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session

[sesh-uhn]

noun

the sitting together of a court, council, legislature, or the like, for conference or the transaction of business: Congress is now in session.

a single continuous sitting, or period of sitting, of persons so assembled.

a continuous series of sittings or meetings of a court, legislature, or the like.

the period or term during which such a series is held.

sessions, (in English law) the sittings or a sitting of justices in court, usually to deal with minor offenses, grant licenses, etc.

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a single continuous course or period of lessons, study, etc., in the work of a day at school: two afternoon sessions a week.

a portion of the year into which instruction is organized at a college or other educational institution.

the governing body of a local Presbyterian church, composed of the pastor who moderates and the elders.

a period of time during which a group of persons meets to pursue a particular activity: A few of the kids got together for a study session.

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Origin:
1350–1400; Middle English < Medieval Latin sessiōn- (stem of sessiō) law-court sitting, Latin: sitting, equivalent to sess(us) (past participle of sedēre to sit¹) + -iōn- -ion

Related forms

ses·sion·al, adjective

pre·ses·sion, noun

Can be confused: cession, secession, session.

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a stew of meat, vegetables, potatoes, etc.

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Example Sentences

Another version of the debate over science played out beyond that session.

They were not expected to attend the session when the amendment bill was introduced.

It took over three hours for this photography session.

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Another version of the debate over science played out beyond that session.

They were not expected to attend the session when the amendment bill was introduced.

It took over three hours for this photography session.

Actors will put participants through a training session based on the actual manual used.

Silent retreats are a specialty, and many include an intro session for anyone who's new to this whole stillness thing.

Hotmail will encrypt your sign-on session, but not the rest of your e-mail session.

My heart goes out to them, but a course in military history is not an appropriate place for a therapy session.

Just remember to toss the session rather than save it.

Dancers at an all-night tango session take a breather.

But he is also a highly regarded blues, rock and jazz artist considered a solid songwriter and session musician.

He shows us how to do a street-studio portrait session with a sheet of white paper, some tape, and a camera.

If there's not enough interest, that session doesn't take place.

In each session a monkey was presented with a number of dots.

The pair saw signs outside the museum and decided to join the session.

I've organized it by day and by oral or poster session.

But there was also, perhaps inevitably, a session devoted to a certain ubiquitous game show.

The volume of fossils that are prepared for study and display continues to grow with each field session.

She also performed several spoken word pieces, and led the crowd in an energetic freestyle session.

It's far from clear, however, whether the bill is going anywhere in this legislative session.

We conducted a training session there with students and faculty who are working to record local languages.

Filipino girls line up to practice a dance routine during a training session to become overseas entertainers.

Getting in a surf session on your lunch break requires a pack that can do it all.

Edwards is holding his break-out session with a few hundred people.

At a session later in the day, speakers attempted to define the qualities of a truly global university.

At the opening session of the new parliament almost one-third of the deputies refused to be sworn.

The photo session had nothing to do with his work but served to memorialize the skeleton's sheer structural beauty.

In neither house will the session last longer than.

The state legislature meets only in odd-numbered years, and the session runs for five months or less.

Negrin's training session with one of the agency's whole-body imagers.

McCallon holds one information session each semester for professors interested in proposing study-abroad trips.

The final residency session is an international study trip.

Be sure he or she understands how long the interview should take and that you plan to record the session.

The panel is meeting for its third and final session this week.

Immediately following each session their endorphin levels were tested.

After a session off the black sand beach, ask the camp owners to set up some activities for you.

He spoke at a session on how open access can create new….

And he records a telephone conversation in which two mobsters calmly discuss the date for a torture session.

State legislatures also vary on session length and staff support.

Have students place the topics they listed during the brainstorming session into these four topics.

Results vary, but researchers say a session on the system typically provides around two days of pain relief.

Have students organize a poster session in the style of a scientific conference.

In the setting sun, a drum-and-dance session soon materialized around the hotel pool.

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World English Dictionary

session (ˈsɛʃən)

—n
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.	See Court of Session

[C14: from Latin sessiō a sitting, from sedēre to sit]

'sessional

—*adj*

'sessionally

—*adv*

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Word Origin & History

session

late 14c., "periodical sitting of a court," from O.Fr. session, from L. sessionem (nom. sessio) "act of sitting," from pp. stem of sedere "to sit" (see sedentary). Sense of "period set aside for some activity" is first recorded 1920, in bull session, probably from quarter

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sessions courts (see quarter). Musical sense of "recording occasion in a studio" is from 1927.

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Slang Dictionary

session definition

n.
a drinking bout. : He was just sobering up from a session with the bottle.
n.
a marijuana-smoking session; time spent on a drug high. (Collegiate.) : What a fine session that was!

Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Computing Dictionary

session definition

networking
1. A lasting connection between a user (or user agent) and a peer, typically a server, usually involving the exchange of many packets between the user's computer and the server. A session is typically implemented as a layer in a network protocol (e.g. telnet, FTP).
In the case of protocols where there is no concept of a session layer (e.g. UDP) or where sessions at the session layer are generally very short-lived (e.g. HTTP), virtual sessions are implemented by having each exchange between the user and the remote host include some form of cookie which stores state (e.g. a unique session ID, information about the user's preferences or authorisation level, etc.).
See also login.
2. A lasting connection using the session layer of a networking protocol.
(1997-08-03)

American Heritage

Idioms & Phrases

session

see bull session.

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