sitting /ˈsɪtɪŋ/noun 8adjective 3forms 1phrases 2 noun8 •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 seance or other session with a medium or fortuneteller."It's not always easy to get him, and of course a small fee, a guinea I think, is usual, but if you wanted a sitting I could work it." "You think him genuine?" Atkinson shrugged his shoulders. — 1925 •An uninterrupted application to anything for a time; the period during which one continues at anything.I read it in two sittings. •A legislative session (in the sense of meeting, and not period). •The incubation of eggs by a bird. •A clutch of eggs laid by a brooding bird.we have thirty-four chicks from eight sittings of eggs •The part of the year in which judicial business is transacted. •A special seat allotted to a seat-holder, at church, etc. adjective3 •Executed from a sitting position. •Occupying a specific official or legal position; incumbent.It is an iron rule of French politics that sitting presidents are detested. — 2022 •Of a bird, incubating eggs. formssittings Phrases with sitting sitting duckAn obvious, vulnerable target. sitting prettyHaving a comfortable or certain supply of money or resources.
