Dictionary  sit•tingPronunciation: (sit'ing), [key] —n. 1. the act of a person or thing that sits. 2. a period of remaining seated, as in posing for a portrait or reading a book. 3. the space on or in which one sits, as in a church. 4. a brooding, as of a hen upon eggs; incubation. 5. the number of eggs on which a bird sits during a single hatching; clutch. 6. a session, as of a court or legislature. 7. the time or space allotted to the serving of a meal to a group, as aboard a ship. —adj. 1. (of a bird) occupying a nest of eggs for hatching. 2. of, for, or suited to sitting: a sitting area in the lobby. 3. holding an official position or office; occupying an appointed or elected seat; incumbent: a sitting pontiff. 4. in session or at work; active: a sitting legislature. 5. sitting pretty, in an auspicious position: He's been sitting pretty since he got that new job. Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.
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