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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 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.

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

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]

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), (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
Spanish forum [ˈfɔːrəm] n (also fig) → foro
French forum [ˈfɔːrəm] nforum m, tribune f
German forum [ˈfɔːrəm] nForum nt
Italian forum [ˈfɔːrəm] nforo;
(fig) → luogo di pubblica discussione

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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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