A period of time devoted to a particular activity.
counseling session
a training session
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jam session
"Are we having a recording session?" / "Yes. We've even got some session musicians to provide some brass."
Alternatively, if the patient is stuck ritualizing before session, then the therapist might want to create contingencies that might help the patient come in on time2009, Michael Otto with Stefan G. Hofmann, Avoiding Treatment Failures in the Anxiety Disorders, page 137:
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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.
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Computing, Engineering, Mathematics, Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Sciences 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.
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Ball games, Cricket, Games, Hobbies, Lifestyle, Sports 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.
So much his ascension into heaven and his session at the right hand of God do import.[1594], Richard Hooker, edited by J[ohn] S[penser], Of the Lawes of Ecclesiastical Politie, […], London: […] Iohn Windet, […], →OCLC, (please specify the page):
But Vivien, gathering somewhat of his mood, / And hearing 'harlot' mutter'd twice or thrice, / Leapt from her session on his lap, and stood, / Stiff as a viper frozen; […]1859, Alfred Tennyson, “Vivien”, in Idylls of the King, London: Edward Moxon & Co., […], →OCLC, pages 137–138:
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Entertainment, Lifestyle, MusicAbbreviation, Ellipsis Ellipsis of jam session, used in isolate particularly for folk music.
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Education An academic term; semester; school year.
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Beer, Beverages, Food, Lifestyle An extended period of drinking, typically consuming beer with low alcohol content.
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The ruling body of a congregation, consisting of the pastor and elders.
Etymology From Middle English session, from Old French session, from Latin sessiō (“a sitting”), from sedeō (“sit”).
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Entertainment, Lifestyle, Music To hold or participate in a jam session with other musicians.
“I downloaded a clip from a drummer, who I now realize is Bernard Purdie, who has sessioned on all kinds of records,” he said.2009 May 3, Virginia Heffernan, “World Music”, in New York Times: