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- pronunciation:
- se
sh
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- features:
- Word Explorer, Word Parts
| part of speech: |
noun |
| definition 1: |
a meeting or set of meetings of a court or a government council.
We visited a Senate session today. |
| definition 2: |
the period of time when such meetings happen.
This session of court will last for six weeks. |
| definition 3: |
the period of time when a school is open for classes.
He took a course during summer session.- similar words:
- term
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| related words: |
class, period, year |
The word session
contains the following parts:
sed, sid, sess
Latin
root
that means sit; settle
  Example words:
-ion
Latin
noun-forming suffix
that means the act, process, or result of
More about this word part:
The suffix -ion
attaches to bases that are Latin verb stems ending in s or t.
Example words:
action, addiction, addition, admission, adoption, affection, affliction, aggression, ambition, attention, audition, commission, commissioner, compassion, conclusion, condition, confusion, construction, direction, dictionary, expedition, fusion, illusion, incision, interaction, mission, nation, passion, passionate, permission, prediction, prescription, question, reaction, reflection, revolution, satisfaction, section, session, solution, television, transaction
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