(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"
the act of assuming or maintaining a seated position
"he read the mystery at one sitting"
seance, sitting, sessionnoun
a meeting of spiritualists
"the seance was held in the medium's parlor"
a session as of a legislature or court
(of persons) having the torso erect and legs bent with the body supported on the buttocks
"the seated Madonna"; "the audience remained seated"
not moving and therefore easy to attack
"a sitting target"
a period during which one is seated for a specific purpose
a legislative session
the act (of a bird) of incubating eggs; the clutch of eggs under a brooding bird
executed from a sitting position
occupying a specific official or legal position; incumbent
being in the state, or the position, of one who, or that which, sits
the state or act of one who sits; the posture of one who occupies a seat
a seat, or the space occupied by or allotted for a person, in a church, theater, etc.; as, the hall has 800 sittings
the act or time of sitting, as to a portrait painter, photographer, etc
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
the time during which one sits while doing something, as reading a book, playing a game, etc
a brooding over eggs for hatching, as by fowls
Sitting is a rest position supported by the buttocks or thighs where the torso is more or less upright.
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Rank popularity for the word 'sitting' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #1424
Written Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'sitting' in Written Corpus Frequency: #707
The numerical value of sitting in Chaldean Numerology is: 3
The numerical value of sitting in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8
A Boulder police officer observed a man sitting in a partially enclosed patio area directly behind a' Private Property' sign and initiated contact with the man to determine if he was allowed to be on the property.
I didn't feel right staying and sitting by a pool knowing that two minutes' walk away that many people had died, it just felt wrong. I shouldn't be there enjoying my sunbathing when so many people have had such a horrific thing happen to them today.
I think all of these guys are wiped, when you get to this point, the gas tank is empty and you’re sitting there holding a trophy. I think that’s daunting to some degree when you wake up this morning and realize you’ve got to go do it all over again, and you do n’t have the energy. So I think the talk is actually natural.
At least for now people are sitting on their hands trying to get an understanding for further direction, i see conviction when you see big volume on a move. I think it's still up for debate.
It decided to come to the front toward me, so I said, ‘OK, you stay here. I’ll get out,’ it started sitting for a while on the steering wheel: (as if ) saying: ‘let’s go for a drive,’ and that’s when I started taking photos.
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