SITTING


Meaning of SITTING in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ sɪtɪŋ ]

( sittings)

1.

A sitting is one of the periods when a meal is served when there is not enough space for everyone to eat at the same time.

Dinner was in two sittings.

N-COUNT

2.

A sitting of a parliament, legislature, court, or other official body is one of the occasions when it meets in order to carry out its work.

...the recent emergency sittings of the UN Security Council.

= session

N-COUNT : usu N of n

3.

A sitting president or member of parliament is a present one, not a future or past one.

...the greatest clash in our history between a sitting president and an ex-president.

ADJ : ADJ n

4.

see also sit

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