SITTING
\sˈɪtɪŋ], \sˈɪtɪŋ], \s_ˈɪ_t_ɪ_ŋ]\
Definitions of SITTING
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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(of persons) having the torso erect and legs bent with the body supported on the buttocks; "the seated Madonna"; "the audience remained seated"
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not moving and therefore easy to attack; "a sitting target"
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the act of assuming or maintaining a seated position; "he read the mystery at one sitting"
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a session as of a legislature or court
By Princeton University
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(of persons) having the torso erect and legs bent with the body supported on the buttocks; "the seated Madonna"; "the audience remained seated"
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not moving and therefore easy to attack; "a sitting target"
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the act of assuming or maintaining a seated position; "he read the mystery at one sitting"
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a session as of a legislature or court
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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Being in the state, or the position, of one who, or that which, sits.
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The state or act of one who sits; the posture of one who occupies a seat.
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A seat, or the space occupied by or allotted for a person, in a church, theater, etc.; as, the hall has 800 sittings.
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The act or time of sitting, as to a portrait painter, photographer, etc.
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The actual presence or meeting of any body of men in their seats, clothed with authority to transact business; a session; as, a sitting of the judges of the King's Bench, or of a commission.
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A brooding over eggs for hatching, as by fowls.
By Oddity Software
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Being in the state, or the position, of one who, or that which, sits.
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The state or act of one who sits; the posture of one who occupies a seat.
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A seat, or the space occupied by or allotted for a person, in a church, theater, etc.; as, the hall has 800 sittings.
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The act or time of sitting, as to a portrait painter, photographer, etc.
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The actual presence or meeting of any body of men in their seats, clothed with authority to transact business; a session; as, a sitting of the judges of the King's Bench, or of a commission.
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A brooding over eggs for hatching, as by fowls.
By Noah Webster.
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Resting on the haunches; perching; pertaining to, or used for, sitting.
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The state, position, or act, of one who sits; a seat in a church, etc.; a session or meeting; time during which one sits; set of eggs for hatching.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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State of resting on a seat: a seat: the act or time of resting in a posture for a painter to take a likeness: an official meeting to transact business: uninterrupted application to anything for a time: the time during which one continues at anything: a resting on eggs for hatching.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
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n. Posture of being on a seat;-act of placing one’s self on a seat; — a seat or the space occupied by a person in a church; — act or time of resting in a posture for a painter to take the likeness; —a course or period of unremitted study; — unintermitted application; — actual presence or meeting of any body of men in their sÑats, clothed with authority to transact business; a session;—a time for which one sits, as at play, at work, or on a visit.
