Meaning

A period of time devoted to a particular activity..

Definitions by Sense

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

Example Sentences

counseling session

a training session

jam session

"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 time

This court is now in session.

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

So much his ascension into heaven and his session at the right hand of God do import.

Word Forms

• sessions
• sessioning
• sessioned

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When Should You Use Session?

Use session when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.

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