session
/ˈsɛ.ʃən/
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.72 in modern English
Meaning
noun
A period of time devoted to a particular activity.
noun
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.
noun
The sequence of interactions between client and server, or between user and system; the period during which a user is logged in or connected.
noun
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.
noun
Ellipsis of jam session, used in isolate particularly for folk music.
noun
An academic term; semester; school year.
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."
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Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈsɛ.ʃən/
- British English: /ˈsɛ.ʃən/