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sitting

  • noun
  • sit·ting
  • /ˈsɪtɪŋ/

A period during which one is seated for a specific purpose.

Example

“Due to the sheer volume of guests, we had to have two sittings for the meal.”

Other meanings

  1. A seance or other session with a medium or fortuneteller.

  2. A special seat allotted to a seat-holder, at church, etc.

Example sentences

  • “Their food, they ate it in one sitting.”

    Tatoeba · AmarMecheri · CC0

  • “I'm sitting and drinking coffee.”

    Tatoeba · shekitten · CC0

Word history

From Middle English "sittyng".

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “sitting” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.