session
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: sĕshˈˈˈˈˈˈˈ -ən
ipa: /ˈsɛʃ(ə)n/
rhymes: -ɛʃən
homophone: cession
Forms: form: sessions
Etymology: From Middle English session, from Old French session, from Latin sessiō (“a sitting”), from sedeō (“sit”).
Senses: examples: text: counseling session
text: a training session
text: jam session
text: "Are we having a recording session?" / "Yes. We've even got some session musicians to provide some brass."
text: 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
ref: 2009, Michael Otto with Stefan G. Hofmann, Avoiding Treatment Failures in the Anxiety Disorders, page 137:
glosses: A period of time devoted to a particular activity.
examples: text: This court is now in session.
glosses: 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.
examples: text: Logging out or shutting down the computer will end your session.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: The sequence of interactions between client and server, or between user and system; the period during which a user is logged in or connected.
topics: ball-games
cricket
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: 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.
examples: text: So much his ascension into heaven and his session at the right hand of God do import.
ref: 1594–1597, Richard Hooker, edited by J[ohn] S[penser], Of the Lawes of Ecclesiastical Politie, […], London: […] Will[iam] Stansby [for Matthew Lownes], published 1611, →OCLC, (please specify the page):
text: But Vivien, gathering somewhat of his mood, / And hearing 'harlot' mutter'd twice or thrice, / Leapt from her session on his lap, and stood, / Stiff as a viper frozen; […]
ref: 1859, Alfred Tennyson, “Vivien”, in Idylls of the King, London: Edward Moxon & Co., […], →OCLC, pages 137–138:
topics: lifestyle
religion
theology
glosses: The act of sitting, or the state of being seated.
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: Ellipsis of jam session, used in isolate particularly for folk music.
topics: education
glosses: An academic term; semester; school year.
topics: beer
beverages
food
lifestyle
glosses: An extended period of drinking, typically consuming beer with low alcohol content.
qualifier: Presbyterianism
glosses: The ruling body of a congregation, consisting of the pastor and elders.
Hyponyms: bull session
Derived terms: birds-of-a-feather session
breakout session
buzz session
cram session
extraordinary session
first session
foley session
galah session
in session
kirk-session
legislative session
parasession
plenary session
poster session
punch-up session
quarter session
second session
sesh
session ale
session band
session bean
session beer
session bitter
session data
session fixation
session hijacking
sessionize
session laws
sessionless
session musician
session-replicated
skull session
special session
struggle session
third session