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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.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. A seat, or the space occupied by or allotted for a person,
        in a church, theater, etc.; as, the hall has 800 sittings.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     3. The act or time of sitting, as to a portrait painter,
        photographer, etc.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     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.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              The sitting closed in great agitation. --Macaulay.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     5. The time during which one sits while doing something, as
        reading a book, playing a game, etc.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              For the understanding of any one of St. Paul's
              Epistles I read it all through at one sitting.
                                                    --Locke.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     6. A brooding over eggs for hatching, as by fowls.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              The male bird . . . amuses her [the female] with his
              songs during the whole time of her sitting.
                                                    --Addison.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     Sitting room, an apartment where the members of a family
        usually sit, as distinguished from a drawing-room, parlor,
        chamber, or kitchen.
        [1913 Webster]

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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