session
UK/ˈsɛ.ʃən/
session noun: a period of time devoted to a particular activity. Also the ellipsis of jam session.
Noun
session (plural sessions)
- A period of time devoted to a particular activity.
- counseling session
- a training session
- An official meeting or term of a council, court, or other body to conduct its business; e.g. the annual or semiannual periods of a legislature (that together comprise the legislative term), whose individual meetings are also called sessions.
- This court is now in session.
- The sequence of interactions between client and server, or between user and system; the period during which a user is logged in or connected.
- Logging out or shutting down the computer will end your session.
- Any of the three scheduled two-hour playing sessions, from the start of play to lunch, from lunch to tea and from tea to the close of play.
- The act of sitting, or the state of being seated.
- So much his ascension into heaven and his session at the right hand of God do import.[1594], Richard Hooker, edited by J[ohn] S[penser], Of the Lawes of Ecclesiastical Politie, […], London: […] Iohn Windet, […], →OCLC, (please specify the page)
- But Vivien, gathering somewhat of his mood, / And hearing 'harlot' mutter'd twice or thrice, / Leapt from her session on his lap, and stood, / Stiff as a viper frozen; […]1859, Alfred Tennyson, “Vivien”, in Idylls of the King, London: Edward Moxon & Co., […], →OCLC, pages 137–138
- An academic term; semester; school year.
- An extended period of drinking, typically consuming beer with low alcohol content.
- The ruling body of a congregation, consisting of the pastor and elders.
Verb
session (third-person singular simple present sessions, present participle sessioning, simple past and past participle sessioned)
- To hold or participate in a jam session with other musicians.
- “I downloaded a clip from a drummer, who I now realize is Bernard Purdie, who has sessioned on all kinds of records,” he said.2009 May 3, Virginia Heffernan, “World Music”, in New York Times
Proper noun (1) capitalized: Session
Session (plural Sessions)
- A surname.
Proper noun (2) capitalized: Session
Session (uncountable)
- Ellipsis of Session Road.
Also used as
session is also the ellipsis of jam session.
session meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
session in Hindi
- period devoted to a particular activity
- अधिवेशन adhiveśan
- meeting of a body to conduct business
- अधिवेशन adhiveśan, सम्मेलन sammelan, सभा sabhā, बैठक baiṭhak
session in Tamil
- அமர்வு
session in Marathi
- सत्र, अधिवेशन, सत्रण
session in Urdu
- سیشن, سیشننگ
More languagesFewer languages
- session in Bengali
- অধিবেশন, অধিবেশনের
- session in Telugu
- సెషన్, సెషనింగ్
- session in Malayalam
- സെഷൻ, സെഷനിംഗ്
- session in Kannada
- ಅಧಿವೇಶನ, ಸೆಷನಿಂಗ್, ಸೆಶನಿಂಗ್
- session in Punjabi
- ਸੈਸ਼ਨ, ਸ਼ੈਸ਼ਨ
- session in Gujarati
- સત્ર
- session in Odia
- ଅଧିବେଶନ
- session in Nepali
- सत्र, अधिवेशन, सत्रण
- session in Arabic
- جَلْسَة jalsa, دَوْرَة dawra
- session in Malay
- penggal, sesyen
- session in Indonesian
- sesi, sési
- session in Persian
- نشست nešast, همایش hamâyeš
- session in Thai
- การประชุม gaan-bprà-chum
- session in Vietnamese
- phiên họp
Examples of session in a sentence
- "Are we having a recording session?" / "Yes. We've even got some session musicians to provide some brass."
- Alternatively, if the patient is stuck ritualizing before session, then the therapist might want to create contingencies that might help the patient come in on time2009, Michael Otto with Stefan G. Hofmann, Avoiding Treatment Failures in the Anxiety Disorders, page 137:
Forms of session
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | sessions |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | sessions |
| present participle | sessioning |
| past participle | sessioned |
| past | sessioned |
| Proper noun | |
| plural | Sessions |
Origin of session
From Middle English session, from Old French session, from Latin sessiō (“a sitting”), from sedeō (“sit”).
Variant of Sessions.
Words formed from session
- birds-of-a-feather session
- breakout session
- buzz session
- cram session
- cryosession
- extraordinary session
- first session
- foley session
- galah session
- in session
- intersession
- intrasession
- kirk-session
- legislative session
- macrosession
- microsession
- midsession
- minisession
- multisession
- parasession
- petty session
- petty sessions
- plenary session
- poster session
- postsession
- presession
- punch-up session
- quarter session
- second session
- sesh
- sessionability
- sessionable
- sessional
- session ale
- session band
- session bean
- session beer
- session bitter
- session cookie
- session data
- session fixation
- session hijacking
- sessionize
- session laws
- sessionless
- session musician
- sessionography
- session-replicated
- skull session
- special session
- struggle session
- subsession
- third session
Phrases with session
Words that rhyme with session
- freshen
- expression
- impression
- possession
- depression
- confession
- recession
- compression
- profession
- obsession
- cession
- oppression
8 more rhymesFewer rhymes
Questions about session
- What does session mean?
- Session means a period of time devoted to a particular activity.
- What is session in Hindi?
- Session in Hindi is अधिवेशन (adhiveśan), सम्मेलन (sammelan), सभा (sabhā). See Session meaning in Hindi.
- How do you use session in a sentence?
- "Are we having a recording session?" / "Yes. We've even got some session musicians to provide some brass."
- What part of speech is session?
- Session can be a noun, a verb or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce session?
- Session is pronounced /ˈsɛ.ʃən/ (UK).
- What is the plural of session?
- The plural of session is sessions.
Words near session in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: session (page history and authors); Session (page history and authors); session (Tamil, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); session (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); session (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); session (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); session (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); session (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); session (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); session (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); session (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); session (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); session (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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