Definition of session

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ses·sion    (sshn) KEY 

NOUN:

1. 1. A meeting of a legislative or judicial body for the purpose of transacting business.
   2. A series of such meetings.
   3. The term or duration of time that is taken by such a series of meetings.
2. The part of a year or of a day during which a school holds classes.
3. An assembly of people for a common purpose or because of a common interest: a gossip session.
4. Law A court of criminal jurisdiction in the United States: the court of sessions.
5. A period of time devoted to a specific activity, as to recording music in a studio.

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ETYMOLOGY:
Middle English, from Old French, from Latin sessi, sessin-, act of sitting, from sessus, past participle of sedre, to sit; see sed- in Indo-European roots

OTHER FORMS:
session·al(Adjective), session·al·ly(Adverb)