Sekirov Dictionary

session

/ˈsɛ.ʃən/

noun 9
verb 1
forms 3
phrases 1

noun9

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a time kept for one planned activity, such as a lesson or a practice
- "Are we having a recording session?" / "Yes. We've even got some session musicians to provide some brass."
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The sequence of interactions between client and server, or between user and system; the period during which a user is logged in or connected.
- Logging out or shutting down the computer will end your session.
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.
An extended period of drinking, typically consuming beer with low alcohol content.
Ellipsis of jam session, used in isolate particularly for folk music.
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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.
- This court is now in session.
An academic term; semester; school year.
The ruling body of a congregation, consisting of the pastor and elders.
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(no longer used) The act of sitting, or the state of being seated.
- So much his ascension into heaven and his session at the right hand of God do import. — 1594

verb1

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To hold or participate in a jam session with other musicians.
- “I downloaded a clip from a drummer, who I now realize is Bernard Purdie, who has sessioned on all kinds of records,” he said. — 2009

forms

sessioned · sessioning · sessions

Phrases with session

bull session
An informal discursive group discussion, often one where politics, economics or current events are discussed.

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