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# 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/session/#m1)

2) A meeting of a parliament or court, or the time when it meets. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/session/#m2)

3) A part of the school day or year. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/session/#m3)

### 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/session/#x1)
- The morning session ends at lunch. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/session/#x2)
- We had a training session after school. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/session/#x3)
- Parliament is in session. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/session/#x4)
- Log out at the end of your session on the school computer. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/session/#x5)
- The art session was messy but fun. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/session/#x6)
- We planned a study session before the test. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/session/#x7)
- Each session has fifteen children. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/session/#x8)

### 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.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/arts/4-starting-a-band/10/)
- [Memory works better with short practice spread over days than with one long session.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/english/3-tricky-words-and-common-exception-words/23/)
- ["A session", in Ireland and Britain, means a long bout of heavy drinking.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/euphemisms/31-drinking-drugs-religion-fate/10/)
- [Skills improve with regular, short practice sessions.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/251-younger-children-losing-and-practising/11/)
- [Practising a little every day, even ten minutes, builds a skill faster than one long session a week.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/260-learning-skills-and-coins/5/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «session» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/session/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.