SITTING

Sitting

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

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sitting

Noun

  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.

Verb

sitting

Adjective

  1. Executed from a sitting position.
  2. Occupying a specific official or legal position; incumbent.


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