session
See also: Session
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Old French session, from Latin sessiō (“a sitting”), from sedeō (“sit”).
Noun
session (plural sessions)
- A period devoted to a particular activity, e.g. the annual or semiannual periods of a legislative body (that together comprise the legislative term) whose individual meetings are also called sessions.
- a training session
- "Are we having a recording session?" / "Yes. We've even got some session musicians to provide some brass."
- 2009, Michael Otto; Stefan G. Hofmann, Avoiding Treatment Failures in the Anxiety Disorders, page 137:
- 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 time
- A meeting of a council, court, school, or legislative body to conduct its business.
- This court is now in session.
- (computing) 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.
- (cricket) 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.
- (obsolete) The act of sitting, or the state of being seated.
- Hooker
- So much his ascension into heaven and his session at the right hand of God do import.
- Tennyson
- But Vivien, gathering somewhat of his mood, […] / Leaped from her session on his lap, and stood.
- Hooker
- (music) Ellipsis of jam session
- (education) An academic term.
Hyponyms
Derived terms
- parasession
- sessionize
- sessionless
- session musician
- session-replicated
Related terms
Translations
period devoted to a particular activity
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meeting of a body to conduct business
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Verb
session (third-person singular simple present sessions, present participle sessioning, simple past and past participle sessioned)
- (music) To hold or participate in a jam session with other musicians.
Finnish
French
Etymology
From Old French session, borrowed from Latin sessiō, sessiōnem.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sɛ.sjɔ̃/
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Related terms
Further reading
- “session” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Old French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin sessiō, sessiōnem.
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