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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.

   Scrabble Points: 8

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