executive session
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- noun
- /ɪɡˈzɛkjʊtɪv ˈsɛʃən/
- Formal
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sesión ejecutiva
- Specifically, the Seminary Committee went into an executive session for nearly two hours.
- go into executive session
Examples
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The board then recessed the public meeting to meet in executive session regarding contract negotiations at 8:10 PM.
Blog text (11) -
When fulfilling its constitutional duty to provide its advice and consent on presidential nominations, the Senate traditionally sat in closed executive session.
Academic text (2003) -
After a late start from the executive session, the public session is now open.
Blog text (14) -
Other states require that executive sessions be recorded, or at least require the keeping of minutes.
Blog text (27) -
I'm pleased that we're having this closed executive session, gentlemen.
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Whether such a discussion actually belonged in executive session is another matter.
Blog text (5) -
Mr. President, I move the Senate go into executive session to consider the first nomination on the Executive Calendar.
Academic text (2004) -
Executive session is governed by a set of rules distinct from those applicable to legislative sessions.
Academic text (2003) -
Chairman Charles Govan declined to explain the board's vote on the matter since it took place in executive session.
Blog text (5) -
The committee held an executive session to finalize their plans without public scrutiny.
Synonyms
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A part of a meeting that is not open to the public
A private meeting where people make important decisions away from the public
How Private
Surface Forms
Morphology
Knowing 'executive' (manager/official) and 'session' (formal meeting) lets a B1 learner infer this is a meeting of executives or management. However, the special procedural meaning that it is closed to the public for confidential matters is institutional and not directly predictable from the constituents, so the expression is only partially transparent.
Etymology
Executive session may come from meetings where the leaders, the executive, met in a private session away from everyone else. That's why it now means a meeting 'closed to the public' to talk about 'private' or sensitive matters.