Definitions of Session [ˈsɛʃ ən]

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Definition of 'Session'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) session
the sitting together of a court, council, legislature, or the like, for conference or the transaction of business:
Congress is now in session.

2.  session
a single continuous meeting or series of meetings of persons so assembled.

3.  session
the period or term of such meetings.

4.  session
sessions, (in English law) the sittings or a sitting of justices in court, usu. to deal with minor offenses, grant licenses, etc.

5.  session
a portion of the day or year into which instruction is organized at a school, college, or the like.

6.  session
a period of time during which two or more persons meet to pursue a particular activity:
a study session.

Etymology: (1350–1400; ME < ML sessiō, L: sitting)

Definition of 'Session'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) session
a meeting for execution of a group's functions
"it was the opening session of the legislature"

2. (noun) school term, academic term, academic session, session
the time during which a school holds classes
"they had to shorten the school term"

3. (noun) session
a meeting devoted to a particular activity
"a filming session"; "a gossip session"

4. (noun) seance, sitting, session
a meeting of spiritualists
"the seance was held in the medium's parlor"

Definition of 'Session'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (noun) session
a period spent doing a particular activity
a training/study/recording session

2. session
a meeting of a court or law-making body
a special session of the state legislature

3. session
in session
currently meeting
The court is now in session.

Definition of 'Session'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) Session
the act of sitting, or the state of being seated

2. (noun) Session
the actual sitting of a court, council, legislature, etc., or the actual assembly of the members of such a body, for the transaction of business

3. (noun) Session
hence, also, the time, period, or term during which a court, council, legislature, etc., meets daily for business; or, the space of time between the first meeting and the prorogation or adjournment; thus, a session of Parliaments is opened with a speech from the throne, and closed by prorogation. The session of a judicial court is called a term

Translation of 'Session'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: a meeting, or period for meetings, of a court, council, parliament etc The judge will give his summing up at tomorrow's court session.
Afrikaans: sitting	Arabic: جَلْسَه	Bulgarian: заседание
Brazilian: sessão	Czech: zasedání	German: die Sitzung
Danish: møde; -møde	Greek: συνεδρίαση, σύνοδος βουλή	Spanish: sesión
Estonian: istung	Farsi: جلسه	Finnish: istunto
French: session, séance	Hebrew: מוֹשָב	Hindi: सत्र
Croatian: zasjedanje, sjednica	Hungarian: ülés	Indonesian: sidang
Icelandic: formlegur fundur	Italian: sessione, seduta	Japanese: 審理
Korean: 회의	Lithuanian: sesija, posėdis	Latvian: sesija; sēde
Malay: sidang	Dutch: zitting	Norwegian: møte, samling, sesjon
Polish: sesja, posiedzenie	Persian: جلسه	Pashto: غونډه، جلسه، اجلاس: دغونډ
Portuguese: sessão	Romanian: sesiune,şedinţă	Russian: заседание; сессия
Slovak: zasadanie	Slovenian: zasedanje	Serbian: zasedanje
Swedish: session, sammanträde	Thai: การประชุม; สมัยประชุม ของ	Turkish: oturum
Taiwanese: 一次(屆)會議，一次開庭	Ukrainian: сесія; засідання	Urdu: اجلاس کی مجلس
Vietnamese: phiên họp	Chinese: （议会等）会议，（法庭）开庭
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