session

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.

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Forms sessions

Derived forms cryosessionintersessionintrasessionkirk-sessionmicrosessionmidsessionminisessionmultisessionparasessionpostsessionpresessionsesh

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jam session
an informal gathering where musicians improvise together

Noun + noun

Simplified etymology

Session entered English in the late Middle English period from a form based on the past tense of Latin sedere, “to sit.” It originally denoted an act of sitting and thus a gathering in which people settled down to conduct business.

Etymology

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

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# 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.

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