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sitting  (sittings plural )
1  n-count A sitting is one of the periods when a meal is served when there is not enough space for everyone to eat at the same time. 
Dinner was in two sittings.  
2  n-count A sitting of a parliament, legislature, court, or other official body is one of the occasions when it meets in order to carry out its work. 
usu N of n  (=session) 
...the recent emergency sittings of the UN Security Council.  
3  adj A sitting president or member of parliament is a present one, not a future or past one. 
ADJ n 
...the greatest clash in our history between a sitting president and an ex-president.  
4 
 →  sit 

sitting duck   (sitting ducks plural )If you say that someone is a sitting duck, you mean that they are easy to attack, cheat, or take advantage of. 
INFORMAL  n-count  (=sitting target) 
Nancy knew she'd be a sitting duck when she raised the trap door.  
sitting room   (sitting rooms plural ), sitting-room A sitting room is a room in a house where people sit and relax. 
 (BRIT)  n-count 
in AM, usually use  living room  
sitting target   (sitting targets plural )A sitting target is the same as a  sitting duck.  n-count 
They know they are a sitting target for the press.  
sitting tenant   (sitting tenants plural )A sitting tenant is a person who rents a house or flat as their home and has a legal right to live there. 
 (BRIT)  n-count 
1.4 million council homes have been sold, mostly to sitting tenants.