Words / B2

SESHUN/ˈseʃn/

A session is a meeting or period of activity, or a sitting of a court or parliament: a revision session; a parliamentary session. Meeting is everyday; lesson is a taught period. The revision session is optional. Mix-up: cession is giving up territory (history). Do not call a whole term a session without a sitting or slot.

Meaning

A meeting or period of activity; also a sitting of a court or parliament.

Examples

• “The revision session is optional; the mock is not, the bulletin said.”
• “Parliament is in session until July, which is the sitting sense.”

Good to know

a training / revision / court session; in session. Everyday: meeting. Trap: cession. School, law, and politics. A sitting or timed slot.

Near in meaning

meeting

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