"; "the audience remained seated"

6. sittingadjective

   not moving and therefore easy to attack

   "a sitting target"

Wiktionary(3.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. sittingnoun

   a period during which one is seated for a specific purpose

2. sittingnoun

   a legislative session

3. sittingnoun

   the act (of a bird) of incubating eggs; the clutch of eggs under a brooding bird

4. sittingadjective

   executed from a sitting position

5. sittingadjective

   occupying a specific official or legal position; incumbent

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Sittingnoun

   Etymology: from sit.

   1. The posture of sitting on a seat.2. The act of resting on a seat.

   Thou knowest my down-sitting and mine up rising. Psal.

   3. A time at which one exhibits himself to a painter.

   Few good pictures have been finished at one sitting; neither can a good play be produced at a heat. Dryden.

   4. A meeting of an assembly.

   I’ll write you down;
   The which shall point you forth at every sitting,
   What you must say. William Shakespeare.

   I wish it may be at that sitting concluded, unless the necessity of the time press it. Francis Bacon.

   5. A course of study unintermitted.

   For the understanding of any one of St. Paul’s epistles, I read it all through at one sitting. John Locke.

   6. A time for which one sits without rising.

   What more than madness reigns,
   When one short sitting many hundred drains,
   And not enough is left him to supply
   Board-wages, or a footman’s livery. Dryden.

   7. Incubation.

   Whilst the hen is covering her eggs, the male bird takes his stand upon a neighbouring bough, and amuses her with his songs during the whole time of her sitting. Addison.

Wikipedia(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Sitting

   Sitting is a basic action and resting position in which the body weight is supported primarily by the bony ischial tuberosities with the buttocks in contact with the ground or a horizontal surface such as a chair seat, instead of by the lower limbs as in standing, squatting or kneeling. When sitting, the torso is more or less upright, although sometimes it can lean against other objects for a more relaxed posture. Sitting for much of the day may pose significant health risks, with one study suggesting people who sit regularly for prolonged periods may have higher mortality rates than those who do not. The average person sits down for 4.7 hours per day, according to a global review representing 47% of the global adult population.The form of kneeling where the buttocks sit back on the heels, for example as in the Seiza and Vajrasana postures, is also often interpreted as sitting.

Webster Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Sitting

   of Sit

2. Sittingadjective

   being in the state, or the position, of one who, or that which, sits

3. Sittingnoun

   the state or act of one who sits; the posture of one who occupies a seat

4. Sittingnoun

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

5. Sittingnoun

   the act or time of sitting, as to a portrait painter, photographer, etc

6. Sittingnoun

   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

7. Sittingnoun

   the time during which one sits while doing something, as reading a book, playing a game, etc

8. Sittingnoun

   a brooding over eggs for hatching, as by fowls

Freebase(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Sitting

   Sitting is a rest position supported by the buttocks or thighs where the torso is more or less upright.

Matched Categories

1. • Meeting
   • Motion
   • Photography

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'sitting' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #1424

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'sitting' in Written Corpus Frequency: #707

How to pronounce sitting?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say sitting in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of sitting in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of sitting in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of sitting in a Sentence

1. Bruce Dickinson:

   I met him a long time ago … in Toronto when he and his band came and they were sitting, watching us do a soundcheck, and he came backstage after we finished. And I ’m not exactly the world’s tallest guy. I ’m like 5 ’ 6.

2. Larry Park:

   There was a point where Ed Ray was like, ‘You got to know when to kick the bucket.’ But who kept going? Who said, ‘No, we're not kicking the bucket. We're going to get out of here.’ You know who said that? I don't know. Maybe the guy sitting beside me.

3. Attorney General William Barr:

   Today, the Department filed aStatement of Interestin support of a church in Mississippi that allegedly sought to hold parking lot worship services, in which congregants listened to their pastor preach over their car radios, while sitting in their cars in the church parking lot with their windows rolled up, the City of Greenville fined congregants $ 500 per person for attending these parking lot services while permitting citizens to attend nearby drive-in restaurants, even with their windows open.

4. Joseph Hammond:

   Sometimes when I am in my sitting room, it comes before me, when we were crossing the river, fighting, it's printed on my memory like a video film, anybody that goes to war, everyone must have respect for that person. It is not child's play.

5. Don Sadoway:

   Two hours later I was sitting up, talking to my kids.

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