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session noun ( FORMAL MEETING )

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Definition

[C or U] a formal meeting or series of meetings of an organization such as a parliament or a law court
The parliamentary session is due to end on May 27th.
The UN Security Council met in emergency session to discuss the crisis.

(Definition of session noun (FORMAL MEETING) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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