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verb
- be in session
- be located or situated somewhere
- show to a seat; assign a seat for
- work or act as a baby-sitter
- be around, often idly or without specific purpose
- take a seat
- serve in a specific professional capacity
- assume a posture as for artistic purposes
- sit and travel on the back of animal, usually while controlling its motions
- be in a position in which one's upper body is largely upright and supported by one's backside
- (intransitive, of an agreement or arrangement) To be accepted or acceptable; to work.
- To take a position for the purpose of having some artistic representation of oneself made, such as a picture or a bust.
- (government, law) Of a legislative or, especially, a judicial body such as a court, to be in session.
- (government) To be a member of a deliberative body.
- (transitive) To accommodate in seats; to seat.
- (intransitive, copulative) To remain in a state of repose; to rest; to abide; to rest in any position or condition.
- (transitive, Australia, New Zealand, UK) To take, to undergo or complete (an examination or test).
- (intransitive, copulative, of a person) To be in a position in which the upper body is upright and supported by the buttocks.
- To lie, rest, or bear; to press or weigh.
- To be adjusted; to fit.
- To have position, as at the point blown from; to hold a relative position; to have direction.
- (US, ambitransitive) To babysit.
- (intransitive, of an object) To occupy a given position.
- (transitive, causative) To cause to be seated or in a sitting posture; to furnish a seat to.
- (intransitive, of a person) To move oneself into such a position.
- To cover and warm eggs for hatching, as a fowl; to brood; to incubate.
noun
noun
noun
- a session as of a legislature or court
- A legislative session (in the sense of meeting, and not period).
- the act of assuming or maintaining a seated position
- (photography) the act of assuming a certain position (as for a photograph or portrait)
- a meeting of spiritualists
- A seance or other session with a medium or fortuneteller.
- A clutch of eggs laid by a brooding bird.
- A special seat allotted to a seat-holder, at church, etc.
- (idiomatic) An uninterrupted application to anything for a time; the period during which one continues at anything.
- A period during which one is seated for a specific purpose.
- The part of the year in which judicial business is transacted.
- The incubation of eggs by a bird.
adj
verb
noun
- (history, countable) A specific session of such an assembly.
- (history, usually uncountable, sometimes countable) Any of several assemblies which existed in Anglo-Saxon England from the 7th to the 11th century, initially with regional jurisdiction (there being different ones in Essex, Kent, Mercia, Northumbria, Sussex and Wessex), later with national jurisdiction, made up of important noblemen.
name
- (networking) Initialism of Session Description Protocol.
- (Finnish politics) Initialism of Social Democratic Party of Finland (“Suomen sosialidemokraattinen puolue”).
- (Singaporean politics) Initialism of Singapore Democratic Party
- (UK politics, historical, 1981–1988) Initialism of Social Democratic Party, a centre-left political party in the United Kingdom.
noun
noun
- a regularly scheduled session as part of a course of study
- systematic training by multiple repetitions
- a public instance of reciting or repeating (from memory) something prepared in advance
- written matter that is recited from memory
- A regularly scheduled class, in a school, in which discussion occurs of the material covered in a parallel lecture.
- A reiteration; a setting down, e.g. for ease of reference, of something previously established.
- (music) A part of a song's lyrics that is spoken rather than sung.
- The act of publicly reciting something previously memorized.
- The material recited.
noun
- a meeting for execution of a group's functions
- a meeting devoted to a particular activity
- 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.
- the time during which a school holds classes
- a meeting of spiritualists
- (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.
- A period of time devoted to a particular activity.
- (Presbyterianism) The ruling body of a congregation, consisting of the pastor and elders.
- (music) Ellipsis of jam session, used in isolate particularly for folk music.
- (beer) An extended period of drinking, typically consuming beer with low alcohol content.
- (education) An academic term; semester; school year.
- (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.
verb
noun
- The time during which classes are attended or in session in an educational institution.
- the period of instruction in a school; the time period when school is in session
- The room or hall in English universities where the examinations for degrees and honours are held.
- (India, Canada, US) An institution dedicated to teaching and learning; an educational institution.
- (considered collectively) The followers of a particular doctrine; a particular way of thinking or particular doctrine; a school of thought.
- Within a larger educational institution, an organizational unit, such as a department or institute, which is dedicated to a specific subject area.
- An art movement, a community of artists.
- A multitude.
- (collective) A group of fish or a group of marine mammals such as porpoises, dolphins, or whales.
- An establishment offering specialized instruction, as for driving, cooking, typing, coding, etc.
- The canons, precepts, or body of opinion or practice, sanctioned by the authority of a particular class or age.
- (British) An educational institution providing primary and secondary education, prior to tertiary education (college or university).
- (UK) At Eton College, a period or session of teaching.
- the process of being formally educated at a school
- a large group of fish
- an educational institution's faculty and students
- an educational institution
- a body of creative artists or writers or thinkers linked by a similar style or by similar teachers
- a building where young people receive education
verb
- (transitive) To educate, teach, or train (often, but not necessarily, in a school).
- (transitive) To defeat emphatically, to teach an opponent a harsh lesson.
- (intransitive, of fish) To form into, or travel in, a school.
- (transitive) To control, or compose, one’s expression.
- swim in or form a large group of fish
- educate in or as if in a school
- teach or refine to be discriminative in taste or judgment
noun
- (videoconferencing) A virtual area where meeting attendees can await admittance from an authorized person.
- An entryway or reception area; vestibule; passageway; corridor.
- (video games) A virtual area where players can chat and find opponents for a game.
- That part of a hall of legislation not appropriated to the official use of the assembly.
- A waiting area in front of a bank of elevators.
- (politics) A class or group of interested people who try to influence public officials; collectively, lobbyists.
- (nautical) An apartment or passageway in the fore part of an old-fashioned cabin under the quarter-deck.
- A margin along either side of the playing field in the sport of kabaddi.
- (West Midlands, Potteries) lobscouse
- A confined place for cattle, formed by hedges, trees, or other fencing, near the farmyard.
- the people who support some common cause or business or principle or sectional interest
- an interest group that tries to influence legislators or bureaucrats to act in their favor, typically through lobbying
- a large entrance or reception room or area
verb
noun
- (informal) a quick private conference
- a disorganized and densely packed crowd
- (journalism) A session in which a group of journalists assemble in an informal, dense cluster to question a person of interest.
- A small group of individuals in very close proximity to one another.
- (bridge) A hesitation during play to think about one's next move.
- (American football) A brief meeting of all the players from one team that are on the field with the purpose of planning the following play.
verb
- crouch or curl up
- crowd or draw together
- (transitive) To do, make, or put, in haste or roughly; hence, to do imperfectly; usually with a following preposition or adverb (huddle on, huddle up, huddle together).
- (intransitive, American football) To form a huddle.
- To get together and discuss a topic.
- (intransitive) To crowd together.
- (intransitive) To curl one's legs up to the chest and keep one's arms close to the torso; to crouch; to assume a position similar to that of an embryo in the womb.
- (transitive) To crowd (things) together; to mingle confusedly; to assemble without order or system.
- (bridge, intransitive) To hesitate during play while thinking about one's next move.
adj
noun
- (informal) a quick private conference
- a council of or with Native Americans
- A tradition of folk magic practiced by the Pennsylvania Dutch.
- A Native American shaman. [from 17th c.]
- A ritual conducted by a Native American shaman.
- (informal) A short, private conference. [from 19th c.]
- (Canada, US) A large gathering during which Indigenous songs and dances are showcased for an audience, essentially a recital or concert. Often also doubles as a fundraiser, or can be held in conjunction with a non-indigenous fair or exhibition in order to attract a large crowd, as at the Calgary Stampede and K-Days.
- A Native American council or meeting.
verb
- hold a powwow, talk, conference or meeting
- (intransitive, of Native Americans) To hold a meeting; to gather together in council.
- (informal, intransitive, often offensive) To hold a private conference.
- (intransitive, of Native Americans and by extension other groups, such as the Pennsylvania Dutch) To conduct a ritual in which magic is used.
noun
- A colloquy; a meeting for discussion.
- (classical studies) A collection of scripted dialogues written as a textbook, or a set of exercises, to help students to practice and improve their Latin or Ancient Greek. See: Colloquy
- (law) That part of the complaint or declaration in an action for defamation which shows that the words complained of were spoken concerning the plaintiff.
- An academic meeting or seminar usually led by a different lecturer and on a different topic at each meeting.
- An address to an academic meeting or seminar.
- an address to an academic meeting or seminar
- an academic meeting or seminar usually led by a different lecturer and on a different topic at each meeting
verb
- close at the end of a session
- discontinue an association or relation; go different ways
- make a break in
- cause to go into a solution
- break violently or noisily; smash
- laugh unrestrainedly
- break or cause to break into pieces
- bring the association of to an end or cause to break up
- destroy the completeness of a set of related items
- separate (substances) into constituent elements or parts
- release ice
- cause to separate
- to cause to separate and go in different directions
- set or keep apart
- take apart into its constituent pieces
- come to an end (of a state)
- disband
- suffer a nervous breakdown
- attack with or as if with a pickaxe of ice or rocky ground, for example
- (intransitive, idiomatic, figuratively) To become disorganised.
- (transitive) To cut or take to pieces for scrap.
- (transitive) To break or separate into pieces.
- (transitive, intransitive, idiomatic, slang) To be or cause to be overcome with laughter.
- (transitive, idiomatic) To stop a fight; to separate people who are fighting.
- (intransitive) To break or separate into pieces; to disintegrate or come apart.
- (intransitive, idiomatic) To dissolve; to part.
- (reciprocal, intransitive) To end a (usually romantic or sexual) relationship with each other.
- (transitive) To upset greatly; to cause great emotional disturbance or unhappiness in.
- (intransitive, telecommunications) Of a conversation, to cease to be understandable because of a bad connection; of a signal, to deteriorate.
- (intransitive, idiomatic) Of a school, to close for the holidays at the end of term.
- (intransitive, idiomatic) To end a (usually romantic or sexual) relationship.
noun
verb
- close at the end of a session
- Of a meeting, the proceedings of an official body, etc.: to adjourn, to take a break.
- put into a recess
- make a recess in
- To position (something) a distance behind another thing; to set back.
- To temporarily suspend (a meeting, the proceedings of an official body, etc.).
- (also reflexive) Often preceded by in or into: to inset (something) into a recess or niche.
- To make a recess (noun noun sense 1 and noun sense 1.1) in (something).
- (figuratively) To conceal, to hide.
- Of an official body: to suspend proceedings for a period of time.
- (informal) To make a recess appointment in respect of (someone).
noun
- an enclosure that is set back or indented
- an arm off of a larger body of water (often between rocky headlands)
- a small concavity
- a state of abeyance or suspended business
- a pause from doing something (as work)
- (government) A period of time when the proceedings of a committee, court of law, parliament, or other official body are temporarily suspended.
- (countable, historical) A decree or resolution of the diet of the Holy Roman Empire or the Hanseatic League.
- (Australia, British, Canada, US, Philippines, education) A time away from studying during the school day for a meal or recreation.
- (countable, geology) An overall-concave, reentrant section of a sinuous fold and thrust belt, thrust sheet, or a single thrust fault, caused by one or more of: deformation (folding and faulting) of strata and geologic structures during orogenesis, differences in the angle of critical taper during orogenesis, or differing erosional level of the present geomorphological surface.
- (countable) A hidden, innermost, or inaccessible place or part of a place.
- (figuratively, usually in the plural) An obscure, remote, or secret situation.
- (countable) A depressed, hollow, or indented space; also, a hole or opening.
- (criminal slang, usually in the plural) The place in a prison where the communal lavatories are located.
- (countable) A temporary stoppage of an activity; a break, a pause.
- (architecture) A small space created by building part of a wall further back from the rest; a niche.
- (countable, anatomy) An extension or outpouching of a cavity (e.g. articular recess, peritoneal recess,...)
noun
- (countable) A short meeting throughout which participants remain standing (to encourage brevity).
- (uncountable) A performance of stand-up comedy; jokes delivered standing on a stage
- (countable) A news broadcast delivered by an announcer who is filmed standing near the scene of the event.
- (countable) A comedian who performs on stage.
- (countable) A free-standing photographic print or promotional item; a standee.
adj
noun
- discontinuation of the meeting (of a legislative body) without dissolving it
- (politics) The action of proroguing an assembly, especially a parliament; discontinuance of meetings for a given period of time, without dissolution.
- (politics) The period of such a discontinuance between two sessions of a legislative body.
- Causing something to last longer or remain in effect longer; prolongation, continuance.
noun
- a discussion of a topic (as in a meeting)
- kind and considerate regard for others
- a considerate and thoughtful act
- information that should be kept in mind when making a decision
- a fee charged in advance to retain the services of someone
- the process of giving careful thought to something
- A payment or other recompense for something done.
- The thought process of considering, of taking multiple or specified factors into account (with of being the main corresponding adposition).
- (law) A matter of inducement for something promised; something valuable given as recompense for a promise, which causes the promise to become binding as a contract.
- Something considered as a reason or ground for a (possible) decision.
- Importance or regard; a claim to notice or attention.
- The tendency to consider others and make allowances for their needs or desires.
verb
noun
- (electronics) Undesirable signals from a neighbouring transmission circuit; undesired coupling between circuits.
- A traditional Chinese comedic performance in the form of a dialogue.
- Communication between parties who have extremely different perspectives.
- Conversation that is incidental to the topic under discussion.
- (biology) The situation where one or more components of a signal transduction pathway affect another pathway.
- the presence of an unwanted signal via an accidental coupling
noun
- a session (of a committee or grand jury) in which witnesses are called and testimony is taken
- the act of hearing attentively
- an opportunity to state your case and be heard
- (law) a proceeding (usually by a court) where evidence is taken for the purpose of determining an issue of fact and reaching a decision based on that evidence
- the ability to hear; the auditory faculty
- the range within which a voice can be heard
- (countable) Something heard; a report or piece of news.
- (uncountable) The distance or physical region within which something may be heard; earshot.
- (uncountable) The sense used to perceive sound.
- (countable) The act by which something is heard; the act of perceiving by sound or the auditory sense.
- (uncountable) A proceeding at which discussions are heard.
- (countable, law) A legal procedure done before a judge, without a jury, as with an evidentiary hearing.
adj
verb
verb
- (transitive, informal) To do something quickly or in one session.
- (intransitive, American football) To perform a blitz.
- (transitive, cooking) To purée or chop (food products) using a food processor or blender.
- (transitive) To attack quickly or suddenly, as by an air raid or similar action.
- attack suddenly and without warning
noun
- (countable) A swift and overwhelming attack or effort.
- (countable) A sudden attack, especially an air raid; usually with reference to the Blitz.
- (countable, American football) A play in which additional defenders beyond the defensive linemen rush the passer.
- (cooking) The act of blending or puréeing food using a blender or processor.
- (fishing) An occurrence in which large numbers of fish, typically striped bass or bluefish, feed on a school of baitfish, typically one in which the occurrence can be seen from the surface.
- (uncountable, chess) Ellipsis of blitz chess.
- a swift and violent military offensive with intensive aerial bombardment
- (American football) defensive players try to break through the offensive line
noun
- A session or inquiry made before a court or jury.
- Anything fixed or reduced to a certainty in point of time, number, quantity, quality, weight, measure, etc.
- An assembly of knights and other substantial men, with a bailiff or justice, in a certain place and at a certain time, for public business.
- The verdict reached or pronouncement given by a panel of jurors.
- A statute or ordinance, especially one regulating weights and measures.
- the regulation of weights and measures of articles offered for sale
- an ancient writ issued by a court of assize to the sheriff for the recovery of property
verb
noun
noun
- a session as of a legislature or court
- A legislative session (in the sense of meeting, and not period).
- the act of assuming or maintaining a seated position
- (photography) the act of assuming a certain position (as for a photograph or portrait)
- a meeting of spiritualists
- A seance or other session with a medium or fortuneteller.
- A clutch of eggs laid by a brooding bird.
- A special seat allotted to a seat-holder, at church, etc.
- (idiomatic) An uninterrupted application to anything for a time; the period during which one continues at anything.
- A period during which one is seated for a specific purpose.
- The part of the year in which judicial business is transacted.
- The incubation of eggs by a bird.
adj
verb
noun
- (history, countable) A specific session of such an assembly.
- (history, usually uncountable, sometimes countable) Any of several assemblies which existed in Anglo-Saxon England from the 7th to the 11th century, initially with regional jurisdiction (there being different ones in Essex, Kent, Mercia, Northumbria, Sussex and Wessex), later with national jurisdiction, made up of important noblemen.
noun
- a regularly scheduled session as part of a course of study
- systematic training by multiple repetitions
- a public instance of reciting or repeating (from memory) something prepared in advance
- written matter that is recited from memory
- A regularly scheduled class, in a school, in which discussion occurs of the material covered in a parallel lecture.
- A reiteration; a setting down, e.g. for ease of reference, of something previously established.
- (music) A part of a song's lyrics that is spoken rather than sung.
- The act of publicly reciting something previously memorized.
- The material recited.
noun
- a meeting for execution of a group's functions
- a meeting devoted to a particular activity
- 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.
- the time during which a school holds classes
- a meeting of spiritualists
- (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.
- A period of time devoted to a particular activity.
- (Presbyterianism) The ruling body of a congregation, consisting of the pastor and elders.
- (music) Ellipsis of jam session, used in isolate particularly for folk music.
- (beer) An extended period of drinking, typically consuming beer with low alcohol content.
- (education) An academic term; semester; school year.
- (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.
verb
noun
- The time during which classes are attended or in session in an educational institution.
- the period of instruction in a school; the time period when school is in session
- The room or hall in English universities where the examinations for degrees and honours are held.
- (India, Canada, US) An institution dedicated to teaching and learning; an educational institution.
- (considered collectively) The followers of a particular doctrine; a particular way of thinking or particular doctrine; a school of thought.
- Within a larger educational institution, an organizational unit, such as a department or institute, which is dedicated to a specific subject area.
- An art movement, a community of artists.
- A multitude.
- (collective) A group of fish or a group of marine mammals such as porpoises, dolphins, or whales.
- An establishment offering specialized instruction, as for driving, cooking, typing, coding, etc.
- The canons, precepts, or body of opinion or practice, sanctioned by the authority of a particular class or age.
- (British) An educational institution providing primary and secondary education, prior to tertiary education (college or university).
- (UK) At Eton College, a period or session of teaching.
- the process of being formally educated at a school
- a large group of fish
- an educational institution's faculty and students
- an educational institution
- a body of creative artists or writers or thinkers linked by a similar style or by similar teachers
- a building where young people receive education
verb
- (transitive) To educate, teach, or train (often, but not necessarily, in a school).
- (transitive) To defeat emphatically, to teach an opponent a harsh lesson.
- (intransitive, of fish) To form into, or travel in, a school.
- (transitive) To control, or compose, one’s expression.
- swim in or form a large group of fish
- educate in or as if in a school
- teach or refine to be discriminative in taste or judgment
noun
- (videoconferencing) A virtual area where meeting attendees can await admittance from an authorized person.
- An entryway or reception area; vestibule; passageway; corridor.
- (video games) A virtual area where players can chat and find opponents for a game.
- That part of a hall of legislation not appropriated to the official use of the assembly.
- A waiting area in front of a bank of elevators.
- (politics) A class or group of interested people who try to influence public officials; collectively, lobbyists.
- (nautical) An apartment or passageway in the fore part of an old-fashioned cabin under the quarter-deck.
- A margin along either side of the playing field in the sport of kabaddi.
- (West Midlands, Potteries) lobscouse
- A confined place for cattle, formed by hedges, trees, or other fencing, near the farmyard.
- the people who support some common cause or business or principle or sectional interest
- an interest group that tries to influence legislators or bureaucrats to act in their favor, typically through lobbying
- a large entrance or reception room or area
verb
noun
- (informal) a quick private conference
- a disorganized and densely packed crowd
- (journalism) A session in which a group of journalists assemble in an informal, dense cluster to question a person of interest.
- A small group of individuals in very close proximity to one another.
- (bridge) A hesitation during play to think about one's next move.
- (American football) A brief meeting of all the players from one team that are on the field with the purpose of planning the following play.
verb
- crouch or curl up
- crowd or draw together
- (transitive) To do, make, or put, in haste or roughly; hence, to do imperfectly; usually with a following preposition or adverb (huddle on, huddle up, huddle together).
- (intransitive, American football) To form a huddle.
- To get together and discuss a topic.
- (intransitive) To crowd together.
- (intransitive) To curl one's legs up to the chest and keep one's arms close to the torso; to crouch; to assume a position similar to that of an embryo in the womb.
- (transitive) To crowd (things) together; to mingle confusedly; to assemble without order or system.
- (bridge, intransitive) To hesitate during play while thinking about one's next move.
adj
noun
- (informal) a quick private conference
- a council of or with Native Americans
- A tradition of folk magic practiced by the Pennsylvania Dutch.
- A Native American shaman. [from 17th c.]
- A ritual conducted by a Native American shaman.
- (informal) A short, private conference. [from 19th c.]
- (Canada, US) A large gathering during which Indigenous songs and dances are showcased for an audience, essentially a recital or concert. Often also doubles as a fundraiser, or can be held in conjunction with a non-indigenous fair or exhibition in order to attract a large crowd, as at the Calgary Stampede and K-Days.
- A Native American council or meeting.
verb
- hold a powwow, talk, conference or meeting
- (intransitive, of Native Americans) To hold a meeting; to gather together in council.
- (informal, intransitive, often offensive) To hold a private conference.
- (intransitive, of Native Americans and by extension other groups, such as the Pennsylvania Dutch) To conduct a ritual in which magic is used.
noun
- A colloquy; a meeting for discussion.
- (classical studies) A collection of scripted dialogues written as a textbook, or a set of exercises, to help students to practice and improve their Latin or Ancient Greek. See: Colloquy
- (law) That part of the complaint or declaration in an action for defamation which shows that the words complained of were spoken concerning the plaintiff.
- An academic meeting or seminar usually led by a different lecturer and on a different topic at each meeting.
- An address to an academic meeting or seminar.
- an address to an academic meeting or seminar
- an academic meeting or seminar usually led by a different lecturer and on a different topic at each meeting
noun
- (countable) A short meeting throughout which participants remain standing (to encourage brevity).
- (uncountable) A performance of stand-up comedy; jokes delivered standing on a stage
- (countable) A news broadcast delivered by an announcer who is filmed standing near the scene of the event.
- (countable) A comedian who performs on stage.
- (countable) A free-standing photographic print or promotional item; a standee.
adj
noun
- discontinuation of the meeting (of a legislative body) without dissolving it
- (politics) The action of proroguing an assembly, especially a parliament; discontinuance of meetings for a given period of time, without dissolution.
- (politics) The period of such a discontinuance between two sessions of a legislative body.
- Causing something to last longer or remain in effect longer; prolongation, continuance.
noun
- a discussion of a topic (as in a meeting)
- kind and considerate regard for others
- a considerate and thoughtful act
- information that should be kept in mind when making a decision
- a fee charged in advance to retain the services of someone
- the process of giving careful thought to something
- A payment or other recompense for something done.
- The thought process of considering, of taking multiple or specified factors into account (with of being the main corresponding adposition).
- (law) A matter of inducement for something promised; something valuable given as recompense for a promise, which causes the promise to become binding as a contract.
- Something considered as a reason or ground for a (possible) decision.
- Importance or regard; a claim to notice or attention.
- The tendency to consider others and make allowances for their needs or desires.
noun
- a session (of a committee or grand jury) in which witnesses are called and testimony is taken
- the act of hearing attentively
- an opportunity to state your case and be heard
- (law) a proceeding (usually by a court) where evidence is taken for the purpose of determining an issue of fact and reaching a decision based on that evidence
- the ability to hear; the auditory faculty
- the range within which a voice can be heard
- (countable) Something heard; a report or piece of news.
- (uncountable) The distance or physical region within which something may be heard; earshot.
- (uncountable) The sense used to perceive sound.
- (countable) The act by which something is heard; the act of perceiving by sound or the auditory sense.
- (uncountable) A proceeding at which discussions are heard.
- (countable, law) A legal procedure done before a judge, without a jury, as with an evidentiary hearing.
adj
verb
noun
- A session or inquiry made before a court or jury.
- Anything fixed or reduced to a certainty in point of time, number, quantity, quality, weight, measure, etc.
- An assembly of knights and other substantial men, with a bailiff or justice, in a certain place and at a certain time, for public business.
- The verdict reached or pronouncement given by a panel of jurors.
- A statute or ordinance, especially one regulating weights and measures.
- the regulation of weights and measures of articles offered for sale
- an ancient writ issued by a court of assize to the sheriff for the recovery of property
verb
verb
- be in session
- be located or situated somewhere
- show to a seat; assign a seat for
- work or act as a baby-sitter
- be around, often idly or without specific purpose
- take a seat
- serve in a specific professional capacity
- assume a posture as for artistic purposes
- sit and travel on the back of animal, usually while controlling its motions
- be in a position in which one's upper body is largely upright and supported by one's backside
- (intransitive, of an agreement or arrangement) To be accepted or acceptable; to work.
- To take a position for the purpose of having some artistic representation of oneself made, such as a picture or a bust.
- (government, law) Of a legislative or, especially, a judicial body such as a court, to be in session.
- (government) To be a member of a deliberative body.
- (transitive) To accommodate in seats; to seat.
- (intransitive, copulative) To remain in a state of repose; to rest; to abide; to rest in any position or condition.
- (transitive, Australia, New Zealand, UK) To take, to undergo or complete (an examination or test).
- (intransitive, copulative, of a person) To be in a position in which the upper body is upright and supported by the buttocks.
- To lie, rest, or bear; to press or weigh.
- To be adjusted; to fit.
- To have position, as at the point blown from; to hold a relative position; to have direction.
- (US, ambitransitive) To babysit.
- (intransitive, of an object) To occupy a given position.
- (transitive, causative) To cause to be seated or in a sitting posture; to furnish a seat to.
- (intransitive, of a person) To move oneself into such a position.
- To cover and warm eggs for hatching, as a fowl; to brood; to incubate.
noun
verb
- close at the end of a session
- discontinue an association or relation; go different ways
- make a break in
- cause to go into a solution
- break violently or noisily; smash
- laugh unrestrainedly
- break or cause to break into pieces
- bring the association of to an end or cause to break up
- destroy the completeness of a set of related items
- separate (substances) into constituent elements or parts
- release ice
- cause to separate
- to cause to separate and go in different directions
- set or keep apart
- take apart into its constituent pieces
- come to an end (of a state)
- disband
- suffer a nervous breakdown
- attack with or as if with a pickaxe of ice or rocky ground, for example
- (intransitive, idiomatic, figuratively) To become disorganised.
- (transitive) To cut or take to pieces for scrap.
- (transitive) To break or separate into pieces.
- (transitive, intransitive, idiomatic, slang) To be or cause to be overcome with laughter.
- (transitive, idiomatic) To stop a fight; to separate people who are fighting.
- (intransitive) To break or separate into pieces; to disintegrate or come apart.
- (intransitive, idiomatic) To dissolve; to part.
- (reciprocal, intransitive) To end a (usually romantic or sexual) relationship with each other.
- (transitive) To upset greatly; to cause great emotional disturbance or unhappiness in.
- (intransitive, telecommunications) Of a conversation, to cease to be understandable because of a bad connection; of a signal, to deteriorate.
- (intransitive, idiomatic) Of a school, to close for the holidays at the end of term.
- (intransitive, idiomatic) To end a (usually romantic or sexual) relationship.
noun
verb
- close at the end of a session
- Of a meeting, the proceedings of an official body, etc.: to adjourn, to take a break.
- put into a recess
- make a recess in
- To position (something) a distance behind another thing; to set back.
- To temporarily suspend (a meeting, the proceedings of an official body, etc.).
- (also reflexive) Often preceded by in or into: to inset (something) into a recess or niche.
- To make a recess (noun noun sense 1 and noun sense 1.1) in (something).
- (figuratively) To conceal, to hide.
- Of an official body: to suspend proceedings for a period of time.
- (informal) To make a recess appointment in respect of (someone).
noun
- an enclosure that is set back or indented
- an arm off of a larger body of water (often between rocky headlands)
- a small concavity
- a state of abeyance or suspended business
- a pause from doing something (as work)
- (government) A period of time when the proceedings of a committee, court of law, parliament, or other official body are temporarily suspended.
- (countable, historical) A decree or resolution of the diet of the Holy Roman Empire or the Hanseatic League.
- (Australia, British, Canada, US, Philippines, education) A time away from studying during the school day for a meal or recreation.
- (countable, geology) An overall-concave, reentrant section of a sinuous fold and thrust belt, thrust sheet, or a single thrust fault, caused by one or more of: deformation (folding and faulting) of strata and geologic structures during orogenesis, differences in the angle of critical taper during orogenesis, or differing erosional level of the present geomorphological surface.
- (countable) A hidden, innermost, or inaccessible place or part of a place.
- (figuratively, usually in the plural) An obscure, remote, or secret situation.
- (countable) A depressed, hollow, or indented space; also, a hole or opening.
- (criminal slang, usually in the plural) The place in a prison where the communal lavatories are located.
- (countable) A temporary stoppage of an activity; a break, a pause.
- (architecture) A small space created by building part of a wall further back from the rest; a niche.
- (countable, anatomy) An extension or outpouching of a cavity (e.g. articular recess, peritoneal recess,...)
verb
noun
- (electronics) Undesirable signals from a neighbouring transmission circuit; undesired coupling between circuits.
- A traditional Chinese comedic performance in the form of a dialogue.
- Communication between parties who have extremely different perspectives.
- Conversation that is incidental to the topic under discussion.
- (biology) The situation where one or more components of a signal transduction pathway affect another pathway.
- the presence of an unwanted signal via an accidental coupling
verb
- (transitive, informal) To do something quickly or in one session.
- (intransitive, American football) To perform a blitz.
- (transitive, cooking) To purée or chop (food products) using a food processor or blender.
- (transitive) To attack quickly or suddenly, as by an air raid or similar action.
- attack suddenly and without warning
noun
- (countable) A swift and overwhelming attack or effort.
- (countable) A sudden attack, especially an air raid; usually with reference to the Blitz.
- (countable, American football) A play in which additional defenders beyond the defensive linemen rush the passer.
- (cooking) The act of blending or puréeing food using a blender or processor.
- (fishing) An occurrence in which large numbers of fish, typically striped bass or bluefish, feed on a school of baitfish, typically one in which the occurrence can be seen from the surface.
- (uncountable, chess) Ellipsis of blitz chess.
- a swift and violent military offensive with intensive aerial bombardment
- (American football) defensive players try to break through the offensive line