Session

Legislative body convenes

A session is a period devoted to a particular activity.

A court is in session when conducting business.

A recording session captures music.

A therapy session lasts an hour.

A drinking session goes longer.

In computing, a session is a period of interaction between user and system, often tracked by cookies.

The word implies bounded time with a specific purpose: We had a good session at the gym.

meeting

conference

Organized meeting for discussion

workshop · briefing · sitting · hearing · convening · summit · symposium · boardroom · agenda · minutes

computing

login

Authentication act or screen

authentication · browser · server · expire · active · user · connection · persistent · secure · encrypted

therapy

counseling

Professional guidance for problems

therapist · couch · breakthrough · processing · trauma · healing · intake · evaluation · talk · one-on-one

academic

semester

Half academic year

  • termFixed period or word
  • classGrouping by shared traits
  • lectureEducational spoken presentation

tutorial · study · coursework · enrollment · syllabus · examination · instruction · learning · classroom · teaching

recording

studio

Creative professional's workspace

  • trackPath or monitored route
  • takeCapture or filmed segment
  • mixingCombining into one mass

producer · booth · microphone · playback · overdub · jam · laying · demo · master · engineer

legislative

parliament

National legislative assembly

chamber · floor · gavel · speaker · bill · vote · quorum · adjournment · sitting · dissolution

exercise

workout

Structured physical exercise

  • trainingDeveloping abilities through practice
  • gymExercise facility
  • repsExercise iteration count

sets · cardio · interval · sweat · routine · circuit · cooldown · warmup · burn · stretch

Categories
Opposites
activity state

Sessionrecess

Pause in activity

break · adjournment · intermission · pause · hiatus

temporal boundedness

Sessionpermanence

Quality of lasting indefinitely

continuity · eternity

continuity

Sessioninterruption

Break in continuity

fragmentation · discontinuity

Phrases
Family

sessions, sessional, obsession, obsessive, obsessively, possession, possessive, dispossession

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