Standard Lemma guide

session

name · noun · verb · 16 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • General-American, Received-Pronunciation: /ˈsɛ.ʃən/
  • Australia: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -ɛʃən
  • homophone: cession
  • CMU ARPABET: S EH1 SH AH0 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

name

Meaning 1

A surname.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

name

Meaning 2

Ellipsis of Session Road.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Philippines, abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis, uncountable

Qualifier: chiefly Baguio

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

A period of time devoted to a particular activity.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • counseling session
  • a training session
  • jam session
  • "Are we having a recording session?" / "Yes. We've even got some session musicians to provide some brass."

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

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.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • This court is now in session.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

noun

Meaning 5

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

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences

Examples

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

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

6

noun

Meaning 6

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.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: ball-games, cricket, games, hobbies, lifestyle, sports

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

7

noun

Meaning 7

The act of sitting, or the state of being seated.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: obsolete

Topics: lifestyle, religion, theology

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

8

noun

Meaning 8

Ellipsis of jam session, used in isolate particularly for folk music.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis

Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

9

noun

Meaning 9

An academic term; semester; school year.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: education

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

10

noun

Meaning 10

An extended period of drinking, typically consuming beer with low alcohol content.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: beer, beverages, food, lifestyle

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

11

noun

Meaning 11

The ruling body of a congregation, consisting of the pastor and elders.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Qualifier: Presbyterianism

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

12

verb

Meaning 12

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

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

13

noun

Meaning 13

a meeting devoted to a particular activity

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • a filming session
  • a gossip session

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: meeting, coming together

Narrower terms: course session, class period, recitation

14

noun

Meaning 14

a meeting for execution of a group's functions

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • it was the opening session of the legislature

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: conference, group discussion

Narrower terms: sitting, clinic, executive session, closed session, hearing, skull session, special session, tutorial

15

noun

Meaning 15

a meeting of spiritualists

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • the seance was held in the medium's parlor

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: seance, sitting

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: meeting, get together

16

noun

Meaning 16

the time during which a school holds classes

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • they had to shorten the school term

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: school term, academic term, academic session

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: term

Narrower terms: summer school, semester, trimester, quarter

History

Etymology

Variant of Sessions.

From Middle English session, from Old French session, from Latin sessiō (“a sitting”), from sedeō (“sit”).

Across languages

Translations

192 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: sesion — period devoted to a particular activity
  • Arabic: جَلْسَة (jalsa) — period devoted to a particular activity
  • Aragonese: sesión — period devoted to a particular activity
  • Armenian: նստաշրջան (nstašrǰan) — period devoted to a particular activity
  • Armenian: սեանս (seans) — period devoted to a particular activity
  • Asturian: sesión — period devoted to a particular activity
  • Basque: saio — period devoted to a particular activity
  • Belarusian: сэ́сія (sésija) — period devoted to a particular activity
  • Belarusian: се́сія (sjésija) — period devoted to a particular activity
  • Belarusian: сеа́нс (sjeáns) — period devoted to a particular activity
  • Bulgarian: се́сия (sésija) — period devoted to a particular activity
  • Catalan: sessió — period devoted to a particular activity
  • Chinese Cantonese: 會期 /会期 (wui6 kei4) — period devoted to a particular activity
  • Chinese: 會期 /会期 (zh-min-nan) — period devoted to a particular activity
  • Chinese Mandarin: 會期 /会期 (huìqī) — period devoted to a particular activity
  • Czech: sezení — period devoted to a particular activity
  • Danish: session — period devoted to a particular activity
  • Dutch: sessie — period devoted to a particular activity
  • Esperanto: sesio — period devoted to a particular activity
  • Esperanto: seanco — period devoted to a particular activity
  • Estonian: istung — period devoted to a particular activity
  • Estonian: seanss — period devoted to a particular activity
  • Estonian: sessioon — period devoted to a particular activity
  • Finnish: istunto — period devoted to a particular activity
  • French: séance — period devoted to a particular activity
  • Galician: sesión — period devoted to a particular activity
  • Georgian: სესია (sesia) — period devoted to a particular activity
  • German: Sitzung — period devoted to a particular activity
  • German: Session — period devoted to a particular activity
  • Greek: συνεδρίαση (synedríasi) — period devoted to a particular activity
  • Haitian Creole: sesyon — period devoted to a particular activity
  • Hebrew: יְשִׁיבָה (y'shivá) — period devoted to a particular activity
  • Hindi: अधिवेशन (adhiveśan) — period devoted to a particular activity
  • Hungarian: ülés — period devoted to a particular activity
  • Hungarian: alkalom — period devoted to a particular activity
  • Hungarian: összejövetel — period devoted to a particular activity
  • Hungarian: találkozó — period devoted to a particular activity
  • Hungarian: foglalkozás — period devoted to a particular activity
  • Hungarian: megbeszélés — period devoted to a particular activity
  • Indonesian: sesi — period devoted to a particular activity
  • Irish: seisiún — period devoted to a particular activity
  • Italian: sessione — period devoted to a particular activity
  • Italian: tornata — period devoted to a particular activity
  • Italian: seduta — period devoted to a particular activity
  • Japanese: 会期 (kaiki) — period devoted to a particular activity
  • Khmer: សម័យប្រជុំ (saʼmay prɑɑcum) — period devoted to a particular activity
  • Korean: 회기 (hoegi) — period devoted to a particular activity
  • Latvian: sesija — period devoted to a particular activity
  • Lithuanian: sesija — period devoted to a particular activity
  • Macedonian: сесија (sesija) — period devoted to a particular activity
  • Malay: penggal — period devoted to a particular activity
  • Malay: sesyen — period devoted to a particular activity
  • Maltese: sessjoni — period devoted to a particular activity
  • Māori: tūnga — period devoted to a particular activity
  • Māori: wātū — period devoted to a particular activity
  • Norwegian Bokmål: sesjon — period devoted to a particular activity
  • Occitan: passada — period devoted to a particular activity
  • Persian: نشست (nešast) — period devoted to a particular activity
  • Plautdietsch: Sitz — period devoted to a particular activity
  • Polish: sesja — period devoted to a particular activity
  • Polish: seans — period devoted to a particular activity
  • Portuguese: sessão — period devoted to a particular activity
  • Romanian: sesiune — period devoted to a particular activity
  • Russian: се́ссия (séssija) — period devoted to a particular activity
  • Russian: сеа́нс (seáns) — period devoted to a particular activity
  • Scottish Gaelic: seisean — period devoted to a particular activity
  • Serbo-Croatian: сѐсија — period devoted to a particular activity
  • Serbo-Croatian: sèsija — period devoted to a particular activity
  • Slovak: sedenie — period devoted to a particular activity
  • Slovene: seja — period devoted to a particular activity
  • Spanish: sesión — period devoted to a particular activity
  • Swedish: session — period devoted to a particular activity
  • Turkish: celse — period devoted to a particular activity
  • Turkish: seans — period devoted to a particular activity
  • Turkish: oturum — period devoted to a particular activity
  • Ottoman Turkish: مجلس (meclis) — period devoted to a particular activity
  • Ottoman Turkish: جلسه (celse) — period devoted to a particular activity
  • Ukrainian: се́сія (sésija) — period devoted to a particular activity
  • Ukrainian: сеа́нс (seáns) — period devoted to a particular activity
  • Uzbek: sessiya — period devoted to a particular activity
  • Walloon: seyance — period devoted to a particular activity
  • Welsh: sesiwn — period devoted to a particular activity
  • Arabic: دَوْرَة (dawra) — meeting of a body to conduct business
  • Aragonese: sesión — meeting of a body to conduct business
  • Armenian: նիստ (nist) — meeting of a body to conduct business
  • Asturian: sesión — meeting of a body to conduct business
  • Belarusian: сэ́сія (sésija) — meeting of a body to conduct business
  • Belarusian: се́сія (sjésija) — meeting of a body to conduct business
  • Belarusian: пасяджэ́нне (pasjadžénnje) — meeting of a body to conduct business
  • Breton: bodadeg — meeting of a body to conduct business
  • Bulgarian: се́сия (sésija) — meeting of a body to conduct business
  • Bulgarian: заседа́ние (zasedánie) — meeting of a body to conduct business
  • Catalan: sessió — meeting of a body to conduct business
  • Chinese Mandarin: 會議 /会议 (huìyì) — meeting of a body to conduct business
  • Czech: zasedání — meeting of a body to conduct business
  • Danish: session — meeting of a body to conduct business
  • Danish: møde — meeting of a body to conduct business
  • Dutch: zitting — meeting of a body to conduct business
  • Dutch: sessie — meeting of a body to conduct business
  • Esperanto: kunveno — meeting of a body to conduct business
  • Estonian: sessioon — meeting of a body to conduct business
  • Estonian: istung — meeting of a body to conduct business
  • Faroese: fundur — meeting of a body to conduct business
  • Finnish: istunto — meeting of a body to conduct business
  • Finnish: kokous — meeting of a body to conduct business
  • French: session — meeting of a body to conduct business
  • Old French: session — meeting of a body to conduct business
  • Galician: sesión — meeting of a body to conduct business
  • Georgian: სესია (sesia) — meeting of a body to conduct business
  • German: Sitzung — meeting of a body to conduct business
  • German: Session — meeting of a body to conduct business
  • German: Tagung — meeting of a body to conduct business
  • Greek: σύνοδος (sýnodos) — meeting of a body to conduct business
  • Greek: συνεδρίαση (synedríasi) — meeting of a body to conduct business
  • Hindi: अधिवेशन (adhiveśan) — meeting of a body to conduct business
  • Hindi: सम्मेलन (sammelan) — meeting of a body to conduct business
  • Hindi: सभा (sabhā) — meeting of a body to conduct business
  • Hindi: बैठक (baiṭhak) — meeting of a body to conduct business
  • Hungarian: ülés — meeting of a body to conduct business
  • Hungarian: ülésezés — meeting of a body to conduct business
  • Hungarian: ülésszak — meeting of a body to conduct business
  • Indonesian: sési — meeting of a body to conduct business
  • Irish: suí — meeting of a body to conduct business
  • Italian: sessione — meeting of a body to conduct business
  • Japanese: 会議 (kaigi) — meeting of a body to conduct business
  • Khmer: សម័យប្រជុំ (saʼmay prɑɑcum) — meeting of a body to conduct business
  • Korean: 회의 (hoe'ui) — meeting of a body to conduct business
  • Latvian: sēde — meeting of a body to conduct business
  • Latvian: sesija — meeting of a body to conduct business
  • Lithuanian: posėdis — meeting of a body to conduct business
  • Macedonian: седница (sednica) — meeting of a body to conduct business
  • Macedonian: заседание (zasedanie) — meeting of a body to conduct business
  • Macedonian: сесија (sesija) — meeting of a body to conduct business
  • Māori: tūnga — meeting of a body to conduct business
  • Māori: nohoanga — meeting of a body to conduct business
  • Norwegian Bokmål: samling — meeting of a body to conduct business
  • Norwegian Bokmål: møte — meeting of a body to conduct business
  • Norwegian Bokmål: sesjon — meeting of a body to conduct business
  • Persian: نشست (nešast) — meeting of a body to conduct business
  • Persian: همایش (hamâyeš) — meeting of a body to conduct business
  • Polish: sesja — meeting of a body to conduct business
  • Polish: posiedzenie — meeting of a body to conduct business
  • Portuguese: sessão — meeting of a body to conduct business
  • Romanian: ședință — meeting of a body to conduct business
  • Romanian: sesie — meeting of a body to conduct business
  • Romanian: sesiune — meeting of a body to conduct business
  • Russian: се́ссия (séssija) — meeting of a body to conduct business
  • Russian: заседа́ние (zasedánije) — meeting of a body to conduct business
  • Scottish Gaelic: coinneamh — meeting of a body to conduct business
  • Serbo-Croatian: се̏дница — meeting of a body to conduct business
  • Serbo-Croatian: сје̏дница — meeting of a body to conduct business
  • Serbo-Croatian: са̀станак — meeting of a body to conduct business
  • Serbo-Croatian: сѐсија — meeting of a body to conduct business
  • Serbo-Croatian: засе́да̄ње — meeting of a body to conduct business
  • Serbo-Croatian: засје́да̄ње — meeting of a body to conduct business
  • Serbo-Croatian: sȅdnica — meeting of a body to conduct business
  • Serbo-Croatian: sjȅdnica — meeting of a body to conduct business
  • Serbo-Croatian: sàstanak — meeting of a body to conduct business
  • Serbo-Croatian: sèsija — meeting of a body to conduct business
  • Serbo-Croatian: zasédānje — meeting of a body to conduct business
  • Serbo-Croatian: zasjédānje — meeting of a body to conduct business
  • Slovak: zasadanie — meeting of a body to conduct business
  • Slovene: zasedanje — meeting of a body to conduct business
  • Slovene: seja — meeting of a body to conduct business
  • Spanish: sesión — meeting of a body to conduct business
  • Swahili: mkutano — meeting of a body to conduct business
  • Swedish: session — meeting of a body to conduct business
  • Swedish: möte — meeting of a body to conduct business
  • Thai: การประชุม (gaan-bprà-chum) — meeting of a body to conduct business
  • Turkish: oturum — meeting of a body to conduct business
  • Turkish: toplantı — meeting of a body to conduct business
  • Turkish: celse — meeting of a body to conduct business
  • Ottoman Turkish: مجلس (meclis) — meeting of a body to conduct business
  • Ottoman Turkish: جلسه (celse) — meeting of a body to conduct business
  • Ukrainian: се́сія (sésija) — meeting of a body to conduct business
  • Ukrainian: засі́дання (zasídannja) — meeting of a body to conduct business
  • Uzbek: yigʻilish — meeting of a body to conduct business
  • Uzbek: majlis — meeting of a body to conduct business
  • Vietnamese: phiên họp — meeting of a body to conduct business
  • Walloon: seyance — meeting of a body to conduct business
  • Aragonese: sesión — (computing) the sequence of interactions between client and server
  • Chinese Mandarin: 會話 /会话 (huìhuà) — (computing) the sequence of interactions between client and server
  • Finnish: istunto — (computing) the sequence of interactions between client and server
  • Finnish: sessio — (computing) the sequence of interactions between client and server
  • French: session — (computing) the sequence of interactions between client and server
  • Greek: συνεδρία (synedría) — (computing) the sequence of interactions between client and server
  • Hungarian: munkamenet — (computing) the sequence of interactions between client and server
  • Portuguese: sessão — (computing) the sequence of interactions between client and server
  • Russian: се́ссия (séssija) — (computing) the sequence of interactions between client and server
  • Scottish Gaelic: seisean — (computing) the sequence of interactions between client and server
  • Spanish: sesión — (computing) the sequence of interactions between client and server
  • Turkish: oturum — (computing) the sequence of interactions between client and server
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