- [countable] a period of time that is spent doing a particular activity
- a training/practice session
- a therapy/counselling/group session
- a morning/afternoon session
- a recording/jam session
- The course is made up of 12 two-hour sessions.
- The club held football coaching sessions for children in the area.
- Participants will have the opportunity to attend sessions on a wide variety of topics.
- The literacy programme includes sessions on encouraging children to read.
- Two soccer fans plunged to their deaths after a heavy drinking session.
Extra ExamplesTopics Timeb2- Both sessions are scheduled for 10 o'clock.
- Each session lasted approximately 15 minutes.
- I had a one-to-one session with one of the instructors at the gym.
- The case worker will talk to refugees at drop-in sessions and by appointment.
- The college runs training sessions every afternoon.
- The conference will end with a question and answer session.
- The training involves twice-weekly practice sessions.
- Your presentation will be part of the morning session.
- She has a weekly session at the health club on Saturdays.
- The 3 p.m. showing of the film will be followed by a question-and-answer session with the director.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- lengthy
- long
- short
- …
- do
- have
- offer (somebody)
- …
- take place
- last
- guitarist
- musician
- singer
- …
- session on
- [countable, uncountable] a formal meeting or series of meetings of a court, a parliament, etc.; a period of time when such meetings are held
- a session of the UN General Assembly
- The president addressed a joint session of Congress (= both the Senate and the House of Representatives).
- a plenary session of the European Parliament
- a special session of the US Supreme Court
- In the last legislative session, the two parties came close to agreement.
- in session The court is now in session.
- The committee met in closed session (= with nobody else present).
- an emergency session of Congress
- the current parliamentary session
- We still have a number of weeks before the current legislative session ends.
Extra ExamplesTopics Politicsb2- a stormy session of the European Parliament
- The session adopted a resolution on disarmament.
- The Governor called a special session of the Legislature.
- The Council met in executive session for the purpose of selecting a new general secretary.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- inaugural
- opening
- closing
- …
- hold
- attend
- boycott
- …
- convene
- take place
- begin
- …
- at a/the session
- in a/the session
- in session
- …
- [countable] a school or university yearTopics Educationc2
- [countable] an occasion when people meet to play music, especially Irish music, in a pub
Word Originlate Middle English: from Old French, or from Latin sessio(n-), from sess- ‘seated’, from the verb sedere.
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