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session
Universal Words
noun
1 a period of time that is spent doing a particular activity:
a photo / recording / training session * The course is made up of 12 two-hour sessions. * She has a weekly session at the health club on Saturdays. * Two soccer fans plunged to their deaths after a heavy drinking session.
seealsoJAMSESSION
2 a formal meeting or series of meetings of a court of law, a parliament, etc.; a period of time when such meetings are held:
a session of the UN General Assembly * 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
seealsoQUARTERSESSIONS
3 (ScotE) a school or university year