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Session meaning in English

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Session

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Noun

1. session

a meeting for execution of a group's functions

Example Sentences:
'it was the opening session of the legislature'

2. academic session, academic term, school term, session

the time during which a school holds classes

Example Sentences:
'they had to shorten the school term'

3. session

a meeting devoted to a particular activity

Example Sentences:
'a filming session'
'a gossip session'

4. seance, session, sitting

a meeting of spiritualists

Example Sentences:
'the seance was held in the medium's parlor'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.


Session

see synonyms of session
noun
1. 
the meeting of a court, legislature, judicial body, etc, for the execution of its function or the transaction of business
2. 
a single continuous meeting of such a body
3. 
a series or period of such meetings
4. education
a. 
the time during which classes are held
b. 
a school or university term or year
5. Presbyterian Church
the judicial and administrative body presiding over a local congregation and consisting of the minister and elders
6. 
a meeting of a group of musicians to record in a studio
7. 
a meeting of a group of people to pursue an activity
8. 
any period devoted to an activity
9.  Court of Session

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Session

see synonyms of session
noun
1. 
a. 
the sitting together or meeting of a group; assembly, as of a court, legislature, council, etc.
b. 
a continuous, day-to-day series of such meetings
c. 
the term or period of such a meeting or meetings
2. 
a. 
a school term
b. 
a day when school is open for classes
3. 
the governing body of a Presbyterian church, consisting of the minister and elders
4. 
a period of activity of any kind
a session with the dentist

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.


Session

see synonyms of session
n.
1.
a. A meeting of a legislative or judicial body for the purpose of transacting business.
b. A series of such meetings.
c. The term or duration of time that is taken by such a series of meetings.
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: a recording session at a music studio; a login session that was disrupted by a power outage.

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