sitting
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sitting (plural sittings)
- 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.
- a legislative session
- the act (of a bird) of incubating eggs; the clutch of eggs under a brooding bird
[edit] Translations
a period during which one is seated for a specific purpose
a legislative session
the act (of a bird) of incubating eggs; the clutch of eggs under a brooding bird
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[edit] Verb
sitting
- Present participle of sit.
[edit] Adjective
sitting (not comparable)
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Most common English words before 1923: cast · speaking · circumstances · #786: sitting · Christ · begin · wait
