forum

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 of open discussion or voicing of ideas, such as a newspaper or a radio or television program.

2. A public meeting or presentation involving a discussion usually among experts and often including audience participation.

3. A court of law; a tribunal.

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

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forum

Noun

1. a meeting or medium for the open discussion of subjects of public interest

2. (in ancient Roman cities) an open space serving as a marketplace and centre of public business

3. (in South Africa) a pressure group of leaders and representatives [Latin]

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Forum of Greeks—Sqfire in N. Y. Times, 1983.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	forum - 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.	forum - a public facility to meet for open discussion meeting place, assembly 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"

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forum

noun 1. meeting, conference, assembly, meeting place, court, body, council, parliament, congress, gathering, diet, senate, rally, convention, tribunal (archaic), (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) runanga N.Z.

noun 2. public square, court, square, chamber, platform, arena, pulpit, meeting place, amphitheatre, stage, rostrum, agora (in ancient Greece)

Translations

forum [ˈfɔːrəm] n (also fig) → foro

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forum [ˈfɔːrəm] n → forum m, tribune f

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forum [ˈfɔːrəm] n → Forum nt

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forum [ˈfɔːrəm] n → foro;

(fig) → luogo di pubblica discussione