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ses·sion

Pronounced:

/ˈsɛʃən/Listen to audio

Function:

noun

Inflected forms:

plural ses·sions

Meaning:

1 [count] : a period of time that is used to do a particular activity a practice session Her health insurance will cover 12 one-hour sessions of therapy per year. a recording/photo session After the speech there will be a question and answer session. [=a period of time when people can have their questions answered]see also bull session, jam session, rap session
2 : a formal meeting or series of meetings of a group of people (such as a court of law or legislature) [count] the U.N. Special Session on Disarmament [noncount] The board met in closed session [=with no one else present] for four hours to discuss the issue. Congress is in session [=is meeting] right now.
3 US : a period of time during the year in which a school, college, or university has classes [count] I'm going to take classes during the summer session. [noncount] School will be back in session at the beginning of September. [=school will start again at the beginning of September]
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