Session

Noun

 * 1) A period devoted to a particular activity; a training session.
 * 2) A meeting of a council, court, or legislative body to conduct its business.
 * 3)  Used in reference to web applications, a session is the sequence of interactions between the server and a user.  A users session can store persistent data between different web pages.  For instance, a person might login to a site on one page, then go on using other pages on the site.  The login step begins a session where the server tracks information about that specific user.  Sessions typically expire after a set time of non-interaction and are removed from the server's memory.
 * 4)  A period of play in which the players only leave the field at a change of innings; the three sessions are between start of play, lunch, tea and close of play
 * 5)  The performance of music by local musicians in a public place, with its origions in Gaelic culture. A musical performance broadcast for a radio show.
 * 6)  Gaming with friends for an extended period of time, Online,Splitscreen or via a LAN connection.

Adjectives for Session
executive; prolonged;  nominal;  secret; winter; all-night; plenary; extraordinary; lengthy; fruitless; extra; special.

Verbs for Session
adjourn—; attend—; complicate—; conclude —; convoke—; disband—; dismiss—; disperse—; emphasize—; extend—; open—; prolong—; protract—; resume—; wind up —; —administers; —achieves; —accom¬plishes; —appropriates; —assembles; —convenes ; —deliberates; —effects; —formulates; —frames; —legislates; —recesses.

Thesaurus
Council of Nicaea, Council of Trent, Lateran Council, Vatican Council, abundant year, academic year, annum, assemblee, assembly, assignation, at home, audience, ball, bargaining, bargaining session, bissextile year, brawl, calendar month, calendar year, caucus, century, chapter, classis, colloquium, commission, committee, common year, conciliarism, conclave, concourse, confab, confabulation, conference, confrontation, congregation, congress, consistory, consultation, conventicle, convention, convocation, council, council fire, council of war, dance, date, day, decade, decennary, decennium, defective year, diet, diocesan conference, discussion, ecclesiastical council, ecumenical council, eisteddfod, exchange of views, eyeball-to-eyeball encounter, festivity, fete, fiscal year, forgathering, fortnight, forum, gathering, get-together, hearing, high-level talk, hour, housewarming, huddle, interchange of views, interview, leap year, levee, lunar month, lunar year, lunation, luster, lustrum, man-hour, meet, meeting, microsecond, millennium, millisecond, minute, moment, month, moon, negotiations, news conference, palaver, panel, parley, parochial church council, parochial council, party, period, plenary council, plenum, pourparler, powwow, presbytery, press conference, prom, quarter, quinquennium, quorum, rally, reception, regular year, rendezvous, seance, seating, second, semester, shindig, sidereal year, sit-in, sitting, soiree, solar year, summit, summit conference, summitry, sun, symposium, synod, term, trimester, turnout, twelvemonth, vestry, week, weekday, year

Etymology
From session, from  sessio:, from sedeo:.

Translations

 * Arabic: (jálsa)
 * Chinese: 会期 (huìqī)
 * Dutch: sessie
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 * Italian:, tornata
 * Japanese: 会期 (かいき, kaikí)
 * Korean: 회기 (hoegi)
 * Persian: نشست
 * Portuguese:
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 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Welsh: sesiwn


 * Armenian:
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 * Finnish: ,
 * Italian:


 * Persian: نشست, همايش
 * Russian: ,
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Derived terms

 * bull session

Anagrams

 * Osseins

Noun
session