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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 51Թ Forms
- ·Dz· adjective
- ··Dz noun
51Թ History and Origins
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of session1
Idioms and Phrases
see bull session .Example Sentences
Inspired by these sessions, Bridges would write songs on his own, recording them between film shoots.
Though one-off events may come later in the year, Ebsen is focusing solely on serving fire victims until at least June, with monthly Horses and Healing sessions like this one.
Garcia added that Governor Katie Hobbs’ proposals to add fingerprint requirements and tighten the rules on what expenses funds could be put towards in the last budget session went nowhere in the GOP-controlled legislature.\
"We've done parental sessions in school," he says, "and we're emphasising to parents that they really have to get control of what their child is seeing and doing at home."
Shohei Ohtani, meanwhile, is still being slow-played in his pitching program — remaining limited to weekly bullpen sessions, and not yet cleared to use his full pitch mix or throw at top velocity.
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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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