Session — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

a meeting for execution of a group's functions

the time during which a school holds classes

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/sˈɛʃən/

🇬🇧British English

/sˈɛʃən/

🇮🇳Indian English

/sˈɛʃən/

2 syllables Say it as /sˈɛʃən/.

Examples

it was the opening session of the legislature
they had to shorten the school term
a filming session

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

school term academic term sitting seance academic session

Parts of Speech

noun	a meeting for execution of a group's functions “it was the opening session of the legislature”
noun	the time during which a school holds classes “they had to shorten the school term”
noun	a meeting devoted to a particular activity “a filming session”
noun	a meeting of spiritualists “the seance was held in the medium's parlor”

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

Sitzung

ein Treffen zur Ausführung der Aufgaben einer Gruppe

🇪🇸Spanish

sesión

una reunión para la ejecución de las funciones de un grupo

🇮🇹Italian

sessione

una riunione per l'esecuzione delle funzioni di un gruppo

🇳🇱Dutch

sessie

een bijeenkomst voor de uitvoering van de functies van een groep

🇵🇹Portuguese

sessão

uma reunião para execução das funções de um grupo

🇷🇺Russian

сессия

собрание для выполнения функций группы

India

🇮🇳Hindi

सत्र

किसी समूह के कार्यों के निष्पादन हेतु एक बैठक

🇧🇩Bengali

অধিবেশন

একটি গোষ্ঠীর কার্য সম্পাদনের জন্য একটি সভা

🇮🇳Tamil

அமர்வு

ஒரு குழுவின் செயல்பாடுகளை நிறைவேற்றுவதற்கான கூட்டம்

🇮🇳Telugu

సెషన్

సమూహం యొక్క విధులను అమలు చేయడానికి ఒక సమావేశం

🇮🇳Marathi

सत्र

गटाच्या कार्याच्या अंमलबजावणीसाठी बैठक

🇮🇳Gujarati

સત્ર

જૂથના કાર્યોના અમલ માટે બેઠક

🇮🇳Kannada

ಅಧಿವೇಶನ

ಗುಂಪಿನ ಕಾರ್ಯಗಳನ್ನು ಕಾರ್ಯಗತಗೊಳಿಸಲು ಸಭೆ

🇮🇳Malayalam

സെഷൻ

ഒരു ഗ്രൂപ്പിൻ്റെ പ്രവർത്തനങ്ങൾ നിർവ്വഹിക്കുന്നതിനുള്ള ഒരു യോഗം

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਸੈਸ਼ਨ

ਇੱਕ ਸਮੂਹ ਦੇ ਕਾਰਜਾਂ ਨੂੰ ਚਲਾਉਣ ਲਈ ਇੱਕ ਮੀਟਿੰਗ

🇵🇰Urdu

سیشن

ایک گروپ کے افعال کو انجام دینے کے لئے ایک میٹنگ

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

会议

执行小组职能的会议

🇯🇵Japanese

セッション

グループの任務を遂行するための会議

🇰🇷Korean

세션

그룹의 기능을 수행하기 위한 회의

🇻🇳Vietnamese

phiên họp

cuộc họp để thực hiện các chức năng của nhóm

🇹🇭Thai

การประชุม

การประชุมเพื่อปฏิบัติหน้าที่ของกลุ่ม

🇮🇩Indonesian

sidang

pertemuan untuk pelaksanaan fungsi kelompok

🇲🇾Malay

sesi

mesyuarat untuk melaksanakan fungsi kumpulan

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

حصة

اجتماع لتنفيذ مهام المجموعة

🇮🇷Persian

جلسه

جلسه ای برای اجرای وظایف یک گروه

🇹🇷Turkish

oturum

bir grubun işlevlerinin yürütülmesi için bir toplantı

🇮🇱Hebrew

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