session B1 Topic:Time US /ˈsɛʃən/ UK /ˈsɛ.ʃən/ See IPA manual Freq #3567 Meanings 1 noun A period of time spent doing a particular activity. She booked a one-hour counselling session. 2 noun An official meeting or period of meetings of a court, council, or parliament. The judge announced that the court was now in session. 3 noun The period during which a user is logged in or connected to a computer system. Logging out or shutting down the computer will end your session. Thesaurus Word family Forms sessions Derived forms cryosessionintersessionintrasessionkirk-sessionmicrosessionmidsessionminisessionmultisessionparasessionpostsessionpresessionsesh Common collocations jam session Noun + noun Etymology AI details From Middle English session, from Old French session, from Latin sessiō (“a sitting”), from sedeō (“sit”). *sed- Proto-Indo-European session Middle English sessiō Latin View etymology graph -> Topics Time Law & Government External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # session **Type:** Word **Level:** B1 **Part of speech:** noun **IPA (US):** /ˈsɛʃən/ **IPA (UK):** /ˈsɛ.ʃən/ **Frequency rank:** 3567 ## Meanings 1. A period of time spent doing a particular activity. 2. An official meeting or period of meetings of a court, council, or parliament. 3. The period during which a user is logged in or connected to a computer system. ## Examples - She booked a one-hour counselling session. - The judge announced that the court was now in session. - Logging out or shutting down the computer will end your session. ## Derived Forms - cryosession - intersession - intrasession - kirk-session - microsession - midsession - minisession - multisession - parasession - postsession - presession - sesh ## Roots and Affixes - Root: *sed- - Root: session - Root: sessiō ## Etymology From Middle English session, from Old French session, from Latin sessiō (“a sitting”), from sedeō (“sit”). ## AI Etymology Session is from Middle English session, from Old French session, from Latin sessiō (“a sitting”), from sedeō (“sit”). Important forms in the word's history include Proto-Indo-European *sed-, Middle English session, Old French session, Latin sessiō. In current use it includes senses such as A period of time spent doing a particular activity and An official meeting or period of meetings of a court, council, or parliament. ## Topics - Time - Law & Government markdown