noun
1 meeting of a court, parliament, etc.
ADJECTIVE
▪ inaugural , opening
▪ closing , final , last
▪ current
▪ joint
▪ open , public ( esp. BrE )
▪ closed , closed-door ( esp. AmE ), private
▪
The board met in closed ~.
▪ emergency , extraordinary ( esp. AmE ), special
▪ full , plenary
▪
a full ~ of the peace talks
▪
a plenary ~ of the committee
▪ follow-up
▪
A follow-up ~ was held a month after the initial meeting.
▪ congressional , parliamentary
▪ legislative ( esp. AmE )
▪ executive ( AmE )
▪
The Council met in executive ~ for the purpose of selecting a new general secretary.
VERB + SESSION
▪ hold
▪ attend
▪ boycott
▪ address
▪
The president addressed a closed ~ of Congress.
▪ call ( esp. AmE )
▪
The Governor called a special ~ of the Legislature.
SESSION + VERB
▪ convene , take place
▪ begin , open
▪ close , end
▪ agree sth
▪ call for sth
PREPOSITION
▪ at a/the ~
▪
The statute was approved at the 1985 ~ of the Texas Legislature.
▪ in a/the ~
▪
in the opening ~
▪ in ~
▪
The court is now in ~.
2 time spent doing an activity
ADJECTIVE
▪ lengthy , long
▪ short
▪ 30-minute , two-hour , etc.
▪ all-day , all-night , late-night
▪ early , late
▪ daily , regular , weekly , etc.
▪ bargaining , negotiating
▪ briefing ( esp. BrE ), question-and-answer
▪ brainstorming
▪ breakout ( esp. AmE )
▪ coaching ( esp. BrE ), practice , training , tutoring ( esp. AmE )
▪ one-to-one
▪
I had a one-to-one ~ with one of the instructors at the gym.
▪ counselling/counseling , therapy
▪ drop-in ( BrE )
▪
The case worker will talk to refugees at drop-in ~s and by appointment.
▪
Women who need a test can visit one of the drop-in ~s for help and advice.
▪ photo , photographic ( esp. BrE )
▪ autograph
▪ jam , jazz , recording
▪ workout , yoga
▪ drinking ( esp. BrE )
▪
The man fell in the canal after a heavy drinking ~.
VERB + SESSION
▪ do , have , offer (sb) , organize , provide (sb with) , run
▪
The college runs training ~s every afternoon.
▪ schedule
▪
Both ~s are scheduled for 10 o'clock.
▪ attend
▪ miss
▪ begin , start
▪ end , finish
▪
She had to abruptly end her ~ with a newspaper editor when they received word of the attacks.
SESSION + VERB
▪ take place
▪ last
▪
Each ~ lasted approximately 15 minutes.
SESSION + NOUN
▪ guitarist , musician , singer ( esp. BrE ), etc.
PREPOSITION
▪ ~ on
▪
a ~ on remedial reading