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fo·rum  (fôrm, fr-)
n. pl. fo·rums also fo·ra (fôr, fr)
1.
a. The public square or marketplace of an ancient Roman city that was the assembly place for judicial activity and public business.
b. A public meeting place for open discussion.
c. A medium for open discussion or voicing of ideas, such as a newspaper, a radio or television program, or a website.
2. A public meeting or presentation involving a discussion usually among experts and often including audience participation.
3. A court of law; a tribunal.

[Middle English, from Latin; see dhwer- in Indo-European roots.]

forum [ˈfɔːrəm]
n pl -rums, -ra [-rə]
1. a meeting or assembly for the open discussion of subjects of public interest
2. a medium for open discussion, such as a magazine
3. a public meeting place for open discussion
4. a court; tribunal
5. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) (in South Africa) a pressure group of leaders or representatives, esp Black leaders or representatives
6. (Historical Terms) (in ancient Italy) an open space, usually rectangular in shape, serving as a city's marketplace and centre of public business
[from Latin: public place; related to Latin foris outside]

Forum, Forum Romanum [rəʊˈmɑːnəm]
n
(Historical Terms) the. the main forum of ancient Rome, situated between the Capitoline and the Palatine Hills

Forum of Greeks—Sqfire in N. Y. Times, 1983.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.forumforum - a public meeting or assembly for open discussion
group meeting, meeting - a formally arranged gathering; "next year the meeting will be in Chicago"; "the meeting elected a chairperson"
2.forumforum - a public facility to meet for open discussion
facility, installation - a building or place that provides a particular service or is used for a particular industry; "the assembly plant is an enormous facility"

forum
noun
1. meeting, conference, assembly, meeting place, court, body, council, parliament, congress, gathering, diet, senate, rally, convention, tribunal (archaic or literary), seminar, get-together (informal), congregation, caucus (chiefly U.S. & Canad.), synod, convergence, symposium, hui (N.Z.), moot, assemblage, conclave, convocation, consistory (in various Churches), ecclesia (in Church use), colloquium, folkmoot (in medieval England) a forum where problems could be discussed
2. public square, court, square, chamber, platform, arena, pulpit, meeting place, amphitheatre, stage, rostrum, agora (in ancient Greece) Generals appeared before the excited crowds in the Forum.
Translations
forum [ˈfɔːrəm] N (forums or fora (pl)) [ˈfɔːrə]foro m (fig) → tribunal m, foro m

forum [ˈfɔːrəm] nforum m, tribune f
a forum for discussion → un forum de discussion

forum
nForum nt

forum [ˈfɔːrəm] n (History) → foro (fig) → tribuna
forum [ˈfɔːrəm] n (History) → foro (fig) → tribuna

forum
n forum [ˈfoːrəm]
1 any public place in which discussions take place, speeches are made etc In modern times the television studio is as much a forum for public opinion as the market-places of ancient Rome used to be. forum ساحَه عامّه في روما القَديمَه форум fórum forum das Forum δημόσιος χώρος συζητήσεων foro foorum مکان عمومی برای تبادل نظر foorumi forum בָּמָה न्यायालय forum, trg, javno mjesto fórum forum staður ætlaður til almennra umræðna foro, tribunale 公開討論の場 공개 토론의 장, 광장 forumas forums; diskusiju vieta forum forum forum forum foro forum форум fórum, voľná tribúna forum forum forum ที่สำหรับอภิปราย meydan 討論會, 論壇 зала для диспутів کوئی بھی عوامی مقام جہاں بحث مباحثہ کیا جاۓ diễn đàn ,
2 a market-place in ancient Roman cities and towns. markplein سوق في المدن الرومانيّه القديمَه пазар в Древен Рим fórum forum der Marktplatz αρχαία αγορά foro turuplats میدان شهر foorumi forum כִּיכַּר הָעִיר सभा स्थल forum (trg u antičkom Rimu) fórum forum (markaðs)torg foro 市場 고대 로마시의 시장 forumas forums forum forum forum forum foro forum римский форум fórum forum forum forum การประชุมแสดงความคิดเห็น pazar yeri 古羅馬城鎮的市場 форум قدیم روما میں چوک یا منڈی (La Mã) chợ


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to prevent it from becoming merely a forum for invective.
What is called eloquence in the forum is commonly found to be rhetoric in the study.
Charlotte, unselfish in the Forum, would have tried a sweeter temper than Lucy's, and once, in the Baths of Caracalla, they had doubted whether they could continue their tour.
 
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