Session meaning
A period of time devoted to a specific activity.
A recording session at a music studio; a login session that was disrupted by a power outage.
noun
The definition of a session is a meeting, series of meetings or school term.
An example of a session is jury members meeting to agree on a verdict.
An example of a session is the time when students are attending classes at school.
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The part of a year or of a day during which a school holds classes.
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The governing body of a Presbyterian church, consisting of the minister and elders.
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A period of activity of any kind.
A session with the dentist, a session on a computer.
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(1) In communications, the active connection between a user and a computer or between two computers.
The number of hours within a day that a given body is performing its duties; a meeting of a court or a legislative body for the purpose of performing its business.
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Referring to a period of time during which there is a logical association, i.e., communication, between two or more stations, terminals, or systems. A session may be established through a log-on procedure and terminated by a log-off procedure. A network administrator might limit the duration of a session, at the expiration of which time the session will be timed-out, or involuntarily terminated, in order to ensure that network and system resources are shared fairly among the universe of active users. A session also may time out if no activity is detected for a predetermined period of time.
This court is now in session.
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in session
- Officially meeting; assembled.
idiom
Idioms and Phrasal Verbs
in session
Origin of session
- 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
- From Old French session, from Latin sessiÅ (“a sitting"), from sedeÅ (“sit").
From Wiktionary