- session
- noun1 meeting of a court, parliament, etc.ADJECTIVE▪ inaugural, opening▪ closing, final, last▪ current▪ joint▪ open, public (esp. BrE)▪ closed, closed-door (esp. AmE), private▪
The board met in closed session.
▪ emergency, extraordinary (esp. AmE), special▪ full, plenary▪a full session of the peace talks
▪a plenary session of the committee
▪ follow-up▪A follow-up session was held a month after the initial meeting.
▪ congressional, parliamentary▪ legislative (esp. AmE)▪ executive (AmE)▪The Council met in executive session for the purpose of selecting a new general secretary.
VERB + SESSION▪ hold▪ attend▪ boycott▪ address▪The president addressed a closed session of Congress.
▪ call (esp. AmE)▪The Governor called a special session of the Legislature.
SESSION + VERB▪ convene, take place▪ begin, open▪ close, end▪ agree sth▪ call for sthPREPOSITION▪ at a/the session▪The statute was approved at the 1985 session of the Texas Legislature.
▪ in a/the session▪in the opening session
▪ in session▪The court is now in session.
2 time spent doing an activityADJECTIVE▪ lengthy, long▪ short▪ 30-minute, two-hour, etc.▪ all-day, all-night, late-night▪ early, late▪ daily, regular, weekly, etc.▪ bargaining, negotiating▪ briefing (esp. BrE), question-and-answer▪ brainstorming▪ breakout (esp. AmE)▪ coaching (esp. BrE), practice, training, tutoring (esp. AmE)▪ one-to-one▪I had a one-to-one session with one of the instructors at the gym.
▪ counselling/counseling, therapy▪ drop-in (BrE)▪The case worker will talk to refugees at drop-in sessions and by appointment.
▪Women who need a test can visit one of the drop-in sessions for help and advice.
▪ photo, photographic (esp. BrE)▪ autograph▪ jam, jazz, recording▪ workout, yoga▪ drinking (esp. BrE)▪The man fell in the canal after a heavy drinking session.
VERB + SESSION▪ do, have, offer (sb), organize, provide (sb with), run▪The college runs training sessions every afternoon.
▪ schedule▪Both sessions are scheduled for 10 o'clock.
▪ attend▪ miss▪ begin, start▪ end, finish▪She had to abruptly end her session with a newspaper editor when they received word of the attacks.
SESSION + VERB▪ take place▪ last▪Each session lasted approximately 15 minutes.
SESSION + NOUN▪ guitarist, musician, singer (esp. BrE), etc.PREPOSITION▪ session on▪a session on remedial reading
Collocations dictionary. 2013.