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Meaning of sitting in English

sitting
noun [ C ]
uk
/ˈsɪt.ɪŋ/ us
/ˈsɪt̬.ɪŋ/

sitting noun [C] (BE SEATED)

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a period when a meal is served in a place like a hotel:
When the hotel is full, dinner is served in two sittings.
a period spent by a model who is being painted, photographed, etc.:
The portrait was finished after only three sittings.
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sitting noun [C] (MEETING)

a meeting of a committee, court, etc.
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at/in one sitting
sitting
adjective
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/ˈsɪt.ɪŋ/ us
/ˈsɪt̬.ɪŋ/
existing or continuing at the present time:
a sitting Member of Parliament
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(Definition of sitting from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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sitting
noun [ C ]
us
/ˈsɪt̬·ɪŋ/
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a limited period of time during which you sit and do a particular activity:
I read the book in one sitting.
It took several sittings for the artist to paint her portrait.
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in Chinese (Traditional)
安排座位, （旅館的）用餐時間, 坐著被畫像（或照相）的一段時間…
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in Chinese (Simplified)
安排座位, （宾馆的）用餐时间, 坐着被画像（或照相）的一段时间…
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turno, sesión…
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sessão…
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(meclis, mahkeme vb.) oturum, celse…
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séance…
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zitting…
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(po)sezení…
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omgang…
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kegiatan…
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การเข้านั่งประจำที่…
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lần, lúc, lượt…
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posiedzenie, tura, zmiana…
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[i ett] sträck (svep), sittning…
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sesi perbincangan dan seumpamanya…
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die Sitzung…
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i ett strekk, møte, samling…
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засідання, сеанс…
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