sitting
noun/ˈsɪtɪŋ/
/ˈsɪtɪŋ/
- a period of time during which a court or a parliament deals with its business
- late-night sittings in the House of Commons
- He rarely attends sittings of the House of Lords.
- a time when a meal is served in a hotel, etc. to a number of people at the same time
- A hundred people can be served at one sitting (= at the same time).
Extra ExamplesTopics Holidaysc2- Dinner will be served in three sittings.
- We asked to be put down for the second sitting of dinner.
- a period of time that a person spends sitting and doing an activity
- I read the book in one sitting.
- a period of time when somebody sits or stands to have their picture painted or be photographed
- It took three sittings to complete the portrait.
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