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   sitting

   /ˈsɪtɪŋ/

   noun

   • 1. a 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"
   • 2. a 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"
   • 3. a period of time during which a committee or parliament is engaged in its normal business: "all-night sittings of Parliament"
   • ▪ a period of time when a law court holds sessions: British "a special sitting of Basildon magistrates"

   adjective

   • 1. in 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.

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   What does seated mean?

   • n. 1. The act or position of one that sits. 2. A period during which one is seated and occupied with a single activity, such as posing for a portrait or reading a book. 3. A session or term, as of a legislature or court. 4. a. An act, condition, or period of brooding on eggs by a bird; incubation. b.

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   What does Sitten mean in English?

   • Middle English sitten, from Old English sittan; akin to Old High German sizzen to sit, Latin sedēre, Greek hezesthai to sit, hedra seat before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1a circa 1628, in the meaning defined at sense 2 “Sit.”

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   noun. a continuous period of being seated. I read his novel at one sitting. such a period in a restaurant, canteen, etc, where space and other facilities are limited. dinner will be served in two sittings. the act or period of posing for one's portrait to be painted, carved, etc. a meeting, esp of an official body, to conduct business.

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