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sitting definition

sit·ting (sit)

noun

  1. the act or position of one that sits, as for a portrait
  2. a session or meeting, as of a court
  3. a period of being seated at some activity to read a book in two sittings
    1. a brooding upon eggs, as by a hen
    2. the number of eggs upon which a hen sits for a single hatching
  4. a space in which to be seated
  5. one of two or more successive periods when a meal is served, as aboard a ship assigned to the second sitting

adjective

  1. that sits; seated
  2. in office a sitting president

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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