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How to pronounce sitting in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms seance, session
Type of meeting, get together
Type Words
Synonyms posing
Type of movement, move, motion, motility
Derivation sit


he wanted his portrait painted but couldn't spare time for the sitting.
Type Words
Synonyms seated
Type Words
Type of session
Derivation sit
Type Words


a sitting target.
Type Words
Type of movement, move, motility, motion
Derivation sit


he read the mystery at one sitting.

Examples of sitting

sitting
As I went to get in, I noticed there were two children sitting in the back seat.
From the stltoday.com
Bill discovered a hummer sitting motionless on the feeder and brought it inside.
From the thenewstribune.com
A prompter sitting in the first row had to feed a hapless Myers countless lines.
From the bostonherald.com
He fondly recalls sitting in the audience and watching the elder Kahane perform.
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Our suppositions about the applications sitting atop the OS are now a jump ball.
From the techcrunch.com
I was sitting outside of the lunch room and some kid inside was on this website.
From the orlandosentinel.com
You still have to make sure the bottom of the plant pot is not sitting in water.
From the kansas.com
Members took the unusual step of sitting beside colleagues from the other party.
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Enough space so that you don't even realize that people are sitting next to you.
From the gothamgal.com
More examples
  • (photography) the act of assuming a certain position (as for a photograph or portrait); "he wanted his portrait painted but couldn't spare time for the sitting"
  • Seated: (of persons) having the torso erect and legs bent with the body supported on the buttocks; "the seated Madonna"; "the audience remained seated"
  • Not moving and therefore easy to attack; "a sitting target"
  • The act of assuming or maintaining a seated position; "he read the mystery at one sitting"
  • Seance: a meeting of spiritualists; "the seance was held in the medium's parlor"
  • A session as of a legislature or court
  • Sitting is a rest position supported by the buttocks or thighs where the torso is more or less upright. There are several ways for humans to sit.
  • (.sit) StuffIt is a family of computer software utilities for archiving and compressing files on the Macintosh and Microsoft Windows platforms: it was originally produced for the Macintosh. An old version (5.2.0?) for Linux (x86) and Sun Solaris 2.7 or later is also available. ...
  • (sit) an event (usually one full day or more) where the primary goal is to sit in meditation; To be in a position in which the upper body is upright and the legs (especially the upper legs) are supported by some object; To move oneself into such a position; To occupy a given position ...