Sitting
['sɪtɪŋ]
Definition
(noun.) the act of assuming or maintaining a seated position; 'he read the mystery at one sitting'.
(noun.) (photography) the act of assuming a certain position (as for a photograph or portrait); 'he wanted his portrait painted but couldn't spare time for the sitting'.
(noun.) a session as of a legislature or court.
(adj.) not moving and therefore easy to attack; 'a sitting target' .
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Definition
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Sit
(a.) Being in the state, or the position, of one who, or that which, sits.
(n.) The state or act of one who sits; the posture of one who occupies a seat.
(n.) A seat, or the space occupied by or allotted for a person, in a church, theater, etc.; as, the hall has 800 sittings.
(n.) The act or time of sitting, as to a portrait painter, photographer, etc.
(n.) 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.
(n.) The time during which one sits while doing something, as reading a book, playing a game, etc.
(n.) A brooding over eggs for hatching, as by fowls.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Session.
Typist: Shelby
Examples
- No, I have nothing to give you instead, he said, sitting up and turning so that he faced her. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- The sitting was altogether very satisfactory; she was quite enough pleased with the first day's sketch to wish to go on. Jane Austen. Emma.
- Michaelmas term lately over, and the Lord Chancellor sitting in Lincoln's Inn Hall. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- She was sitting near the window, with her head reclined on her hand, and appeared more than usually pensive. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- When you left Miss Verinder's sitting-room, with the jewel in your hand, you went back in all probability to your own room---- Yes? Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- Laura was sitting alone at the far end of the room, her arms resting wearily on a table, and her face hidden in her hands. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- It seems to me that she might, by merely sitting quietly at his side, saying little and looking less, get nigher his heart. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- The scene shifts from the plantation, to Betteredge's little sitting-room. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- Young Thomas expressed these sentiments sitting astride of a chair before the fire, with his arms on the back, and his sulky face on his arms. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- Mr and Mrs Boffin, sitting side by side, with Fashion withdrawn to an immeasurable distance, fell to discussing how they could best find their orphan. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Then I made out my report in my room, sitting in my trousers and an undershirt in front of the open window. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- Who's sitting there? Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- Mrs. Steerforth was sitting there. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- He gave me another significant look as he passed on into the sitting-room. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- Sitting close behind her, I heard her sigh. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- One of them--a clerical friend--kindly helped me to take sittings for our little party in the church in which he himself ministered. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- Allow me to recall the two sittings we have held. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- These half-silent sittings were far from uncommon with them now. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
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