session
(noun) a meeting devoted to a particular activity; “a filming session”; “a gossip session”
session
(noun) a meeting for execution of a group’s functions; “it was the opening session of the legislature”
seance, sitting, session
(noun) a meeting of spiritualists; “the seance was held in the medium’s parlor”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
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 meeting of a council, court, school, or legislative body to conduct its business.
(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.
(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.
(music) Ellipsis of jam session.
(education) An academic term.
• bull session
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.
• essoins, osseins
Session (plural Sessions)
A surname.
• According to the 2010 United States Census, Session is the 10607th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 3019 individuals. Session is most common among Black/African American (84.83%) individuals.
• essoins, osseins
Source: Wiktionary
Ses"sion, n. Etym: [L. sessio, fr. sedere, sessum, to sit: cf. F. session. See Sit.]
1. The act of sitting, or the state of being seated. [Archaic] So much his ascension into heaven and his session at the right hand of God do import. Hooker. But Viven, gathering somewhat of his mood, . . . Leaped from her session on his lap, and stood. Tennyson.
2. The actual sitting of a court, council, legislature, etc., or the actual assembly of the members of such a body, for the transaction of business. It's fit this royal session do proceed. Shak.
3. Hence, also, the time, period, or term during which a court, council, legislature, etc., meets daily for business; or, the space of time between the first meeting and the prorogation or adjournment; thus, a session of Parliaments is opened with a speech from the throne, and closed by prorogation. The session of a judicial court is called a term. It was resolved that the convocation should meet at the beginning of the next session of Parliament. Macaulay.
Note: Sessions, in some of the States, is particularly used as a title for a court of justices, held for granting licenses to innkeepers, etc., and for laying out highways, and the like; it is also the title of several courts of criminal jurisdiction in England and the United States. Church session, the lowest court in the Presbyterian Church, composed of the pastor and a body of elders elected by the members of a particular church, and having the care of matters pertaining to the religious interests of that church, as the admission and dismission of members, discipline, etc.
– Court of Session, the supreme civil court of Scotland.
– Quarter sessions. (Eng.Law) See under Quarter.
– Sessions of the peace, sittings held by justices of the peace. [Eng.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
6 January 2025
(adverb) (of childbirth) before the end of the normal period of gestation; “the child was born prematurely”
Decaffeinated coffee is not caffeine-free. Studies from the National Institute of Health (US) have shown that virtually all decaf coffee types contain caffeine. A 236-ml (8-oz) cup of decaf coffee contains up to 7 mg of caffeine, whereas a regular cup provided 70-140 mg.
