sittingnoun [ C ]
uk/ˈsɪt.ɪŋ/us/ˈsɪt̬.ɪŋ/sitting noun [ C ] (BE SEATED)
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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Meals & parts of meals
- accompaniment
- afternoon tea
- afters
- amuse-bouche
- antipasto
- dinner
- dinner party
- dinner time
- elevenses
- English breakfast
- packed lunch
- picnic
- plate meal
- ploughman's lunch
- postprandial
- tea party
- teatime
- tiffin
- TV dinner
- working lunch/breakfast
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Periods of time - general words
sitting noun [ C ] (MEETING)
a meeting of a committee, court, etc.
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Official meetings
- annual general meeting
- assembly
- assizes
- caucus
- conference
- congress
- convention
- convocation
- council of war
- extraordinary
- order
- plenary
- plenum
- powwow
- quorate
- quorum
- round-table
- secretary
- speaking engagement
- summit
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Court cases, orders & decisions
Idiom(s)
at/in one sitting
sittingadjective
uk/ˈsɪt.ɪŋ/us/ˈsɪt̬.ɪŋ/existing or continuing at the present time:
a sitting Member of Parliament
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Now
- contemporary
- day
- de nos jours
- even
- existing
- here
- just
- modern-day
- moment
- nowadays
- ongoing
- present
- prevailing
- right
- state
- still
- the status quo
- there's no time like the present idiom
- this minute idiom
- today
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