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session
[ sesh-uhn ]
noun
- the sitting together of a court, council, legislature, or the like, for conference or the transaction of business:
Congress is now in session.
- a single continuous sitting, or period of sitting, of persons so assembled.
- a continuous series of sittings or meetings of a court, legislature, or the like.
- the period or term during which such a series is held.
- sessions, (in English law) the sittings or a sitting of justices in court, usually to deal with minor offenses, grant licenses, etc.
- a single continuous course or period of lessons, study, etc., in the work of a day at school:
Through a mixture of both lectures and lab sessions, you will develop a broad engineering skill base.
- a portion of the year into which instruction is organized at a college or other educational institution:
She’s enrolled in a six-week summer session.
- the governing body of a local Presbyterian church, composed of the pastor who moderates and the elders.
- a period of time during which a group of persons meets to pursue a particular activity:
It was the last show before their recording sessions this week where they will produce their first album.
session
/ ˈɛʃə /
noun
- the meeting of a court, legislature, judicial body, etc, for the execution of its function or the transaction of business
- a single continuous meeting of such a body
- a series or period of such meetings
- education
- the time during which classes are held
- a school or university term or year
- Presbyterian Church the judicial and administrative body presiding over a local congregation and consisting of the minister and elders
- a meeting of a group of musicians to record in a studio
- a meeting of a group of people to pursue an activity
- any period devoted to an activity
- See Court of Session
Derived Forms
- ˈDzԲ, adjective
- ˈDzԲly, adverb
Other yvlog Forms
- ·Dz· adjective
- ··Dz noun
yvlog History and Origins
yvlog History and Origins
Origin of session1
Idioms and Phrases
see bull session .Example Sentences
At the end of the session, he told his engineer: "I found the car interesting on track. Good 'sesh'."
Freeman experienced swelling in his ankle in the wake of the mishap, and required extensive sessions of treatment from the team’s training staff.
Physiotherapy sessions are helping him adapt to using what is left of his left thumb and middle finger.
Between Zoom happy hours and “Stardew Valley” sessions, I folded cold coffee into brownie batter, added matcha to white cake, swapped butter for oil just to see what would happen.
Among them are working tapes from the sessions that led to rock classic Born In The USA, and an album that experimented with drum loops and synthesisers from the early 1990s.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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