session

«session» in Mova's school dictionary: A period of time spent doing one activity, such as a… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (a session, sessions)

meaning for a pupil

1) A period of time spent doing one activity, such as a lesson, practice or meeting. tree →

2) A meeting of a parliament or court, or the time when it meets. tree →

3) A part of the school day or year. tree →

sense in the lessons

In school, there are morning and afternoon sessions, and swimming or football sessions; in everyday life, a «training session» or «homework session». On a computer, a session is the time you are logged in — log out at the end. Phrases: «training session», «a session of», «in session» (meeting now), «a long session».

examples

• Our swimming session lasts forty-five minutes. tree →
• The morning session ends at lunch. tree →
• We had a training session after school. tree →
• Parliament is in session. tree →
• Log out at the end of your session on the school computer. tree →
• The art session was messy but fun. tree →
• We planned a study session before the test. tree →
• Each session has fifteen children. tree →

note

Countable. Spelling trap: double s twice: s-e-s-s-i-o-n. In maths problems, sessions are often used for time: «Each session lasts 40 minutes; how long are three sessions?» → 120 minutes = 2 hours.

In the corpora

• A rehearsal is a practice session for a performance; a band cannot rehearse full songs if people do not turn up.
• Memory works better with short practice spread over days than with one long session.
• "A session", in Ireland and Britain, means a long bout of heavy drinking.
• Skills improve with regular, short practice sessions.
• Practising a little every day, even ten minutes, builds a skill faster than one long session a week.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «session» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.