Sitting

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɪtɪŋ

Full definition of sitting

Noun

1. A period during which one is seated for a specific purpose.Due to the sheer volume of guests, we had to have two sittings for the meal.The Queen had three sittings for her portrait.
2. A legislative session.
3. The act (of a bird) of incubating eggs; the clutch of eggs under a brooding bird.

Verb

1. Present participle of sit

Derived terms

• sitting pretty

Adjective

1. Executed from a sitting position.
2. Occupying a specific official or legal position; incumbent.
• 2013-06-22, Engineers of a different kind, Private-equity nabobs bristle at being dubbed mere financiers....Much of their pleading is public-relations bluster. Clever financial ploys are what have made billionaires of the industry’s veterans. “Operational improvement” in a portfolio company has often meant little more than promising colossal bonuses to sitting chief executives if they meet ambitious growth targets. That model is still prevalent today.

Derived terms

• sitting duck
• sitting tenant