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session - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'session' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Session [ n.]
- The act of sitting, or the state of being seated.
- 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.
- 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.

Meaning of 'session' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . session [ n]
Meaning (1):
- a meeting devoted to a particular activity
Example in sentence:
  • a filming session;
  • a gossip session
Meaning (2):
- a meeting for execution of a group's functions
Example in sentence:
  • it was the opening session of the legislature
Meaning (3):
- a meeting of spiritualists
Example in sentence:
  • the seance was held in the medium's parlor
Meaning (4):
- the time during which a school holds classes
Example in sentence:
  • they had to shorten the school term