1
a
: the act of one that sits
b
: a single occasion of continuous sitting (as for a portrait or meal)
2
a
: a brooding over eggs for hatching
b
3
: session
a sitting of the legislature
1
: that is setting
a sitting hen
2
: occupying a judicial, legislative, or executive seat : being in office
3
: easily hit or played
a sitting target
4
a
: used in or for sitting
a sitting position
b
: performed while sitting
a sitting shot
Examples of sitting in a Sentence
Noun
I got through the book in one sitting.
He finished the portrait in one sitting.
We'll eat at the second sitting.
We have reservations for the 5:30 sitting.
Adjective
a sitting member of Parliament
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Tara Suter, The Hill, 16 Jan. 2025
Key Background Trump was indicted in the two federal cases in 2023, becoming the first sitting or former president to ever be federally charged.
—Alison Durkee, Forbes, 14 Jan. 2025
Gideon Cohn-Postar, The Conversation, 1 Nov. 2019
For a while, the sitting Republican governor, Matt Bevin, looked eminently deposable.
—I.k. | Lexington, The Economist, 1 Nov. 2019
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Noun
The move goes against tradition, when flags stay at half-staff for the entirety of a 30-day mourning period following the death of a sitting or former president.
—Tara Suter, The Hill, 16 Jan. 2025
Key Background Trump was indicted in the two federal cases in 2023, becoming the first sitting or former president to ever be federally charged.
—Alison Durkee, Forbes, 14 Jan. 2025
Adjective
With the stalemate, the sitting Republican governor, Morgan G. Bulkeley simply stayed in office for two more years.
—Gideon Cohn-Postar, The Conversation, 1 Nov. 2019
For a while, the sitting Republican governor, Matt Bevin, looked eminently deposable.
—I.k. | Lexington, The Economist, 1 Nov. 2019
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“Sitting.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sitting. Accessed 22 Jan. 2025.
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