sitting

Meaning

Noun

1. A period during which one is seated for a specific purpose.
2. A seance or other session with a medium or fortuneteller.
3. A special seat allotted to a seat-holder, at church, etc.
4. The part of the year in which judicial business is transacted.
5. A legislative session (in the sense of "meeting", not "period").
6. The incubation of eggs by a bird.
7. A clutch of eggs laid by a brooding bird.
8. Uninterrupted application to anything for a time; the period during which one continues at anything.

Verb

present participle and gerund of sit

Adj

1. (not-comparable) Executed from a sitting position.
2. (not-comparable) Occupying a specific official or legal position; incumbent.

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Synonyms

session

seated

seat

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meeting

seance

gathering

sedentary

squatting

staying

incumbent

posing

sit

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in

in office

is

jumping

lecture

living

located

lying

officiating

perched

performance

residing

reunion

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séance

sessile

set

settled

sit-down

sitting down

situated

speech

stall

stay

tailored

trim

state of rest

act of sitting

abode

desk-bound

accustomed

acting

aground

bringing together

collection

conference

court

crouching

desk

Translations

Sitzung

seduto

sesión

séance

assis

sentada

seduta

sitzend

sentado

zitting

session

reunião

tornata

sessão

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈsɪtɪŋ/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: sittyng

Cognate with Dutch: zitting

Cognate with German: Sitzung

Cognate with Swedish: sittning

Inherited from Middle English: sittinge

Inherited from Old English: sittende

Cognate with Western Frisian: sittend

Cognate with Dutch: zittend

Cognate with German: sitzend

Cognate with Swedish: sittande

Cognate with Icelandic: sitjandi

In summary

From Middle English sittyng, sittynge, equivalent to sit + -ing. Cognate with Dutch zitting (“a sitting, session”), German Sitzung (“a sitting, session”), Swedish sittning (“a sitting, session”).