sitting
sit|ting /s'ɪtɪŋ/ (sittings)
1 [N-COUNT]
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.
2 [N-COUNT] usu N of n
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
3 [ADJ] ADJ n
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.
4
see also sitsit|ting duck (sitting ducks)
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If you say that someone is a sitting duck, you mean that they are easy to attack, cheat, or take advantage of. (INFORMAL)
Nancy knew she'd be a sitting duck when she raised the trap door.
= sitting targetsit|ting room (sitting rooms)
also sitting-room
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A sitting room is a room in a house where people sit and relax. (BRIT; in AM, usually use living room)sit|ting tar|get (sitting targets)
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A sitting target is the same as a sitting duck.
They know they are a sitting target for the press.sit|ting ten|ant (sitting tenants)
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A sitting tenant is a person who rents a house or flat as their home and has a legal right to live there. (BRIT)
1.4 million council homes have been sold, mostly to sitting tenants.
1 [N-COUNT]
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.
2 [N-COUNT] usu N of n
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
3 [ADJ] ADJ n
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.
4
see also sitsit|ting duck (sitting ducks)
[N-COUNT]
If you say that someone is a sitting duck, you mean that they are easy to attack, cheat, or take advantage of. (INFORMAL)
Nancy knew she'd be a sitting duck when she raised the trap door.
= sitting targetsit|ting room (sitting rooms)
also sitting-room
[N-COUNT]
A sitting room is a room in a house where people sit and relax. (BRIT; in AM, usually use living room)sit|ting tar|get (sitting targets)
[N-COUNT]
A sitting target is the same as a sitting duck.
They know they are a sitting target for the press.sit|ting ten|ant (sitting tenants)
[N-COUNT]
A sitting tenant is a person who rents a house or flat as their home and has a legal right to live there. (BRIT)
1.4 million council homes have been sold, mostly to sitting tenants.