seſſionの英語

語源

From 中期英語 session, from Old French session, from Latin sessiō (“a sitting”), from sedeō (“sit”).

発音

• enPR: sĕshˈˈˈˈˈˈˈ -ən
• (英国発音) IPA: /ˈsɛʃ(ə)n/
• 韻: -ɛʃən
• Homophone: cession

名詞

session (plural sessions)

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

   counseling session

   a training session

   jam session

   "Are we having a recording session?" / "Yes. We've even got some session musicians to provide some brass."

   • 2009, Michael Otto with Stefan G. Hofmann, Avoiding Treatment Failures in the Anxiety Disorders, page 137:

     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 time

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. (computing) 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. (cricket) 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.
5. (chiefly obsolete or theology) The act of sitting, or the state of being seated.
   • 1594–1597, Richard Hooker, edited by J[ohn] S[penser], Of the Lawes of Ecclesiastical Politie, […], London: […] Will[iam] Stansby [for Matthew Lownes], published 1611, →OCLC, (please specify the page):

     So much his ascension into heaven and his session at the right hand of God do import.

   • 1859, Alfred Tennyson, “Vivien”, in Idylls of the King, London: Edward Moxon & Co., […], →OCLC, pages 137–138:

     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; […]

6. (music) Ellipsis of jam session, used in isolate particularly for folk music.
7. (education) An academic term; semester; school year.
8. (beer) An extended period of drinking, typically consuming beer with low alcohol content.
9. (Presbyterianism) The ruling body of a congregation, consisting of the pastor and elders.

下位語

• bull session

派生語

派生した語

• → Japanese: セッション (sesshon)
• → Korean: 세션 (sesyeon)
• → Scottish Gaelic: seisean

動詞

session (third-person singular simple present sessions, present participle sessioning, simple past and past participle sessioned)

1. (music) To hold or participate in a jam session with other musicians.
   • 2009 May 3, Virginia Heffernan, “World Music”, in New York Times‎:

     “I downloaded a clip from a drummer, who I now realize is Bernard Purdie, who has sessioned on all kinds of records,” he said.

アナグラム

• essoins, osseins