SITTING


Meaning of SITTING in English

noun

COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES

a sitting target (= someone who is easy to attack )

In the open, the soldiers are sitting targets.

a sitting/kneeling/standing position

The priest rose from his kneeling position by the bed.

sitting astride

a photograph of my mother sitting astride a horse

sitting comfortably

I was sitting comfortably in the lounge, reading a newspaper.

sitting duck

Out in the open, the soldiers were sitting ducks for enemy fire.

sitting in front of

I spend most of my time sitting in front of a computer.

sitting member

the sitting member for Newbury

sitting room

sitting tenant

COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS

■ NOUN

man

Her eye caught that of the man sitting next to her.

The man sitting before me could not have forgotten that; he just chose to ignore it.

The man sitting next to her grandmother wore the distinctive sharp-peaked cap of the Gestapo and Peach froze with horror.

And there's a grown man sitting on the floor over there.

When he came to, he was disorientated, staring blankly at a man sitting with his back to him.

The man sitting on the chintz sofa rose awkwardly to his feet.

He lowered his hand and stared at the man sitting facing him.

room

Before the fire in the sitting room , she waited impatiently for Thomas and his approval.

A maid took me into the sitting room , where a very pretty lady with dark hair was working at a typewriter.

I knew it was a mistake to help my silly wee sister paste pictures into her scrapbook in the sitting room .

Then we glanced round the sitting room .

The sitting room , at the front of the house, has a more summery feel.

They looked so dignified in the sitting room at home.

Rain went back into the sitting room expecting to see Cobalt there.

As she moved to obey, the black spot of the gun followed her unerringly across the sitting room .

■ VERB

find

The rector had called during the afternoon and found Winnie Bailey sitting by her husband's bedside.

When they arrived home, the children found their father sitting sad and alone.

They found her sitting at the table with the Telegraph, nibbling toast.

Tea with the Turtle Uncle Alfred woke from his day-long nap to find Anabelle sitting by the canal.

She found her sitting on a bench beneath a stark tree in the college grounds, in a snowy landscape.

I was found by Chris sitting not ten yards from Big Tree.

When he woke it was to find her sitting beside him on the bed, watching him.

Almost certainly he would expect to find her sitting there, fuming but ready to be driven home.

leave

There was a sensation in the Oct. 21 sitting of the Supreme Soviet when Khasbulatov left the evening sitting, claiming sickness.

see

Sometimes the door was ajar and I would see her sitting absolutely still, staring into space, not reading at all.

He had seen her sitting at the high table among the other ladies of noble birth who served the Empress.

I hadn't seen her sitting on a bench not far from the spot.

As I opened the door of her room, I saw her sitting close to the fire.

Tina Brady is seen sitting facing the camera.

It reassured him to see her sitting there, so thoughtful and placid.

He was surprised to see her sitting almost dazed.

PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES

be (sitting) in the catbird seat

be sitting on a goldmine

be sitting pretty

At that stage in the campaign, she was sitting pretty in the polls.

EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES

Dinner is served in three sittings.

EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS

I had five sittings, an hour at a time.

Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary.      Дополнительный английский словарь Longman DOCE5.