SESSION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does session mean? 

• SESSION (noun)
  The noun SESSION has 4 senses:

1. a meeting for execution of a group's functions

2. the time during which a school holds classes

3. a meeting devoted to a particular activity

4. a meeting of spiritualists

  Familiarity information: SESSION used as a noun is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SESSION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A meeting for execution of a group's functions

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Context example:

it was the opening session of the legislature

Hypernyms ("session" is a kind of...):

conference; group discussion (a discussion among participants who have an agreed (serious) topic)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "session"):

sitting (a session as of a legislature or court)

clinic (meeting for diagnosis of problems and instruction or remedial work in a particular activity)

closed session; executive session (a session (usually of a legislative body) that is closed to the public)

hearing (a session (of a committee or grand jury) in which witnesses are called and testimony is taken)

skull session (a session (as of executives or advisors) to discuss policy or strategy or to solve problems or exchange ideas)

special session (a session that is held in addition to the regular sessions)

tutorial (a session of intensive tuition given by a tutor to an individual or to a small number of students)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The time during which a school holds classes

Classified under:

Nouns denoting time and temporal relations

Synonyms:

academic session; academic term; school term; session

Context example:

they had to shorten the school term

Hypernyms ("session" is a kind of...):

term (a limited period of time)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "session"):

summer school (an academic session during the summer; usually for remedial or supplementary study)

semester (one of two divisions of an academic year)

trimester (one of three divisions of an academic year)

quarter (one of four periods into which the school year is divided)

Holonyms ("session" is a part of...):

academic year; school year (the period of time each year when the school is open and people are studying)

Sense 3

Meaning:

A meeting devoted to a particular activity

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Context example:

a gossip session

Hypernyms ("session" is a kind of...):

coming together; congress; meeting (the social act of assembling for some common purpose)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "session"):

class period; course session; recitation (a regularly scheduled session as part of a course of study)

Sense 4

Meaning:

A meeting of spiritualists

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Synonyms:

seance; session; sitting

Context example:

the seance was held in the medium's parlor

Hypernyms ("session" is a kind of...):

get together; meeting (a small informal social gathering)

Meronyms (parts of "session"):

spirit rapping; table rapping; table tapping (alleged form of communication with spirits of the dead)

table lifting; table tilting; table tipping; table turning (manipulation of a table during a seance; attributed to spirits)

 Context examples 

One person was tested daily over 7 days while the other had weekly sessions for 8 weeks.

(Spinal cord stimulation helps paralyzed people move hands, NIH)

They collected saliva samples before and after a 15-minute vaping session and analyzed the samples for chemicals that are known to damage DNA.

(Using Electronic Cigarettes Can Damage DNA, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

For both the sham and acoustic stimulation sessions, the individuals took a memory test at night and again the next morning.

(Sound Waves Boost Older Adult' Memory, Deep Sleep, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

Specifically, the 20-minute exercise session resulted in a 5 percent decrease in the number of immune cells that produced a protein called TNF, which is involved in the body's inflammatory response, the researchers said.

(Just 20 Minutes of Walking May Reduce Inflammation in Your Body, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

The clearance of a substance from the blood during a hemodialysis session.

(Hemodialysis Clearance, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

The gamma rays are aimed at the tumor from many different angles at once, and deliver a large dose of radiation exactly to the tumor in one treatment session.

(Gamma Knife, NCI Dictionary)

Your sessions can bring you to a new perspective and a comforting sense of calm.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

The researchers found that, compared to the typically developing children, the children with autism had higher skin conductance levels when reading silently, reading aloud, and in the group toy session.

(Animals’ presence may ease social anxiety in kids with autism, NIH)

The scientists rated each session based on the number of minutes of courtship by the male – shown by sustained hovering near or actively chasing the females.

(Butterflies are genetically wired to choose a mate that looks just like them, University of Cambridge)

The South Korean conglomerate sustained a massive eight percent loss in its share price at the end of Tuesday's stock market trading session.

(Samsung Ends Production of Problem-Plagued Galaxy Note 7, Voanews)