Session ˈseʃn Noun Training/Practice Therapy/Counselling/Group Morning/Afternoon Recording/Jam Period

• a training/practice session
• a therapy/counselling/group session
• a morning/afternoon session
• a recording/jam session

session

1. a period of time that is spent doing a particular activity
• SEE ALSO bull session
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/bull-session
• 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.
• Two soccer fans plunged to their deaths after a heavy drinking session.
• 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.

Extra Examples

• 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.
2. a formal meeting or series of meetings of a court, a parliament, etc.; a period of time when such meetings are held
• SEE ALSO Court of Session
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/court-of-session
• 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.
• 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 Examples

• 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.
3. a school or university year
4. an occasion when people meet to play music, especially Irish music, in a pub

Word Origin

• late Middle English: from Old French, or from Latin sessio(n-), from sess- ‘seated’, from the verb sedere.