session meaning and definition

SESSION noun

Definition of session (noun)

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 school term"
   • synonyms: academic session, academic term, school term
3. a meeting devoted to a particular activity
   • "a filming session"; "a gossip session"
4. a meeting of spiritualists
   • "the seance was held in the medium's parlor"
   • synonyms: seance, sitting