{
    "term": "session",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "b2",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "a period of time that is spent doing a particular activity",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a **training/practice session**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a **therapy/counselling/group session**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a **morning/afternoon session**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a recording/jam session"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The course is made up of 12 two-hour sessions."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The club **held** football coaching **sessions** for children in the area."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Participants will have the opportunity to **attend sessions** on a wide variety of topics."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The literacy programme includes sessions on encouraging children to read."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Two soccer fans plunged to their deaths after a heavy drinking session."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Both sessions are scheduled for 10 o'clock."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Each session lasted approximately 15 minutes."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I had a one-to-one session with one of the instructors at the gym."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The case worker will talk to refugees at drop-in sessions and by appointment."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The college runs training sessions every afternoon."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The conference will end with a question and answer session."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The training involves twice-weekly practice sessions."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Your presentation will be part of the morning session."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She has a weekly session at the health club on Saturdays."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The 3 p.m. showing of the film will be followed by a question-and-answer session with the director."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Time"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["lengthy", "long", "short"],
                "verb + session": ["do", "have", "offer (somebody)"],
                "session + verb": ["take place", "last"],
                "session + noun": ["guitarist", "musician", "singer"],
                "preposition": ["session on"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "a formal meeting or series of meetings of a court, a parliament, etc.; a period of time when such meetings are held",
            "sensetop": "in session",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a session of the UN General Assembly"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The president addressed a **joint session** of Congress *(= both the Senate and the House of Representatives)*."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a **plenary session** of the European Parliament"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a **special session** of the US Supreme Court"
                },
                {
                    "text": "In the last **legislative session**, the two parties came close to agreement."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The court is now in session.",
                    "contextForm": "in session"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The committee met **in closed session** *(= with nobody else present)*."
                },
                {
                    "text": "an emergency session of Congress"
                },
                {
                    "text": "the current parliamentary session"
                },
                {
                    "text": "We still have a number of weeks before the current legislative session ends."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a stormy session of the European Parliament"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The session adopted a resolution on disarmament."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The Governor called a special session of the Legislature."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The Council met in executive session for the purpose of selecting a new general secretary."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Politics"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["inaugural", "opening", "closing"],
                "verb + session": ["hold", "attend", "boycott"],
                "session + verb": ["convene", "take place", "begin"],
                "preposition": ["at a/​the session", "in a/​the session", "in session"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "a school or university year",
            "cefr": "c2",
            "examples": [],
            "topics": ["Education"]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 4,
            "definition": "an occasion when people meet to play music, especially Irish music, in a pub",
            "examples": []
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈseʃn/",
                "audio": "se/session/session__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈseʃn/",
                "audio": "se/session/session__us_3.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "late Middle English: from Old French, or from Latin sessio(n-), from sess- ‘seated’, from the verb sedere."
}