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Another word for sitting

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Noun
      1. The sitting together or meeting of a group; assembly, as of a court, legislature, council, etc.
      2. The part of a year or of a day during which a school holds classes.
      3. A period of time devoted to a specific activity:
      1. A meeting of people to receive spiritualistic messages.
      2. A meeting at which a medium seeks to communicate with the spirits of the dead
      3. A meeting, session, or sitting, as of a learned or legislative body.
      1. An appointing or being appointed; specif., a naming or selecting for an office, position, etc.
      2. Decree; direction; established order or constitution.
      3. The state of being appointed to a service or office; an office to which one is appointed; station; position.
    See also:

    gathering

    meeting

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Sentence Examples

  • Sonya was sitting by the table.

  • There he finds his sister, sitting up in bed, looking frightened.

  • When she got to the room, Alex was sitting on the love seat reading a newspaper.

  • He frowned, rolling away from her and sitting up.

  • Alex was sitting in their room the last night they were at the hacienda.

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