name
Meaning 1
A surname.
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name
A surname.
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name
Ellipsis of Session Road.
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Usage: Philippines, abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis, uncountable
Qualifier: chiefly Baguio
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noun
A period of time devoted to a particular activity.
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noun
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.
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noun
The sequence of interactions between client and server, or between user and system; the period during which a user is logged in or connected.
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Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
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noun
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.
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Topics: ball-games, cricket, games, hobbies, lifestyle, sports
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noun
The act of sitting, or the state of being seated.
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Usage: obsolete
Topics: lifestyle, religion, theology
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noun
Ellipsis of jam session, used in isolate particularly for folk music.
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Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis
Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music
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noun
An academic term; semester; school year.
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Topics: education
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noun
An extended period of drinking, typically consuming beer with low alcohol content.
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Topics: beer, beverages, food, lifestyle
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noun
The ruling body of a congregation, consisting of the pastor and elders.
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Qualifier: Presbyterianism
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verb
To hold or participate in a jam session with other musicians.
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Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music
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noun
a meeting devoted to a particular activity
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: meeting, coming together
Narrower terms: course session, class period, recitation
noun
a meeting for execution of a group's functions
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: conference, group discussion
Narrower terms: sitting, clinic, executive session, closed session, hearing, skull session, special session, tutorial
noun
a meeting of spiritualists
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: seance, sitting
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Broader terms: meeting, get together
noun
the time during which a school holds classes
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: school term, academic term, academic session
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Broader terms: term
Narrower terms: summer school, semester, trimester, quarter
History
Variant of Sessions.
From Middle English session, from Old French session, from Latin sessiō (“a sitting”), from sedeō (“sit”).
Across languages
192 source translations are retained for this English entry.