sitting

 
Pronunciation: /ˈsɪtɪŋ/

noun

  • 1a continuous period of being seated, especially when engaged in a particular activity: twenty pieces of music is a bit much to take in at one sitting
  • a period of time spent as a model for an artist or photographer: at the end of five forty-minute sittings my portrait was finished
  • 2a scheduled period of time when a number of people are served a meal, especially in a restaurant: there will be two sittings for Christmas lunch
  • 3a period of time during which a committee or parliament is engaged in its normal business: all-night sittings of Parliament
  • Law, British a period of time when a law court holds sessions: a special sitting of Basildon magistrates

adjective

[attributive]
  • 1in a seated position: a sitting position
  • (of an animal or bird) not running or flying.
  • 2(of an MP or other elected representative) current; present: the resignation of the sitting member
  • 3(of a hen or other bird) settled on eggs for the purpose of incubating them.