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col·lo·qui·um  (k-lkw-m)

n. pl. col·lo·qui·ums or col·lo·qui·a (-kw-)

1. An informal meeting for the exchange of views.

2. An academic seminar on a broad field of study, usually led by a different lecturer at each meeting.

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[Latin, conversation, from colloqu, to talk together : com-, com- + loqu, to speak; see tolk^w- in Indo-European roots.]

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colloquium

Noun

pl -quiums or -quia an academic conference or seminar [Latin; see colloquy]

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Colloquium a conference; an assembly for discussion [from colloque, ‘a place for conversation in a monastery,’ 1844].

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	colloquium - an academic meeting or seminar usually led by a different lecturer and on a different topic at each meeting conference - a prearranged meeting for consultation or exchange of information or discussion (especially one with a formal agenda) research colloquium - a colloquium at which the results of (scientific) research are reported
	2.	colloquium - an address to an academic meeting or seminar speech, address - the act of delivering a formal spoken communication to an audience; "he listened to an address on minor Roman poets"