session

session: noun

1 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 sth

PREPOSITION

▪ 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 activity

ADJECTIVE

▪ 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

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Synonyms:

Sitting (of a court, of a legislature, etc.)

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session — [ sesjɔ̃ ] n. f. • 1657; angl. session; « séance » mil. XVe; « fait d être assis » déb. XIIe; lat. sessio ♦ Période pendant laquelle une assemblée délibérante, un tribunal tient séance. Sessions ordinaires (fixées par la loi). Session… … Encyclopédie Universelle
Session — may refer to:Bureaucracy*Executive session, a portion of the United States Senate s daily session *Judicial session *Legislative session *Session (parliamentary procedure) *Presbyterian polity *Court of Session, the supreme civil court of… … Wikipedia
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session — ses·sion n: a meeting or series of meetings of a body (as a court or legislature) for the transaction of business; also: the period between the first meeting of a legislative or judicial body and the final adjournment see also regular session,… … Law dictionary
Session — Ses sion, n. [L. sessio, fr. sedere, sessum, to sit: cf. F. session. See {Sit}.] 1. The act of sitting, or the state of being seated. [Archaic] [1913 Webster] So much his ascension into heaven and his session at the right hand of God do import.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Session — (lateinisch sessio von sedere, sitzen) ist ein aus dem Lateinischen stammendes und im Englischen übliches Wort, dessen deutsche Übersetzung Sitzung ist. In lateinisch oder englisch geprägten Bereichen ist Session auch im Deutschen… … Deutsch Wikipedia
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Session — Sf Sitzungsperiode per. Wortschatz fach. (16. Jh.) Entlehnung. Entlehnt aus l. sessiō ( ōnis) Sitzung , Abstraktum zu l. sedēre (sessum) sitzen . Über das Englische ist entlehnt Session Musikveranstaltung mit viel improvisierter Musik . Ebenso … Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen sprache
session — late 14c., periodical sitting of a court, from O.Fr. session, from L. sessionem (nom. sessio) act of sitting, from pp. stem of sedere to sit (see SEDENTARY (Cf. sedentary)). Sense of period set aside for some activity is first recorded 1920, in… … Etymology dictionary
session — Session. s. f. Seance d un Concile, dans laquelle on decide quelque question touchant la foy, ou la discipline. La premiere, la seconde session. le Concile dans une telle session ordonna, &c … Dictionnaire de l'Académie française
session — [sesh′ən] n. [ME < L sessio < sedere, to SIT] 1. a) the sitting together or meeting of a group; assembly, as of a court, legislature, council, etc. b) a continuous, day to day series of such meetings c) the term or period of such a meeting… … English World dictionary

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