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sitting - What does it mean?

Definition of 'sitting'

English

Noun

(en-noun)
  • 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.

    • Verb

    (head)

    • Derived terms

    * sitting pretty

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Executed from a sitting position.
  • Occupying a specific official or legal position; incumbent.
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    Derived terms

    * sitting duck * sitting tenant

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