FromMiddle Englishsittyng,sittynge, equivalent tosit +-ing. Cognate withDutchzitting(“a sitting, session”),GermanSitzung(“a sitting, session”),Swedishsittning(“a sitting, session”).
sitting (pluralsittings)
- Aperiod during which one isseated for a specific purpose.
Due to the sheer volume of guests, we had to have twosittings for the meal.
The Queen had threesittings for her portrait.
- Aseance or other session with amedium orfortuneteller.
1925 July –1926 May,A[rthur] Conan Doyle, “(please specify the chapter number)”, inThe Land of Mist (eBook no. 0601351h.html), Australia:Project Gutenberg Australia, published April 2019:"It's not always easy to get him, and of course a small fee, a guinea I think, is usual, but if you wanted asitting I could work it." "You think him genuine?" Atkinson shrugged his shoulders.
- A specialseat allotted to a seat-holder, atchurch, etc.
- The part of the year in whichjudicialbusiness istransacted.
- Alegislativesession (in the sense of "meeting", not "period").
- Theincubation ofeggs by abird.
- Aclutch of eggs laid by abrooding bird.
- we have thirty-four chicks from eightsittings of eggs
- Uninterrupted application to anything for a time; the period during which one continues at anything.
I read it in twosittings.
a period during which one is seated for a specific purpose
session with a medium or fortuneteller
incubation of eggs; the clutch of eggs under a brooding bird
FromMiddle Englishsittinge,sittynge, variant ofsittinde,sittende,sittande, fromOld Englishsittende(“sitting”), fromProto-Germanic*sitjandz(“sitting”), present participle ofProto-Germanic*sitjaną(“to sit”), equivalent tosit +-ing. Cognate withWest Frisiansittend(“sitting”),Dutchzittend(“sitting”),Germansitzend(“sitting”),Swedishsittande(“sitting”),Icelandicsitjandi(“sitting”).
sitting
- presentparticiple andgerund ofsit
sitting (notcomparable)
- Executed from a sitting position.
- Occupying a specificofficial orlegal position;incumbent.
2013 June 22, “Engineers of a different kind”, inThe Economist[1], volume407, number8841, page70:Private-equity nabobs bristle at being dubbed mere financiers.[…]Much of their pleading is public-relations bluster. Clever financial ploys are what have made billionaires of the industry’s veterans. “Operational improvement” in a portfolio company has often meant little more than promising colossal bonuses tositting chief executives if they meet ambitious growth targets. That model is still prevalent today.
2022 April 8, John Lichfield, “Get ready for a scary fortnight in French politics: a Le Pen presidency really is possible”, inThe Guardian[2]:It is an iron rule of French politics thatsitting presidents are detested.
- “sitting”, inOneLook Dictionary Search.
sitting f (definite singularsittinga,indefinite pluralsittingar,definite pluralsittingane)
- the act ofsitting
