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session

noun
session pronunciation English ˈseʃn session pronunciation American ˈseʃn
 
1 [countable] a period of time that is spent doing a particular activitya photo/recording/training, etc. sessionThe 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. see also jam session2 [countable, uncountable] a formal meeting or series of meetings of a court, a parliament, etc; a period of time when such meetings are helda session of the UN General AssemblyThe court is now in session.The committee met in closed session (= with nobody else present).an emergency session of Congressthe current parliamentary session see also quarter sessions3 [countable] a school or university year4 [countable] an occasion when people meet to play music, especially Irish music, in a pub/bar