session

/ˈsɛ.ʃən/
nounverb

A period of time devoted to a particular activity.

NWL Collins ENABLE

Noun 4 meanings

  1. A period of time devoted to a particular activity.

    “counseling session”

  2. An official meeting or term of a council, court, or other body to conduct its business; e.g. the annual or semiannual periods of a legislature (that together comprise the legislative term), whose individual meetings are also called sessions.

    “This court is now in session.”

  3. The sequence of interactions between client and server, or between user and system; the period during which a user is logged in or connected.

    “Logging out or shutting down the computer will end your session.”

  4. Any of the three scheduled two-hour playing sessions, from the start of play to lunch, from lunch to tea and from tea to the close of play.

Verb 1 meaning

  1. To hold or participate in a jam session with other musicians.

Definitions: Wiktionary (CC BY-SA) via Kaikki/Wiktextract

Where it comes from

Etymology

From Middle English session, from Old French session, from Latin sessiō (“a sitting”), from sedeō (“sit”).

SESSION at a glance

SESSION has 7 letters and scores 7 points in Scrabble (S 1 + E 1 + S 1 + S 1 + I 1 + O 1 + N 1) and 8 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #1,918 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.

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