session
pronunciation
How to pronounce session in British English:
UK [ˈseʃn]
How to pronounce session in American English:
US [ˈseʃn]
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- Noun:
- a meeting for execution of a group's functions
- the time during which a school holds classes
- a meeting devoted to a particular activity
- a meeting of spiritualists
Word Origin
- session
- session: [14] Etymologically, a session is simply a ‘sitting’. The word comes via Old French session from Latin sessiō, a derivative of sedēre ‘sit’. Its sense development reflects the symbolic association of ‘sitting down’ with the conducting of business, which can be seen anew in the modern English expression get round a table. Other English descendants of Latin sedēre, which is closely related to English sit, include assess, assiduous [16], insidious [16], séance [19], sedentary [16], sediment [16], size, subsidy [14], and supersede.=> assess, assiduous, insidious, séance, sedentary, sediment, size, subsidy, supersede
- session (n.)
- late 14c., "periodical sitting of a court," from Old French session "act or state of sitting; assembly," from Latin sessionem (nominative sessio) "act of sitting; a seat; loitering; a session," noun of action from past participle stem of sedere "to sit" (see sedentary). Sense of "period set aside for some activity" is first recorded 1920, in bull session, probably from quarter sessions courts (see quarter (n.)). Musical sense of "recording occasion in a studio" is from 1927.
Example
- 1. That phrase pretty much summed up the whole session .
- 2. This tool can be run over ssh session .
- 3. Locate a figure drawing class or open session .
- 4. In the 1960s and 1970s , the average congress was in session for 323 days .
- 5. Even one skinfrying session increases your cancer risk , says dr lefkovits .