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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]
Sitting \Sit"ting\, n.
1. The state or act of one who sits; the posture of one who
occupies a seat.
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2. A seat, or the space occupied by or allotted for a person,
in a church, theater, etc.; as, the hall has 800 sittings.
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3. The act or time of sitting, as to a portrait painter,
photographer, etc.
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4. The actual presence or meeting of any body of men in their
seats, clothed with authority to transact business; a
session; as, a sitting of the judges of the King's Bench,
or of a commission.
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The sitting closed in great agitation. --Macaulay.
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5. The time during which one sits while doing something, as
reading a book, playing a game, etc.
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For the understanding of any one of St. Paul's
Epistles I read it all through at one sitting.
--Locke.
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6. A brooding over eggs for hatching, as by fowls.
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The male bird . . . amuses her [the female] with his
songs during the whole time of her sitting.
--Addison.
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Sitting room, an apartment where the members of a family
usually sit, as distinguished from a drawing-room, parlor,
chamber, or kitchen.
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]
Sitting \Sit"ting\, n.
1. The state or act of one who sits; the posture of one who
occupies a seat.
2. A seat, or the space occupied by or allotted for a person,
in a church, theater, etc.; as, the hall has 800 sittings.
3. The act or time of sitting, as to a portrait painter,
photographer, etc.
4. The actual presence or meeting of any body of men in their
seats, clothed with authority to transact business; a
session; as, a sitting of the judges of the King's Bench,
or of a commission.
The sitting closed in great agitation. --Macaulay.
5. The time during which one sits while doing something, as
reading a book, playing a game, etc.
For the understanding of any one of St. Paul's
Epistles I read it all through at one sitting.
--Locke.
6. A brooding over eggs for hatching, as by fowls.
The male bird . . . amuses her [the female] with his
songs during the whole time of her sitting.
--Addison.
Sitting room, an apartment where the members of a family
usually sit, as distinguished from a drawing-room, parlor,
chamber, or kitchen.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]
sitting room
n : a room in a private house or establishment where people can
sit and talk and relax [syn: living room, living-room,
front room, parlor, parlour]
From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
sitting room
alt.
(lb en British) A living-room; a room in a house where people pass
the time in leisure.
n.
(lb en British) A living-room; a room in a house where people pass
the time in leisure.
From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]
sitting room
alt.
(lb en British) A living-room; a room in a house where people pass
the time in leisure.
n.
(lb en British) A living-room; a room in a house where people pass
the time in leisure.
From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]
sitting room
alt.
(lb en British) A living-room; a room in a house where people pass
the time in leisure.
n.
(lb en British) A living-room; a room in a house where people pass
the time in leisure.
From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]
sitting room
alt.
(lb en British) A living-room; a room in a house where people pass
the time in leisure.
n.
(lb en British) A living-room; a room in a house where people pass
the time in leisure.
From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
sitting room
Englanti n.
(BrE) olohuone
From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]
sitting room /sˈɪtɪŋ ɹˈuːm/
obývací pokoj
From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:eng-deu ]
sitting room /sˈɪtɪŋ ɹˈuːm/
Wohnstube
see: sitting rooms
From English-Hindi FreeDict Dictionary ver. 1.6 : [ freedict:eng-hin ]
sitting room /sˈɪtɪŋ ɹˈuːm/
1. बैठक
"I'll be waiting in the sitting room, come soon."
From English-Croatian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.2 : [ freedict:eng-hrv ]
sitting room /sˈɪtɪŋ ɹˈuːm/
dnevna soba, soba dnevnog boravka, soba za prijem, soba za stanovanje
From English-Hungarian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.1 : [ freedict:eng-hun ]
sitting room /sˈɪtɪŋ ɹˈuːm/
nappali
From Stardic English-Chinese Dictionary : [ stardic ]
起居室
From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary : [ xdict ]
n. 起居室
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