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Sitting
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- 1 Executed from a sitting position. not-comparable
- 2 Occupying a specific official or legal position; incumbent. not-comparable
"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 to sitting chief executives if they meet ambitious growth targets. That model is still prevalent today."
- 1 (of persons) having the torso erect and legs bent with the body supported on the buttocks wordnet
- 2 not moving and therefore easy to attack wordnet
- 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."
- 2 the act of assuming or maintaining a seated position wordnet
- 3 A seance or other session with a medium or fortuneteller.
""It's not always easy to get him, and of course a small fee, a guinea I think, is usual, but if you wanted a sitting I could work it." "You think him genuine?" Atkinson shrugged his shoulders."
- 4 (photography) the act of assuming a certain position (as for a photograph or portrait) wordnet
- 5 A special seat allotted to a seat-holder, at church, etc.
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- 6 a session as of a legislature or court wordnet
- 7 The part of the year in which judicial business is transacted.
- 8 a meeting of spiritualists wordnet
- 9 A legislative session (in the sense of meeting, and not period).
- 10 The incubation of eggs by a bird.
- 11 A clutch of eggs laid by a brooding bird.
"we have thirty-four chicks from eight sittings of eggs"
- 12 An uninterrupted application to anything for a time; the period during which one continues at anything. idiomatic
"I read it in two sittings."
- 1 present participle and gerund of sit form-of, gerund, participle, present
Etymology
From 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”).
From Middle English sittinge, sittynge, variant of sittinde, sittende, sittande, from Old English sittende (“sitting”), from Proto-Germanic *sitjandz (“sitting”), present participle of Proto-Germanic *sitjaną (“to sit”), equivalent to sit + -ing. Cognate with West Frisian sittend (“sitting”), Dutch zittend (“sitting”), German sitzend (“sitting”), Swedish sittande (“sitting”), Icelandic sitjandi (“sitting”).
From Middle English sittinge, sittynge, variant of sittinde, sittende, sittande, from Old English sittende (“sitting”), from Proto-Germanic *sitjandz (“sitting”), present participle of Proto-Germanic *sitjaną (“to sit”), equivalent to sit + -ing. Cognate with West Frisian sittend (“sitting”), Dutch zittend (“sitting”), German sitzend (“sitting”), Swedish sittande (“sitting”), Icelandic sitjandi (“sitting”).
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