session

Plural: sessions

Noun

• a meeting for execution of a group's functions
  • "it was the opening session of the legislature"
• the time during which a school holds classes
• a meeting devoted to a particular activity
  • "a filming session"
  • "a gossip session"
• a meeting of spiritualists
• 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.
• The sequence of interactions between client and server, or between user and system; the period during which a user is logged in or connected.
• 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.
• The act of sitting, or the state of being seated.
• Ellipsis of jam session, used in isolate particularly for folk music.
• An academic term; semester; school year.
• An extended period of drinking, typically consuming beer with low alcohol content.
• The ruling body of a congregation, consisting of the pastor and elders.

Verb

• To hold or participate in a jam session with other musicians.

Examples

• ""Are we having a recording session?" / "Yes. We've even got some session musicians to provide some brass.""
• "a training session"
• "counseling session"
• "jam session"
• "Logging out or shutting down the computer will end your session."
• "This court is now in session."

Synonyms

academic session, academic term, school term, seance, sitting