session

ses·sion  (sshn)

n.

1.

a. A meeting of a legislative or judicial body for the purpose of transacting business.

b. A series of such meetings.

c. The term or duration of time that is taken by such a series of meetings.

2. The part of a year or of a day during which a school holds classes.

3. An assembly of people for a common purpose or because of a common interest: a gossip session.

4. Law A court of criminal jurisdiction in the United States: the court of sessions.

5. A period of time devoted to a specific activity, as to recording music in a studio.

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[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin sessi, sessin-, act of sitting, from sessus, past participle of sedre, to sit; see sed- in Indo-European roots.]

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session·al adj.

session·al·ly adv.

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session [ˈsɛʃən]

n

1. (Law) the meeting of a court, legislature, judicial body, etc., for the execution of its function or the transaction of business

2. (Law) a single continuous meeting of such a body

3. (Law) a series or period of such meetings

4. (Social Science / Education) Education

a.  the time during which classes are held

b.  a school or university term or year

5. (Christianity / Protestantism) Presbyterian Church the judicial and administrative body presiding over a local congregation and consisting of the minister and elders

6. (Music, other) a meeting of a group of musicians to record in a studio

7. a meeting of a group of people to pursue an activity

8. any period devoted to an activity

9. (Law) See Court of Session

[from Latin sessiō a sitting, from sedēre to sit]

sessional  adj

sessionally  adv

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Session a group of judges, administrators, or other persons in session.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	session - a meeting for execution of a group's functions; "it was the opening session of the legislature" group discussion, conference - a discussion among participants who have an agreed (serious) topic sitting - a session as of a legislature or court clinic - meeting for diagnosis of problems and instruction or remedial work in a particular activity closed session, executive session - a session (usually of a legislative body) that is closed to the public hearing - a session (of a committee or grand jury) in which witnesses are called and testimony is taken; "the investigative committee will hold hearings in Chicago" skull session - a session (as of executives or advisors) to discuss policy or strategy or to solve problems or exchange ideas special session - a session that is held in addition to the regular sessions tutorial - a session of intensive tuition given by a tutor to an individual or to a small number of students
	2.	session - the time during which a school holds classes; "they had to shorten the school term" academic session, academic term, school term academic year, school year - the period of time each year when the school is open and people are studying term - a limited period of time; "a prison term"; "he left school before the end of term" summer school - an academic session during the summer; usually for remedial or supplementary study semester - one of two divisions of an academic year trimester - one of three divisions of an academic year quarter - one of four periods into which the school year is divided; "the fall quarter ends at Christmas"
	3.	session - a meeting devoted to a particular activity; "a filming session"; "a gossip session" coming together, meeting - the social act of assembling for some common purpose; "his meeting with the salesmen was the high point of his day" class period, course session, recitation - a regularly scheduled session as part of a course of study
	4.	session - a meeting of spiritualists; "the seance was held in the medium's parlor" seance, sitting spirit rapping, table rapping, table tapping - alleged form of communication with spirits of the dead table lifting, table tilting, table tipping, table turning - manipulation of a table during a seance; attributed to spirits get together, meeting - a small informal social gathering; "there was an informal meeting in my living room"

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session

noun

1. meeting, hearing, sitting, term, period, conference, congress, discussion, assembly, seminar, get-together (informal) an emergency session of parliament

2. period, stretch, spell, time, bout Ten players have failed drug tests following a training session.

3. (Informal) booze up, binge, bender (Brit. informal) (informal), pub crawl (Brit.), piss-up (Brit. taboo slang), sesh (slang) We had a bit of a session one night.

Translations

session [ˈseʃən] N

1. (= meeting, sitting, Comput) → sesión f
I had a long session with her → tuve una larga entrevista con ella
see also jam D
see also photo B
see also recording B

2. (Scol, Univ) (= year) → año m académico, curso m

3. (Pol, Jur) → sesión f
to be in session → estar en sesión, estar reunido
to go into secret session → celebrar una sesión secreta

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session [ˈsɛʃ^ən] n

(= period of activity) → séance f
a photo session → une séance de photos
a session of hypnotherapy → une séance d'hypnothérapie
a recording session → une séance d'enregistrement, une session d'enregistrement

[court, parliament] (= sitting) → séance f
to be in session → être en séance

(= school year) → année f scolaire (= university year) → année f universitaire
session musician n → musicien(ne) m/f de studio

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session

n

(= meeting) → Sitzung f; (Jur, Parl: = period) → Sitzungsperiode f; (Parl: = term of office) → Legislaturperiode f; to be in session → eine Sitzung abhalten; (Jur, Pol) → tagen; to go into secret session → eine Geheimsitzung abhalten; a session of talks/negotiations → Gespräche pl → /Verhandlungen pl ? quarter sessions, court

(with psychiatrist etc: = period devoted to activity) → Sitzung f; (= computer session) → (Arbeits)sitzung f; (at doctor’s, dentist’s) → Behandlung f; (= discussion, meeting) → Besprechung f; recording session → Aufnahme f; photo session → Fotosession f; we’re in for a long session → das wird lange dauern; I’ll have a cleaning session tomorrow (inf) → morgen werde ich mal ausgiebig putzen (inf)

(= academic year, Univ) → Studienjahr nt; (Sch) → Schuljahr nt; (= term) → Semester/Trimester nt; (esp Sch) → Halbjahr nt; (= division of course) → Stunde f, → Sitzung f (esp Univ); the afternoon sessions begin … → der Nachmittagsunterricht fängt … an

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session [ˈsɛʃ/ən] n

a. (sitting) → seduta, sessione f; (meeting) → riunione f
to be in session (parliament, court) → essere in seduta
the court is now in session → l'udienza è aperta
I had a long session with her (talk) → ho avuto un lungo colloquio con lei (work) → ho avuto una lunga riunione di lavoro con lei

b. (esp Am, Scot) (Scol, Univ) (year) → anno scolastico (or accademico); (term) → trimestre m or quadrimestre m
the new parliamentary session begins in October → l'attività parlamentare riprenderà a ottobre

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session [ˈsɛʃ/ən] n

a. (sitting) → seduta, sessione f; (meeting) → riunione f
to be in session (parliament, court) → essere in seduta
the court is now in session → l'udienza è aperta
I had a long session with her (talk) → ho avuto un lungo colloquio con lei (work) → ho avuto una lunga riunione di lavoro con lei

b. (esp Am, Scot) (Scol, Univ) (year) → anno scolastico (or accademico); (term) → trimestre m or quadrimestre m
the new parliamentary session begins in October → l'attività parlamentare riprenderà a ottobre

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session

n session [ˈseʃən]

1 a meeting, or period for meetings, of a court, council, parliament etc The judge will give his summing up at tomorrow's court session. sitting جَلْسَه заседание zasedání møde; -møde die Sitzung συνεδρίαση, σύνοδος βουλής sesión istung جلسه istunto, istuntokausi session, séance מוֹשָב सत्र zasjedanje, sjednica ülés sidang formlegur fundur sessione, seduta 審理 회의 sesija, posėdis sesija; sēde sidang zitting møte, samling, sesjon sesja, posiedzenie sessão sesiune, şedinţă заседание; сессия zasadanie zasedanje zasedanje session, sammanträde การประชุม; สมัยประชุม ของศาล คณะกรรมการ รัฐสภา oturum 一次(屆)會議，一次開庭 сесія; засідання اجلاس کی مجلس phiên họp （议会等）会议，（法庭）开庭

2 a period of time spent on a particular activity a filming session. sessie دَوْرَة جَلْسات период на работа představení, pořad session; -session die Sitzung, das Semester περίοδος εργασίας, συνεδρία sesión periood نوبت tilaisuus séance מִפגָש सत्र sesija ülésszak; program acara fundur; törn sessione （ある活動の）期間 회기 laikas laiks; periods sesi sessie -sesjon, tidsrom sesja sessão sesiune время; сеанс predstavenie, program čas, ura, dan sesija sammankomst, pass, session ระยะเวลาที่ใช้ในการทำอะไรบางอย่าง ... süre, seans 活動的一段期間 сеанс; сесія کسی عمل میں گزاری گئی مدت phiên 一段（专门活动）时间

3 a university or school year or one part of this the summer session. termyn سَنَةٌ دِراسِيَّه أو فَصْل دِراسي учебна година školní rok, semestr semester; -semester; termin; -termin das Semester ακαδημαϊκή περίοδος período õppeaasta, õppeaeg سال تحصيلي lukuvuosi, lukukausi année/trimestre (scolaire, universitaire) שִיעוּר सत्र polugodište, semestar (egyetemi) harmadév; tanév tahun pengajaran önn trimestre; semestre 学期 학기 semestras, sesija, mokslo metai semestris; sesija sesi academiejaar semester, termin; samling semestr, tura período lectivo an/semestru şcolar/ uni­ver­sitar учебный год; семестр školský rok, semester semester semestar skolår, termin ภาคการศึกษาหรือส่วนหนึ่งของภาคการศึกษา yarıyıl, dönem 學年中的一段期間 навчальний рік; семестр تعلیمی سال niên khóa 学期

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session → جلسة relace samling Sitzung συνεδρία sesión istunto session sesija seduta 会期 기간 sessie samling sesja sessão заседание pass ระยะเวลา seans buổi 时段