sitting

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• Rhymes: -ɪtɪŋ

[edit] Noun

sitting (plural sittings)

1. a period during which one is seated for a specific purpose

   Due to the sheer volume of guests, we had to have two sittings for the meal.

   The Queen had three sittings for her portrait.

2. a legislative session
3. the act (of a bird) of incubating eggs; the clutch of eggs under a brooding bird

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[edit] Verb

sitting

1. Present participle of sit.

[edit] Adjective

sitting (not comparable)

1. executed from a sitting position
2. occupying a specific official or legal position; incumbent

[edit] Derived terms

• sitting duck
• sitting tenant