sessional

ˈsɛʃənl̩

Definition

Definition of sessional - Reverso English Dictionary

Adjective

academic

Rare

related to a specific period or session

Rare

The sessional exams will start next week.

periodic

semester

term

legislation

TECH.

occurring during a legislative sitting

TECH.

The sessional committee met to discuss the bill.

congressional

legislative

parliamentary

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Expressions with sessional

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post-sessional

adj.

happening or existing after a session ends

She attended a post-sessional language course.

sessional paper

official document presented to a legislature during one of its meetings

The committee released a sessional paper detailing the proposed education reforms.

Origin of sessional

Latin, sessio (sitting) + -al (pertaining to)

Examples of sessional in a sentence

The sessional report was due by the end of June.
The sessional report was submitted yesterday.
Sessional meetings are scheduled for next week.

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French:sessionnel, en session, ...
German:sitzungsbezogen, sitzungsgebunden, ...
Italian:sessionali, sessionale, ...
Spanish:del período, de sesión, ...
Portuguese:de sessão, da sessão, ...
Chinese:学期的, 立法期间, ...
Japanese:学期の, 会期中の, ...
Arabic:دَوْرِي, جلسي, ...
Hebrew:תַּקְפּוּתִי, חֲקִיקָתִי, ...
Russian:сессионный, заседательный, ...
Ukrainian:сесійний, ...
Hindi:सत्रीय, ...
Bengali:শিক্ষাবর্ষের, অধিবেশনকালীন, ...
Catalan:de sessió, legislatiu, ...
Czech:semestrální, schůzovní, ...
Danish:sessionel, lovgivende, ...
Dutch:periodieke, zittingsgebonden, ...
Greek:περιόδου, συνεδριακός, ...
Hungarian:félévi, ülésszaki, ...
Khmer:ប្រចាំវគ្គ, ប្រចាំសម័យប្រជុំរដ្ឋសភា, ...
Korean:학기의, 회기 중의, ...
Persian:دوره‌ای, قانون‌گذاری, ...
Polish:sesyjny, legislacyjny, ...
Portuguese (BR):sazonal, da sessão, ...
Romanian:semestrial, ...
Swedish:terminsvis, sessionell, ...
Thai:ตามช่วงเวลา, ในช่วงการประชุม, ...
Turkish:dönem, oturumla ilgili, ...
Vietnamese:theo kỳ, phiên họp, ...

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