Session (Noun)

Meaning ¹

A meeting for execution of a group's functions; "it was the opening session of the legislature".

Classification

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents.

Examples

• The committee was scheduled to deliberate for three hours during the morning session.
• The senators gathered for a closed-door session to discuss the highly sensitive agreement.
• It was the opening session of the legislature, and the members were eager to get down to business.
• The evening session featured a lively debate between the two mayoral candidates.
• The emergency session was convened to address the immediate concerns of the drought-stricken region.

Hypernyms

• Group Discussion

Hyponyms

• Closed Session

Meaning ²

A meeting devoted to a particular activity; "a filming session"; "a gossip session".

Classification

Nouns denoting acts or actions.

Hypernyms

• Coming Together
• Congress

Hyponyms

• Class Period
• Recitation

Meaning ³

A meeting of spiritualists; "the seance was held in the medium's parlor".

Classification

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects.

Synonyms

• Sitting
• Seance

Hypernyms

• Get Together
• Meeting

Meaning ⁴

The time during which a school holds classes; "they had to shorten the school term".

Classification

Nouns denoting time and temporal relations.

Synonyms

• School Term
• Academic Term
• Academic Session

Hypernyms

• Term

Hyponyms

• Semester
• Quarter
• Summer School
• Trimester