Session

Quick meaning: Session is a noun meaning A period of time devoted to a particular activity.

Meaning

A period of time devoted to a particular activity.

More Meanings

1. (music) Ellipsis of jam session, used in isolate particularly for folk music.
2. (education) An academic term; semester; school year.
3. (beer) An extended period of drinking, typically consuming beer with low alcohol content.
4. (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.
5. (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.
6. 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.
7. (chiefly obsolete or theology) The act of sitting, or the state of being seated.

Example Sentences

counseling session

a training session

This court is now in session.

Logging out or shutting down the computer will end your session.

Word Forms

• sessions
• sessioning
• sessioned

Synonyms for session

Depending on context, synonyms include seance, sitting.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include seance, sitting, parliamentary, committee, hon, council.

Related Dictionary Tools