session
noun [C or U] (FORMAL MEETING) /ˈseʃ.ən/Definition
› 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 27 May. The UN Security Council met in emergency session to discuss the crisis.Official meetingsMeeting people
(Definition of session noun (FORMAL MEETING) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- AGM noun
- annual general meeting noun
- assembly noun (MEETING)
- assizes noun
- caucus noun
- congress noun
- convention noun (MEETING)
- council of war noun
- inquorate adjective
- plenary noun
- powwow noun
- quorate adjective
- quorum noun
- round-table adjective
- sitting noun (MEETING)
- speaking engagement noun
- summit noun (MEETING)
- teleconference noun
- the order of the day idiom
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