session
A period of time devoted to a particular activityA period of time devoted to a particular activity.
» The committee had a long session.
Meaning
8 sensesA period of time devoted to a particular activity.
counseling session
a training session
Sitzung, Session
се́ссияséssija, сеа́нсseáns
се́сіяsésija, сеа́нсseáns
a meeting devoted to a particular activity
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.
Sitzung, Session, Tagung
се́ссияséssija, заседа́ниеzasedánije
се́сіяsésija, засі́данняzasídannja
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.
се́ссияséssija
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.
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.
(obsolete)The act of sitting, or the state of being seated.
Examples
132 sentencesThe committee had a long session.
How did the photo session go?
ruКак прошла фотосессия?
Parliament is now in session.
ruПарламент сейчас на сессии.
deDas Parlament hat jetzt eine Sitzung.
Those wishing to take this course must attend the first class session.
Your session expired, please log yourself back in.
Translations
9 languagesBy meaning 2
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Origin
From Middle English session, from Old French session, from Latin sessiō (“a sitting”), froFrom Middle English session, from Old French session, from Latin sessiō (“a sitting”), from sedeō (“sit”).
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Forms
plural: sessionsSynonyms
5 synonyms- a meeting of spiritualists:seancesitting
- the time during which a school holds classes:school termacademic termacademic session