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1. A meeting for execution of a group's functions
   "it was the opening session of the legislature"
    
2. The time during which a school holds classes
   "they had to shorten the academic session"; "they had to shorten the session"
   - school term, academic term, academic session
    
3. A meeting devoted to a particular activity
   "a filming session"; "a gossip session"
    
4. A meeting of spiritualists
   "the session was held in the medium's parlour"
   - seance, sitting, séance
    
5. (computing) a sequence of interactions over a network, or time connected to a certain computer
    
6. A musical performance for a recording or broadcast

Sounds like: cession

Derived forms: sessions

Type of: coming together, conference, get together, group discussion, meeting, term

Part of: academic year, school year

Encyclopedia: Session