session

noun

OPAL S

/ˈseʃn/

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[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.
- 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.
see also bull session, jam session
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.
Topics Timeb2
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- lengthy
- long
- short
- …
verb + session
- do
- have
- offer (somebody)
- …
session + verb
- take place
- last
session + noun
- guitarist
- musician
- singer
- …
preposition
- session on
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[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.
see also Court of Session, quarter sessions
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.
Topics Politicsb2
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- inaugural
- opening
- closing
- …
verb + session
- hold
- attend
- boycott
- …
session + verb
- convene
- take place
- begin
- …
preposition
- at a/the session
- in a/the session
- in session
- …
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[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.

单词	session
释义	session noun OPAL S /ˈseʃn/ /ˈseʃn/ jump to other results [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. 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. see also bull session, jam session 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. Topics Timeb2 Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective lengthy long short … verb + session do have offer (somebody) … session + verb take place last session + noun guitarist musician singer … preposition session on See full entry [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. see also Court of Session, quarter sessions 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. Topics Politicsb2 Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective inaugural opening closing … verb + session hold attend boycott … session + verb convene take place begin … preposition at a/the session in a/the session in session … See full entry [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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