Definitions for squatting
squat·ting

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. knee bend, squat, squattingnoun

   exercising by repeatedly assuming a crouching position with the knees bent; strengthens the leg muscles

2. squat, squattingnoun

   the act of assuming or maintaining a crouching position with the knees bent and the buttocks near the heels

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1. squattingnoun

   The act or general practice of occupying a building or land illegally.

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1. Squatting

   Squatting is the action of occupying an abandoned or unoccupied area of land or a building, usually residential, that the squatter does not own, rent or otherwise have lawful permission to use. The United Nations estimated in 2003 that there were one billion slum residents and squatters globally. Squatting occurs worldwide and tends to occur when people who are poor and homeless find empty buildings or land to occupy for housing. It has a long history, broken down by country below. In developing countries and least developed countries, shanty towns often begin as squatted settlements. In African cities such as Lagos much of the population lives in slums. There are pavement dwellers in India and in Hong Kong as well as rooftop slums. Informal settlements in Latin America are known by names such as villa miseria (Argentina), pueblos jóvenes (Peru) and asentamientos irregulares (Guatemala, Uruguay). In Brazil, there are favelas in the major cities and land-based movements. In industrialized countries, there are often residential squats and also political squatting movements, which can be anarchist, autonomist or socialist in nature, for example in the self-managed social centres of Italy or squats in the United States. Oppositional movements from the 1960s and 1970s created freespaces in Denmark or squatting village in the Netherlands, and in England and Wales, there were estimated to be 50,000 squatters in the late 1970s. Each local situation determines the context: in Athens, Greece, there are refugee squats; Germany has social centres; in Spain there are many squats.

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1. squatting

   Squatting refers to the action of occupying a vacant or abandoned property or land without lawful permission, typically with the intention of residing there. It involves settling or living on a piece of land, especially unowned, with no legal claim or title.

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1. Squatting

   of Squat

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1. Squatting

   Squatting consists of occupying an abandoned or unoccupied area of land and/or a building – usually residential – that the squatter does not own, rent or otherwise have lawful permission to use. Author Robert Neuwirth suggests that there are one billion squatters globally, that is, about one in every seven people on the planet. Yet, according to Kesia Reeve, "squatting is largely absent from policy and academic debate and is rarely conceptualized, as a problem, as a symptom, or as a social or housing movement." Some squatting movements are political, such as anarchist, autonomist, or socialist.

Matched Categories

1. • Leg Exercise
   • Motion

How to pronounce squatting?

1. Alex

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   David

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   Mark

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   Daniel

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   Libby

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   Mia

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   Karen

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   Hayley

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   Natasha

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   Veena

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   Priya

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   Neerja

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   Zira

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   Oliver

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   Wendy

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   Fred

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   Tessa

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of squatting in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of squatting in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of squatting in a Sentence

1. Dean Lomax:

   The most intriguing feature of our footprint is a long portion preserved at the back of the foot, which is an impression of what we call the metapodium, the presence of this might suggest our large meat-eater was squatting down in the mud, before standing up and walking away. It’s fun to think this dinosaur might well have been strolling along a muddy coastal plain one lazy Sunday afternoon in the Jurassic.

2. Shami Chakrabarti:

   We've got to get a locked-in guarantee that Britain would not crash out of the EU in an election campaign period, we've also got to try as best as possible to ensure that it wouldn't be possible for the sitting squatting prime minister in this period to set a general election and then change the date. The priority this morning is preventing this no-deal crash out.

3. Tiger Woods:

   I've got full range of motion and have no pain squatting.

4. Zack DiCristino:

   You build a lot of upper-body strength when you climb, especially in the hands and fingers, but a lot of people don't realize that if you're using proper technique, your lower body gets quite a workout, too, with all of the squatting and jumping.

5. Chris Harrison:

   If you want to look down and see if you're squatting or lifting a leg or kicking a ball, it's more than accurate enough to capture those kind of cases.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=squatting
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Squatting
3. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squatting
4. ^ ChatGPT
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5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/squatting
6. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=squatting