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sitting
zelfstandig naamwoord
1 sitting
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.
synoniem: posing.
Roget 673:
preparation;
providing
etc.
v.;
provision,
providence;
anticipation
etc.
(foresight)
510;
precaution,
preconcertation†,
predisposition;
forecast
etc.
(plan)
626;
rehearsal,
note of preparation.
[Putting in order]
arrangement
etc.
60;
clearance;
adjustment
etc.
23;
tuning;
equipment,
outfit,
accouterment,
armament,
array.
ripening
etc.
v.;
maturation,
evolution;
elaboration,
concoction,
digestion;
gestation,
batching,
incubation,
sitting.
groundwork,
first stone,
cradle,
stepping-stone;
foundation,
scaffold
etc.
(support)
215;
scaffolding,
echafaudage [Fr.].
[Preparation of men]
training
etc.
(education)
537;
inurement
etc.
(habit)
613;
novitiate;
cooking
[Preparation of food],
cookery;
brewing,
culinary art;
tilling,
plowing,
[Preparation of the soil],
sowing;
semination†,
cultivation.
[State of being prepared]
preparedness,
readiness,
ripeness,
mellowness;
maturity;
un impromptu fait a loisir [Fr.].
[Preparer]
preparer,
trainer;
pioneer,
trailblazer;
avant-courrier [Fr.],
avant-coureur [Fr.];
voortrekker [Afrik.];
sappers and miners,
pavior†,
navvy†;
packer,
stevedore;
warming pan.
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2 sitting
The act of assuming or maintaining a seated position.
Pools: przesiedzenie, posiedzenie
3 sitting
A meeting of spiritualists.
synoniemen: seance, session.
Roget 696:
council,
committee,
subcommittee,
comitia [Lat.],
court,
chamber,
cabinet,
board,
bench,
staff.
senate,
senatus [Lat.],
parliament,
chamber of deputies,
directory,
reichsrath [G.],
rigsdag,
cortes [Sp.],
storthing†,
witenagemote†,
junta,
divan,
musnud†,
sanhedrim;
classis†;
Amphictyonic council†;
duma [Rus.],
house of representatives;
legislative assembly,
legislative council;
riksdag†,
volksraad [G.],
witan†,
caput†,
consistory,
chapter,
syndicate;
court of appeal
etc.
(tribunal)
966;
board of control,
board of works;
vestry;
county council,
local board.
audience chamber,
council chamber,
state chamber.
cabinet council,
privy council;
cockpit,
convocation,
synod,
congress,
convention,
diet,
states-general.
[formal gathering of members of a council: script]
assembly,
caucus,
conclave,
clique,
conventicle;
meeting,
sitting,
seance,
conference,
convention,
exhibition,
session,
palaver,
pourparler,
durbar†,
house;
quorum;
council fire [U.S.],
powwow [U.S.],
primary [U.S.].
meeting,
assemblage
etc.
72.
[person who is member of a council]
member;
senator;
member of parliament,
M. P.;
councilor,
representative of the people;
assemblyman,
congressman;
councilman,
councilwoman,
alderman,
freeholder.
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Pools: seans spirytystyczny
4 sitting
A session as of a legislature or court.
bijvoeglijk naamwoord
1 sitting
of persons Having the torso erect and legs bent with the body supported on the buttocks.
synoniem: seated.
2 sitting
Not moving and therefore easy to attack.
Moby betekeniswoordenboek: assemblee, assembly, assignation, at home, audience, ball, bargaining, bargaining session, bigness, brawl, brooding, caucus, colloquium, commission, committee, conclave, concourse, confab, confabulation, conference, confrontation, congregation, congress, consultation, conventicle, convention, convocation, council, council fire, council of war, covering, dance, date, diet, discussion, eisteddfod, exchange of views, eyeball-to-eyeball encounter, festivity, fete, forgathering, forum, gathering, gestation, get-together, gravidity, gravidness, greatness, heaviness, high-level talk, housewarming, huddle, in a huddle, in conclave, in conference, in consultation, in council, in session, incubation, interchange of views, interview, levee, mediumism, meet, meeting, necromancy, negotiations, news conference, palaver, panel, parley, party, plenum, pourparler, powwow, pregnancy, press conference, prom, quorum, rally, reception, rendezvous, seance, session, shindig, sit-in, soiree, spirit, spiritism, spiritualism, summit, summit conference, summitry, symposium, synod, the family way, turnout ... meer laten zien.
sit
werkwoord
1 sit
Be seated.
synoniem: sit down.
Roget 308:
depress,
lower,
let down,
take down,
let down a peg,
take down a peg;
cast;
let drop,
let fall;
sink,
debase,
bring low,
abase,
reduce,
detrude†,
pitch,
precipitate.
overthrow,
overturn,
overset†;
upset,
subvert,
prostate,
level,
fell;
cast down,
take down,
throw down,
fling down,
dash down,
pull down,
cut down,
knock down,
hew down;
raze,
raze to the ground,
rase to the ground†;
trample in the dust,
pull about one's ears.
sit,
sit down;
couch,
squat,
crouch,
stoop,
bend,
bow;
courtesy,
curtsy;
bob,
duck,
dip,
kneel;
bend the knee,
bow the knee,
bend the head,
bow the head;
cower;
recline
etc.
(be horizontal)
213.
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Nederlands: neerzitten, zetelen, zitten
2 sit
Be around, often idly or without specific purpose.
synoniem: sit around.
3 sit
4 sit
5 sit
Assume a posture as for artistic purposes.
synoniemen: model, pose, posture.
Nederlands: poseren
6 sit
Sit and travel on the back of animal, usually while controlling its motions.
synoniem: ride.
7 sit
Be located or situated somewhere.
8 sit
Work or act as a baby-sitter:
— I cannot baby-sit tonight; I have too much homework to do.
synoniemen: baby-sit, babysit.
Nederlands: babysitten
9 sit
Show to a seat; assign a seat for.
synoniemen: seat, sit down.
10 sit
Serve in a specific professional capacity.
Moby betekeniswoordenboek: be gravid, be knocked up, be pregnant, be seated, be with child, breed, brood, bum around, call together, carry, carry young, clock, convene, convoke, cover, do nothing, ensconce, gestate, goof off, hang around, hatch, hold a meeting, hold a session, idle, incubate, install, laze, lazy, lie around, loaf, loiter about, loll around, lollop around, lounge, lounge around, meet, mooch around, moon, moon around, open, perch, posture, remain seated, rest, roost, seat, set, settle, sit around, sit down, slouch, slouch around, squat, stand around, summon ... meer laten zien.
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