Session Definition
sĕshən
sessions
noun
sessions
The sitting together or meeting of a group; assembly, as of a court, legislature, council, etc.
Webster's New World
A meeting of a legislative or judicial body for the purpose of transacting business.
American Heritage
A continuous, day-to-day series of such meetings.
Webster's New World
The term or period of such a meeting or meetings.
Webster's New World
A school term.
Webster's New World
Synonyms:
- academic session
- academic term
- school term
- séance
- sitting
- semester
- round
- term
- bout
- meeting
- discussion
- conference
- gathering
- assemblage
- concourse
idiom
in session
- officially meeting; assembled
Webster's New World
Idioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to Session
- in session
Origin of Session
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Middle English from Old French from Latin sessiō sessiōn- act of sitting from sessus past participle of sedēre to sit sed- in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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From Old French session, from Latin sessiō (“a sitting"), from sedeō (“sit").
From Wiktionary
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