Definition of "sitting" in English

Noun

1. A 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.

2. A seance or other session with a medium or fortuneteller.

3. A special seat allotted to a seat-holder, at church, etc.

4. The part of the year in which judicial business is transacted.

5. A legislative session (in the sense of meeting, and not period).

6. The incubation of eggs by a bird.

7. A clutch of eggs laid by a brooding bird.

   • we have thirty-four chicks from eight sittings of eggs

8. An uninterrupted application to anything for a time; the period during which one continues at anything.

   • I read it in two sittings.

Verb

1. present participle and gerund of sit

Adjective

1. Executed from a sitting position.

2. Occupying a specific official or legal position; incumbent.