sitting
A period during which one is seated for a specific purposeA period during which one is seated for a specific purpose.
» Mary is sitting at the desk.
Maria sitzt am Schreibtisch.
Мэри сидит за партой.
Мері сидить за столом.
Мері сидить за робочим столом.
Мері сидить за партою.
Meaning
8 sensesA period during which one is seated for a specific purpose.
Due to the sheer volume of guests, we had to have two sittings for the meal.
The Queen had three sittings for her portrait.
Sitzung
присестprisest
A seance or other session with a medium or fortuneteller.
A special seat allotted to a seat-holder, at church, etc.
The part of the year in which judicial business is transacted.
A legislative session (in the sense of meeting, and not period).
Sitzung
a meeting of spiritualists
The incubation of eggs by a bird.
Brüten, Gelege
(collective)A clutch of eggs laid by a brooding bird.
we have thirty-four chicks from eight sittings of eggs
(idiomatic)An uninterrupted application to anything for a time; the period during which one continues at anything.
I read it in two sittings.
Examples
2533 sentencesMary is sitting at the desk.
Мері сидить за столом.
ruМэри сидит за партой.
deMaria sitzt am Schreibtisch.
He was sitting on the floor.
Він сидів на підлозі.
ruОн сидел на полу.
deEr saß auf dem Fußboden.
She was sitting under a tree.
Вона сиділа під деревом.
ruОна сидела под деревом.
deSie saß unter einem Baum.
Tom was sitting on a bench.
Том сидів на лавці.
ruТом сидел на скамейке.
deTom saß auf einer Bank.
Everyone was sitting at the table.
Всі сиділи за столом.
ruВсе сидели за столом.
Translations
3 languagesBy meaning 1
By meaning 2
Origin
From Middle English sittyng, sittynge, equivalent to sit + -ing. Cognate with Dutch zittinFrom Middle English sittyng, sittynge, equivalent to sit + -ing. Cognate with Dutch zitting (“a sitting, session”), German Sitzung (“a sitting, session”), Swedish sittning (“a sitting, session”).
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Forms
plural: sittingsSynonyms
3 synonymsWord family
7 related wordsCollocations
12 patterns- sitting on the
- was sitting on
- sitting in the
- was sitting in
- sitting next to
- sitting over there
- was sitting at
- sitting at the
- sitting on a
- sitting next
- sitting by himself
- was sitting alone