session

session

a meeting; a period of time
Not to be confused with:cession – act of ceding, as of territory

ses·sion

C0217500 (sĕsh′ən)n.1. a. A meeting of a legislative or judicial body for the purpose of transacting business.b. A series of such meetings.c. The term or duration of time that is taken by such a series of meetings.2. The part of a year or of a day during which a school holds classes.3. A period of time devoted to a specific activity: a recording session at a music studio; a login session that was disrupted by a power outage.

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[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin sessiō, sessiōn-, act of sitting, from sessus, past participle of sedēre, to sit; see sed- in Indo-European roots.]

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ses′sion·al adj.ses′sion·al·ly adv.

session

(ˈsɛʃən) n1. (Law) the meeting of a court, legislature, judicial body, etc, for the execution of its function or the transaction of business2. (Law) a single continuous meeting of such a body3. (Law) a series or period of such meetings4. (Education) education a. the time during which classes are heldb. a school or university term or year5. (Protestantism) Presbyterian Church the judicial and administrative body presiding over a local congregation and consisting of the minister and elders6. (Music, other) a meeting of a group of musicians to record in a studio7. a meeting of a group of people to pursue an activity8. any period devoted to an activity9. (Law) See Court of Session[C14: from Latin sessiō a sitting, from sedēre to sit] ˈsessional adj ˈsessionally adv

ses•sion

(ˈsɛʃ ən)

n. 1. the sitting together of a court, council, legislature, or the like, for conference or the transaction of business: Congress is now in session. 2. a single continuous meeting or series of meetings of persons so assembled. 3. the period or term of such meetings. 4. sessions, (in English law) the sittings or a sitting of justices in court, usu. to deal with minor offenses, grant licenses, etc. 5. a portion of the day or year into which instruction is organized at a school, college, or the like. 6. a period of time during which two or more persons meet to pursue a particular activity: a study session. [1350–1400; Middle English < Medieval Latin sessiō, Latin: sitting] ses′sion•al, adj.

Session

 a group of judges, administrators, or other persons in session.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	session - a meeting for execution of a group's functions; "it was the opening session of the legislature"group discussion, conference - a discussion among participants who have an agreed (serious) topicsitting - a session as of a legislature or courtclinic - meeting for diagnosis of problems and instruction or remedial work in a particular activityclosed session, executive session - a session (usually of a legislative body) that is closed to the publichearing - a session (of a committee or grand jury) in which witnesses are called and testimony is taken; "the investigative committee will hold hearings in Chicago"skull session - a session (as of executives or advisors) to discuss policy or strategy or to solve problems or exchange ideasspecial session - a session that is held in addition to the regular sessionstutorial - a session of intensive tuition given by a tutor to an individual or to a small number of students
	2.	session - the time during which a school holds classes; "they had to shorten the school term"academic session, academic term, school termacademic year, school year - the period of time each year when the school is open and people are studyingterm - a limited period of time; "a prison term"; "he left school before the end of term"summer school - an academic session during the summer; usually for remedial or supplementary studysemester - one of two divisions of an academic yeartrimester - one of three divisions of an academic yearquarter - one of four periods into which the school year is divided; "the fall quarter ends at Christmas"
	3.	session - a meeting devoted to a particular activity; "a filming session"; "a gossip session"coming together, meeting - the social act of assembling for some common purpose; "his meeting with the salesmen was the high point of his day"class period, course session, recitation - a regularly scheduled session as part of a course of study
	4.	session - a meeting of spiritualists; "the seance was held in the medium's parlor"seance, sittingspirit rapping, table rapping, table tapping - alleged form of communication with spirits of the deadtable lifting, table tilting, table tipping, table turning - manipulation of a table during a seance; attributed to spiritsget together, meeting - a small informal social gathering; "there was an informal meeting in my living room"

session

noun1. meeting, hearing, sitting, term, period, conference, congress, discussion, assembly, seminar, get-together (informal) an emergency session of parliament2. period, stretch, spell, time, bout Ten players have failed drug tests following a training session.3. (Informal) booze up, binge, bender (Brit. informal) (informal), pub crawl (Brit.), piss-up (Brit. taboo slang), sesh (slang) We had a bit of a session one night.

Translations

会议学期开庭进行某活动连续的一段时间

session

(ˈseʃən) noun1. a meeting, or period for meetings, of a court, council, parliament etc. The judge will give his summing up at tomorrow's court session. 一次(屆)會議，一次開庭 （议会等）会议，（法庭）开庭 2. a period of time spent on a particular activity. a filming session. 活動的一段期間 （进行某活动连续的）一段时间 3. a university or school year or one part of this. the summer session. 學年中的一段期間 学期

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