sitting
/ˈsɪtɪŋ/
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.86 in modern English
8
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A seance or other session with a medium or fortuneteller.
noun
The part of the year in which judicial business is transacted.
noun
A legislative session (in the sense of meeting, and not period).
noun
The incubation of eggs by a bird.
noun
An uninterrupted application to anything for a time; the period during which one continues at anything.
Example Sentences
- "Due to the sheer volume of guests, we had to have two sittings for the meal."
- "The Queen had three sittings for her portrait."
- ""It's not always easy to get him, and of course a small fee, a guinea I think, is usual, but if you wanted a sitting I could work it." "You think him genuine?" Atkinson shrugged his shoulders."
- "we have thirty-four chicks from eight sittings of eggs"
- "I read it in two sittings."
- "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."
Etymology
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: sittyng, sittinge, sittende, *sitjandz, *sitjaną
Inflected Forms
Derived Forms
Phrases
fence-sitting
in one sitting
trip sitting
W-sitting
sitting pretty
non-sitting
sitting duck
sitting service