session
Fetched 2026-10-26 (cache).
Synonyms: cession, sension, hession
Antonyms: cession, sension, hession
Related words from Datamuse; suggestions, not definitions.
Noun
- A [[period]] of time devoted to a particular [[activity]].
- An official [[meeting]] or [[term]] of a [[council]], [[court]], or other [[body]] to conduct its business; e.g. the annual or semiannual periods of a [[legislature]] (that together comprise the legislative term), whose individual meetings are also called sessions.
- {{lb|en|computing}} The [[sequence]] of [[interaction]]s between [[client]] and [[server]], or between [[user]] and [[system]]<!--e.g. Windows login session on a local machine! i.e. not only Internet-->; the period during which a [[user]] is [[log in|logged in]] or [[connect]]ed.
- {{lb|en|cricket}} 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.
- {{lb|en|mostly|obsolete|or|theology}} The act of [[sit]]ting, or the state of being [[seated]].
- {{lb|en|music}} {{ellipsis of|en|jam session|addl=used in isolate particularly for folk music}}.
- {{lb|en|education}} An [[academic]] [[term]]; [[semester]]; [[school year]].
- {{lb|en|beer}} An extended period of drinking, typically consuming beer with low alcohol content.
- {{lb|en|[[Presbyterianism]]}} The ruling body of a [[congregation]], consisting of the [[pastor]] and [[elder]]s.
Verb
- {{lb|en|music}} To hold or participate in a [[jam session]] with other musicians.
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