Definitions for session
ˈsɛʃ ənses·sion

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:4.0 / 1 vote

1. sessionnoun

   a meeting for execution of a group's functions

   "it was the opening session of the legislature"

2. school term, academic term, academic session, sessionnoun

   the time during which a school holds classes

   "they had to shorten the school term"

3. sessionnoun

   a meeting devoted to a particular activity

   "a filming session"; "a gossip session"

4. seance, sitting, sessionnoun

   a meeting of spiritualists

   "the seance was held in the medium's parlor"

WiktionaryRate this definition:5.0 / 2 votes

1. sessionnoun

   A period devoted to a particular activity.

2. sessionnoun

   A meeting of a council, court, or legislative body to conduct its business.

   This court is now in session.

3. sessionnoun

   The sequence of interactions between client and server, or between user and system; the period during which a user is logged in or connected.

   Logging out or shutting down the computer will end your session.

4. sessionnoun

   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.

5. sessionnoun

   The performance of music by local musicians in a public place, with its origins in Gaelic culture. A musical performance broadcast for a radio show.

6. Etymology: From session, from sessio, from sedeo.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Sessionnoun

   Etymology: session, French; sessio, Latin.

   1. The act of sitting.

   He hath as man, not as God only, a supreme dominion over quick and dead; for so much his ascension into heaven, and his session at the right-hand of God do import. Richard Hooker.

   Many, tho’ they concede a table-gesture, will hardly allow this usual way of session. Thomas Browne, Vulg. Errors.

   2. An assembly of magistrates or senators.

   They are ready t’appear
   Where you shall hold your session. William Shakespeare, K. Lear.

   Summon a session that we may arraign
   Our most disloyal lady. William Shakespeare.

   The old man mindful still of moan,
   Weeping, thus bespake the session. George Chapman, Hom. Odys.

   Of their session ended they bid cry
   The great result. John Milton.

   Call’d to council all the Achaian states,
   Nor herald sworn the session to proclaim. Alexander Pope, Odys.

   3. The space for which an assembly sits, without intermission or recess.

   It was contrary to the course of parliament, that any bill that had been rejected should be again preferred the same session. Edward Hyde.

   The second Nicene council affords us plentiful assistance, in the first session, wherein the pope’s vicar declares that Meletius was ordained by Arian bishops, and yet his ordination was never questioned. Edward Stillingfleet.

   Many decrees are enacted, which at the next session are repealed. John Norris.

   4. A meeting of justices: as the sessions of the peace.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. session

   A session refers to a period or interval of time in which a specific activity or interaction takes place. This term is quite broad and its precise meaning can change based on context. It could refer to a meeting, a period of activity or exercise, a series of related academic courses, a term of a legislative body, a specific duration within a therapy or counseling, or a period of time a user interacts with a computer system or software. Typically, a session begins when it is initiated or opened, and ends when it is closed or terminated.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:1.8 / 5 votes

1. Sessionnoun

   the act of sitting, or the state of being seated

2. Sessionnoun

   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. Sessionnoun

   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

4. Etymology: [L. sessio, fr. sedere, sessum, to sit: cf. F. session. See Sit.]

WikidataRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Session

   In computer science, in particular networking, a session is a semi-permanent interactive information interchange, also known as a dialogue, a conversation or a meeting, between two or more communicating devices, or between a computer and user. A session is set up or established at a certain point in time, and torn down at a later point in time. An established communication session may involve more than one message in each direction. A session is typically, but not always, stateful, meaning that at least one of the communicating parts needs to save information about the session history in order to be able to communicate, as opposed to stateless communication, where the communication consists of independent requests with responses. An established session is the basic requirement to perform a connection-oriented communication. A session also is the basic step to transmit in connectionless communication modes. However any unidirectional transmission does not define a session. Communication sessions may be implemented as part of protocols and services at the application layer, at the session layer or at the transport layer in the OSI model. ⁕Application layer examples:HTTP sessions, which allow associating information with individual visitorsA telnet remote login session

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Session

   sesh′un, n. the sitting of a court or public body: the time it sits: the period of time between the meeting and prorogation of Parliament: the act of sitting, esp. the enthronement of Christ at the right hand of God the Father: (Scot.) the lowest Presbyterian church court, the kirk-session.—adj. Ses′sional, pertaining or belonging to a session or sessions.—n. Ses′sion-clerk, the official who officially records the transactions of a kirk-session.—Court of Session, the supreme civil court of Scotland. [Fr.,—L. sessio, sessionis—sedēre, sessum, to sit.]

Military Dictionary and GazetteerRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. session

   The actual sitting of a court, council, etc., or the actual assembly of the members of such a body for the transaction of business. Hence, also the time, period, or term during which a court, council, and the like, meet daily for business; or the space of time between the first meeting and prorogation or adjournment.

Editors ContributionRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. session

   A meeting of a form of unity assembly, unity council, unity legislature, unity senate, unity house of representatives, unity government, local unity government, regional unity government, national unity government, european unity government and international unity government.

   The unity governmental groups are in session for specific timetables during the year.

   
   

   Submitted by MaryC on March 17, 2020  

Surnames Frequency by Census RecordsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. SESSION

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Session is ranked #10607 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Session surname appeared 3,019 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 1 would have the surname Session.
   
   84.8% or 2,561 total occurrences were Black.
   8.4% or 254 total occurrences were White.
   3.2% or 97 total occurrences were of two or more races.
   2.7% or 82 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.

Matched Categories

1. • Conference
   • Meeting
   • Term

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'session' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #2397

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'session' in Written Corpus Frequency: #2125

3. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'session' in Nouns Frequency: #718

Anagrams for session »

1. Osseins

How to pronounce session?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of session in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of session in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of session in a Sentence

1. Zalmay Khalilzad:

   In our opening session, I underscored to the Talibs that the Afghan people, who are their brothers & sisters, want this war to end, it is time to put down arms, stop the violence, & embrace peace.

2. Lakshheish M Patel:

   Everyday, when there is o major fluctuation in share prices SBI securities web trading platform pages work without any error but other time especially during opening and closing session or sudden fall or rise of share prices its pages become unresponsive. Its a swindler like most brokers

3. Will Rogers:

   This country has come to feel the same when Congress is in session as when the baby gets hold of a hammer.

4. Prime Minister Edi Rama:

   Illegal cultivation is completely under control, this is the third or fourth year of consolidation. We plan to pass the bill in this session of parliament.

5. Gerry Connolly:

   I agree with those who have already asserted that the Japanese government led by Mr. Abe ought to recognize in clear definitive words the injustices done in the past, but trying to pre-condition, or deny, the Prime Minister of Japan an opportunity to speak to a joint session of Congress, I don't think is the right way to achieve those ends.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=session
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Session
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=session
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/session
6. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=session
7. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=session
8. ^ Military Dictionary and Gazetteer
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/59563/pg59563-images.html
9. ^ Surnames Frequency by Census Records
   https://www.census.gov/topics/population/genealogy/data/2010_surnames.html